High Jump Annual Report 2010-2011

ANNUAL REPORT 2010 -2011

HIGH JUMP Annual Report 2010-2011

OUR MISSIONHigh Jump equalizes access to education for middle school students who have exhibited exceptional academic ambition and potential, and who are of limited economic means. We provide academic enrichment, counseling and support to students of diverse backgrounds, with the goals of sending our participants to superior college preparatory schools, ensuring their success while they are there, and enhancing their ability to gain admission to highly regarded four-year colleges and universities.

1During the 2.5 years they are enrolled in High Jump, students participate in 350

classroom hours of academic enrichment, including Saturday programming and

six-week intensive summer sessions. High Jump students receive mentoring, high

school application and financial aid counseling, supplies and textbooks and are

exposed to life-changing opportunities such as an annual outdoor educational

leadership experience and other special activities.


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from the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dear Friends of High Jump,

On behalf of our team of devoted students, teachers, families, Board of Trustees,

volunteers and staff, we are pleased to present High Jump’s Annual Report. Nothing we

accomplish as an organization could happen without the support of our generous donors

and partners. We thank you.

Your commitment to High Jump allows talented students with limited economic

means to overcome the greatest barriers to admission at rigorous college preparatory high

schools and four-year colleges: low grades and test scores. High Jump prepares these

deserving young people for success in high school and beyond through rigorous academic

enrichment and leadership development. Since 1989, High Jump has served more than

850 students. One hundred percent of our alumni matriculate to and graduate

from top college preparatory high schools and more than 85 percent attend college.

We are proud of the work that High Jump has done and are grateful to our High

Jump families, faculty and volunteers, for their dedication to the program.

Indeed, 2010 was a year of major accomplishments, including turning the John Buck

Company Foundation’s generous support into High Jump’s second campus – the Prep 6 program at the University of Chicago Lab Schools. Prep 6 enables 30 of Chicago’s top

sixth graders to benefit from intensive instruction in math, reading and writing in order

to be prepared to excel in High Jump and the high schools they will eventually attend.

High Jump has grown to challenge and support 150 students annually.

Looking forward, we continue to be inspired by the heights High Jump alumni achieve

as they progress on their paths to becoming our nation’s future leaders. In the last year,

they have won accolades such as the Golden Apple Excellence in Teaching Award and

earned support such as the Posse, Gates Millennium and Aetna Foundation/National

Medical Fellowships Healthcare Leadership scholarships.

We have more work to do as an organization, city and country to be ready for what

the future will demand of us. High Jump’s determined learners and future leaders are

invaluable assets we have been entrusted to guide and challenge. We thank you for all

you have done to support High Jump in the past and for what your future support will

allow High Jump students to achieve.

With gratitude,

Lee Hart, Executive Director

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HIGHLIGHTS from 2010-2011 High Jump expanded to a second campus during the summer of 2010. Prep 6 at

the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools allows High Jump to serve 25 percent

more students. This three-year pilot program, funded by the John Buck Company

Foundation, recruits talented rising sixth grade students to participate in a course of

study focused on math, reading and writing and is designed to prepare them for High

Jump’s middle school program and future academic success.

More than 50 top local and national schools attended High Jump’s annual High

School Fair to recruit from the graduating cohort of 65 students.

Independent, boarding and parochial schools committed more than $450,000 in

scholarship funds for 18 graduates of 2011’s Cohort 21.

Twelve students from Cohort 21 (Class of 2011) received scholarships from A Better

Chance, Daniel Murphy Scholarship Foundation and Link Unlimited.

The Gates Millennium Scholarship was awarded for the second year in a row to

a High Jump alum.

High Jump increased the number of presentations to schools for recruitment by

70 percent, visiting 125 schools in 58 neighborhoods. Recruitment staff delivered

70 in-classroom presentations, distributed more than 1,000 applications, and hosted

two successful community meetings with more than 200 families in attendance.


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STATEMENT of ACTIVITIES

REVENUE

EXPENSES

SPECIAL EVENTS - 34%

STUDENT FEES -1%

IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION - 17%

INDIVIDUAL DONORS - 24%

FOUNDATIONS & CORPORATIONS - 24%

INSTRUCTIONAL - 36%

STUDENT ACTIVITIES & ALUMNI PROGRAMS - 4%

INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT - 24%

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION - 19%

GENERAL INSTITUTIONAL - 11%

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES - 6%

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2010 STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICSCurrent High Jump students come from public, parochial and charter schools in 48

Chicago neighborhoods. Enrollment priority is given to students who would be first in

their family to attend college.

RACIAL & ETHNIC DIVERSITY

GENDER

SCHOOL OF ORIGIN

FEMALE55%

MULTI-RACIAL - 1%

CAUCASIAN - 3%

MALE45%

AFRICAN AMERICAN

44%

HISPANIC41%

ASIAN AMERICAN

11%

CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS79%

PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS - 6%

CHARTER SCHOOLS - 15%


2010 STUDENT NEIGBORHOOD MAPHigh Jump serves students from throughout the city and suburbs, from a variety of

neighborhoods and schools. The students of Cohort 21 and 22 come from 37 Chicago

and seven suburban zip codes.

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HIGH SCHOOL MATRICULATION (eighth grade Class of 2011) One hundred percent of High Jump graduates attend and graduate from college

preparatory high schools. The students of Cohort 21 were awarded more than $450,000

in scholarships and financial aid.

Cohort 21 students matriculated to the following college preparatory public, independent,

boarding and parochial schools in the fall of 2011:

PUBLIC SCHOOLS Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory High School

Jones College Preparatory High School

Kenwood Academy High School

Lane Technical College Preparatory High School

Lincoln Park High School, Double Honors

Lincoln Park High School, International Baccalaureate

Northside College Preparatory High School

Odgen International School, International Baccalaureate

Sullivan High School, Paideia Program

Walter Payton College Preparatory High School

Westinghouse College Preparatory High School

Whitney Young Magnet High School

INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

Francis W. Parker School

Latin School of Chicago

BOARDING SCHOOLS

Chesire Academy

Choate Rosemary Hall

Lake Forest Academy

Philips Exeter Academ

Western Reserve Academy

PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS

Gordon Technical High School

COLLEGE MATRICULATION (high school Class of 2011) 44% of alumni are attending top 50 liberal arts colleges and national universities

(as ranked by US News and World Report)

92% of alumni matriculated to college:

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4 YEAR COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES - 78%

COMMUNITY COLLEGES - 14%

INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE - 8%


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HIGH JUMP 2010-2011 CONTRIBUTORS High Jump is grateful to the following individuals, corporations and foundations whose

generosity made it possible for Chicago area students to prepare for leadership and

success in the college preparatory high school of their choice. The list below reflects gifts

from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011.

$100,000 + Kenny’s Kids

$75,000+ The John Buck Company Foundation

$50,000+

Lloyd A. Fry Foundation

$30,000+

Brinson Foundation

The Circle of Service Foundation

$20,000+

The Chicago Sun-Times Charity Trust

Paula Hannaway Crown & James Crown Crown Family Philanthropies

Laurie & Scott Rose

$15,000+

Patricia Cox & Family

Priscilla & Steven Kersten

The Northern Trust Company

Gigi Pritzker Pucker & Michael Pucker

$10,000+

Meredith Bluhm-Wolf & William Wolf

Mary Beth & Philip Canfield

Anne & Don Edwards

Joanna Benazzi Friedland

Keith & Rodney Goldstein

Lisa Gregg & Randy Mitchell

Grosvenor Capital Management, L.P.

Lindy & Michael Keiser

Julie & Brian Simmons Julie & Brian Simmons Family Foundation

Ventas Healthcare Properties

WaterSaver Faucet Co.

$1,000+

Doug & Allison Bacon

Jean Barry

Mary & James Bell

Jillisa Brittan & Jeffrey Smith

Jackie & John Bucksbaum

Debra Cafaro & Terry Livingston

Marcy & Greg Carlin

Sonia Chae & Bob Agler

Cynthia & Benjamin Chereskin

Elizabeth & Lon Chow

Stephanie & Rob Craigie

Elizabeth & Kent Dauten

Shawn Donnelley & Christopher Kelly

Laurel & David Elzinga

Erin & Joseph Foley

Suzanne Gignilliat & Tom Hinkes

Sandra & Lee Golub

Aria & Joel Gomberg

High Jump Auxilliary Committee

Karen & Charles Hunter

Carol Jones & Tom Hynes

Steven Koch

John Kofler

Kim Lynch & Andrew Karp

Elaine & Arthur Margulis

Adele & Michael Murphy

Annmarie Neumeier

Peoples Gas

Adrienne Banks Pitts & Michael Pitts

Deborah & Stephen Quazzo

Naomi & John Reese

Janice Rodgers & Dean Hagan

Schiff Hardin LLP

Elizabeth & Jeffrey Sharp

Shields Meneley Partners

Catherine & Howard Siegel

Linda & Alan Swimmer

Kathleen & Andrew Turnbull

Julia & Errett Van Nice The Van Nice Foundation

Katrina Veerhusen & HughMcCombs Evan Michael McCombs Memorial Foundation

Dr. Cathy Watt & Dr. Joel Spear

$5,000+

Jill & Richard Almeida Almeida Family Foundation

Leslie & William Barker

Robin Loewenberg Berger

The Chicago Community Trust

Michelle & Michael Episcope

Ernst & Young

Jill Garling & Tom Wilson

Andi & James Gordon

The Grover Hermann Foundation

Kristin & Bruce Koepfgen

Rachel Kohler & Mark Hoplamazian

Loop Capital Markets

Julie & John Mathias

Georgy Ann & William Peluchiwski

Maureen Rogan & Vincent Cozzi

Sidley Austin LLP

Jeanette Sublett & Langdon Neal

University of Chicago, Office of Civic Engagement

Tina & William Wardrop

$2,500+

Diana Aixala & Gavin Campbell

Atlantic Trust

Katherine & Harold Baldwin

Ivy H. Bennett

Maya Burgos & Paul Trussell*

Sally & John Carton

Mary & Charles Gofen

Goldman Sachs

Shelley Greenwood & John Lincoln

Harris Bank

The Horner Family Foundation Jill & John Levi

Linda & Ira Hanan

Nancy Horner

Beth Kronfeld & Matt Means

Jill & John Levi

Lisa & Ray Lewis

Michelle & Anu Parekh

Eileen & Robert Stein

Jill & John Svoboda

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$500+

Trisha Rooney Alden & Kris Alden

Theresa & Matthew Andresen

Chris & Katherine Barber

Susan & Charles Barone

Maria Bechily & Scott Hodes

Aileen Belizario

Nancy & Michael Borders

Kristi & Kevin Brown

Geoffrey Centner

Sandra & Robert Chapman

Ritu & Gautam Dhingra

Karen Fisher

Trish & Greg Gerber

Ellen & Paul Gignilliat

Karen Gray

Anne & Steven Hobbs

Vicki & Bruce Heyman

Cindy Jurrison & Marty Buchheim

Philip Kayden

June Kim

Nam Kim

Patricia & Martin Koldyke

Randall Larrimore

Betsy & Scott Lassar

Wende & James Lawson

Clare & John McCartney

Liz & Dean Mihas

Eileen & Chris Murphy

Wendy & Walter Nathan

Isobel Neal

Eleanor Nicholson

Beth & Cary Perlman

Drita & E. Robbie Robinson

Gail & Robert Rodman

Rose & David Scherer

Penny Sebring & Charles Lewis

Carole & Gordon Segal

Terri & Mark Sullivan

Jessica & John Supera

Daphne & Lyndon Taylor

Dia & Edward Wil

Andrea Zopp

Andres Hernandez

Daniel Holloway

Catherine & Russell Holmquist

Brooke Hummer & Grove Mower

Anthony Ingraffea

Tasha Jackson-Jones & Damian Jones

Anna Johnson*

Raymonda & Hulon Johnson

Allison & Christopher Jones

Karie & David Katz

KeyBank National Association

Elizabeth Kieff & Thomas Levinson

Meredith Korneffel & Benjamin Meeker

Karen & Joseph Lambert

Lindsay & Marc Landsberg

Ellyn & Andrew Lansing

Harriett Levine

Ada Li

Carol & Robert Lifton

Jason Lopez

Susan & Stuard Lucas

Matthew Lucas

Alice Lyon & Daniel Davies

Lisa Madigan & Pat Byrnes

Jonathan Marks

Ann May

Michelle & Matt McGuire

Jean Medd & Robert Dennis

Maria Miramontes

Shannon Morfin

Lynne & Dennis Mondo

Anne Moore & Harry Dent, III

Claudia & John Morris

Jane & Mike Murray

Shamsideen Musa*

Christine & Jim Nappo

Brian Nehlsen

Joanne Nemerovski & Mark Brown

Mitchell Neubert

Kristi & David Nuelle

Tracy & Cathal O’Flaherty

Heidi Ortolaza*

Jerffey Oudsema

Janet & Rodger Owen

Lisa Pagniucci

Peg Panzer

Jacqueline Pardo & Mark Hornung

Brenda Pulliam

to $499

Anonymous

Alicia Aixala

Akira

Heidi & Craig Albert

Julie & Ronald Allen

Jean & John Atchison

Gail & William Barker

Randolph Bart

Prudence & Francis Beidler

Nicole Bell

Myriam Benhamou

Amina Bennett & Philip Nevels*

Ellen & George Benson

Carol Bernstein & Marty Eckstein

Nathalie Bertrand & Wilkingson Germain

Anne & Michael Brody

Frankie Brown

Halina Brukner & Philip Hoffman

Tamara & Robert Buday

Michelle & Ted Buzby

Jodran Carqueville

Kristen Cemate

Judy Chen

Wendy Chronister

Stephanie & Michael Chu

Jessica Coleman

Vincent Cordero

Ana & Cameron Cummins

Angela Dago

Celia & Andy David

Fern Bomchill Davis

Alanna Diamond

Patricia Dimm & Thomas Harboe

Monica Drane & Paul Shadle

Jennifer Dupras

Emily & Ross Emmerman

Deborah & David Epstein

Patti & Joseph Farago

Wendy Freyer & Greg Beihl

Leslie Glazier

Ethel & William Gofen

Amy Goldberg & Peter Nierman

Joyce & Russ Greenblatt

Emily & Roger Grimes

Julia Harris & Sunil Garg

Beth & Duncan Harris

Carey & Adam Hecktman

Janet & Robert Helman

Suzanne Hendrick

Nicole & Arthur Herbst

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Seema Radhakrishnan

Ann Reinisch

Liliana Reyes

Julie Ann Roin & Saul Levmore

Debra Sampey & Tim Cronister

Carolyn Saper & Lonnie Plecha

Nancy & David Sarne

Susan Sher & Neil Cohen

Thomas Shure

Scott Silk

Mary Silver

David Smith

Karin & Tom Sosnoff

Jeremy Sportel

Naomi & James Stanhaus

Margaret Stender

Donna & James Stinnett

Emily Heisley Stoeckel & Kevin Stoeckel

Carol & David Stone

Carrie & Chris Tarzon

Marilynn & Carl Thoma

Brian Tilton

Dain Tofson

Teresa Trussell

Nicole Tudela

Lisa & Doug Vahey

Diane Van Hoff-Sisodia & Sangram Sisodia

Ana & Rafael Vargas

Katie & Scott Vogg

Richard Wagner

Eva Wassermann & Roger Hill

Liz & Daniel Weil

Jill Weinberg & Bernard Kramer

Cheryl & Eric Whitaker

Mary & Lynn White

J.T. White

Leslie Winter & David Haymes

Paula Worthington & Bruce Meyer

Laura & Mark Yoon*

In Kind


University of Chicago Laboratory Schools

High Jump has made every effort to report your name correctly. If you see we have listed your name incorrectly,

please contact our offices at 312-582-7706.

*alumni donor

HIGH JUMP 2012 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

HIGH JUMP STAFF SPECIAL THANKS

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Vincent Cozzi chair

Langdon D. Neal immediate past chair

Priscilla Kersten vice chair

Adrienne Banks Pitts secretary

John G. Levi treasurer

Lee Hart executive director

Jonas Feliciano program & development assistant

Stephanie Mayer development director

Cedric McKay program coordinator

Paty Perea recruitment & alumni relations officer

Valerie Warnsby program director


Communications Department

for editing & design.

Photography courtesy

of Michael Chu.

Georgy Ann Peluchiwski

Nicholas K. Pontikes

Naomi Reese

Scott B. Rose

Richard E. Rothkopf

Carolyn Saper

Jeffrey S. Sharp

Julie Simmons

Errett Van Nice

Tina Wardrop

TRUSTEE EMERITUS Richard J. Almeida

Paula Hannaway Crown

Frank Hogan

Dr. Eleanor Nicholson

TRUSTEES Diana Aixala

Bill Barker

Ivy H. Bennett

Robin Loewenberg Berger

Sally Carton

Sarah Cogswell

Patricia Cox

Randall Dunn

Charles S. Gofen

Rodney L. Goldstein

Shelley Greenwood

Charles J. Hunter

Anna D. Johnson

Whitney Lasky

Julie Mathias

Michelle McGuire

Matthew D. Means

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