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Mr. Pach’s Strange Addiction
By: Adrian Pachuca Returning Teaching Fellow, Breakthrough Houston at Gregory-Lincoln Education Center (GLEC) I am “seasoned” or, as some have argued, addicted to the Breakthrough summer. Quite frankly, I am addicted to all of the cheers, department meetings, and even...
Video: Hear from the Breakthrough Houston community
Breakthrough Houston is a tight-knit community of scholars, families, and teachers, all coming together to learn and grow. Sure, we could tell you all the great statistics about our program — like how 99% of our Breakthrough graduates gain acceptance to a 4-year...
Breakthrough Houston Is Expanding
Here at Breakthrough, we’re proud to serve Houston’s underserved student population; we love providing new opportunities for motivated students. For 23 years we’ve honed and grown our program, and now we have what may be our most exciting news yet. We are happy to...
A Summer Worth Celebrating – Nikita Dias
I’m still in denial that my second summer at Breakthrough Houston has come and gone in the blink of an eye. As a returner to this program, I can honestly say that the past year I’ve associated myself with Breakthrough has been the absolute best...
Decolonizing American Schools – Xitlalli Vazquez
My name is Xitlalli, and I teach 9th grade geometry at Breakthrough Houston. I want to preface this blog by telling you a little bit about my name’s origin. Xitlalli (Seeth-la-lee) means “star” in Nahuatl. This language is only one of the many indigenous languages...
20 for 20: An Interview with Breakthrough scholar Micheal Brown
By Morris Nwogwugwu You might have seen the news about Micheal Brown, the high school senior from Houston who was recently accepted to all 20 colleges he applied to, receiving full scholarships (and then some) to each. What an accomplishment! As others have said,...