Marietta City Schools joins with Breakthrough Atlanta
By Carolyn Cunningham, For the AJC. For the first time this summer, the Marietta City Schools District is sending 11 rising seventh graders to the Breakthrough Atlanta program.For free, this academic enrichment program increases opportunity for highly motivated...
Fund-A-Scholar 2018
Thank you to our host committee, sponsors, donors and guests for making the Third Annual Fund-A-Scholar Evening a success. We hope to see you at next year’s event! Fund-A-Scholar 2018 THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS: Summa Cum Laude Cum Laude Honor Roll Hilton and...
Chick-fil-A Foundation and Breakthrough Atlanta Partner to put Westside Students on a Pathway to College
Nearly 100 Hollis Innovation Academy middle school students will have opportunity to attend college prep summer program for free ATLANTA, Ga. (June 29, 2018) – The Chick-fil-A Foundation and Breakthrough Atlanta are pleased to announce a new collaboration with...
Breakthrough Atlanta Appoints New Executive Director
ATLANTA, GA (January 22, 2018) – Breakthrough Atlanta (BTA), in its twenty-second year of pursuing its mission to put Atlanta public school students on a six-year pathway to college, has announced the appointment of Monique Shields as the organization’s new...
Dikembe Mutombo: The long view
How NBA star Dikembe Mutombo came to save untold lives in Africa and transform a country. By Mickey Goodman / For the AJC At the clang of the bell marking the end of the school day, third-grader Dikembe Mutombo grabbed his schoolbooks and loped across the wide street...
Retired and Current NBA Players Come Together for Local Students’ Educational Achievements and A Path to College
Atlanta – May 8, 2017 – Breakthrough Atlanta, in partnership with the National Basketball Retired Players Association (Atlanta Chapter), is proud to announce the 3rd Annual Celebrity Basketball Game to be held on Saturday, May 20, 2017, at 4:00 p.m. Hosted at The...
Breakthrough Atlanta Receives Grant from the Whitehead Foundation
ATLANTA, GA (April 25, 2017) – Breakthrough Atlanta (BTA) is proud to announce that it is the recipient of a $325,000 grant from the Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation. The grant will be used to purchase two 40-passenger buses and two 14-passenger buses to transport...
Annual Celebrity Basketball Game – Sat, May 20, 2017 4pm
Breakthrough Atlanta and the National Basketball Retired Players Association – Atlanta Chapter is proud to present our 3rd annual celebrity basketball game. The game will be held May 20, 2017 on the campus of The Lovett School. Once again Team Dikembe Mutumbo will...
