Since our beginnings in 1968, the GO Project has relied on donated program space through our partnerships with independent schools and private institutions. On Saturdays during the school year and for five weeks during the summer, hundreds of GO public school students fill the empty classrooms of our partner schools to build academic skills and develop a love of learning that will propel them through their education and career.
Thanks to our community partners, we not only inspire hundreds of students to succeed, we save on costs, recruit volunteers, share resources and promote educational equity throughout the community.
Our current host-site partners include:
- Grace Church
- Grace Church School
- LREI
- Avenues: The World School
- The Church of Saint Luke in the Fields
- St. Luke's School
- Berkeley Carroll School
Program Expansion
Over the past ten years, the GO Project has refined its mission and expanded the number of students served from 350 to 670 in Lower Manhattan. A strategic plan, completed in 2013, indicated that the organization was ready to expand both in its current neighborhood and to a new neighborhood within the five boroughs. After completing a comprehensive community mapping project, Brooklyn was identified as having both significant need and a high level of available resources to fund expansion. In addition, early conversations with public and private schools showed an enthusiastic willingness to partner. We're proud to announce that Berkeley Carroll School is our flagship host site partner in Brooklyn. The program launched in October 2017 with two first and second grade classes and its first kindergarten class in January 2018.
Public School Partners
GO Project students are drawn from more than 30 public elementary schools across Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn through a unique partnership with school principals and educators that identifies students performing below grade level. GO Project draws students from the following public elementary schools in Districts 1 and 2 in Manhattan.
The GO Project also partners with the following middle schools in the community.
Listed below are the GO Project Brooklyn public school partners in Districts 13, 15, 16, and 17.
PS 12 Dr. Jacqueline Peek-Davis Elementary School
PS 56 The Lewis H. Latimer School
PS 169 Sunset Park School
PS 375 Jackie Robinson School
PS 398 Walter Weaver School
PS 628 The Brooklyn Brownstone School
PS 705 Brooklyn Arts and Science Elementary School
PS 770 The New American Academy
