Middle School Program
Dream Alive currently offers programming for 7th and 8th graders at 4 IPS middle schools (Arlington, Howe, Longfellow and Northwest) as well as Paramount Englewood. Our main focus is to expose them to various career paths, envision their dreams and pursue them.
*By 2026, our goal is to offer programming at each of the 6 IPS middle schools.
WHAT IS THE middle school PROGRAM?
This program provides mentoring for each student with a heavy focus on career paths. Here are some perks to being in the program:
Lunch & learns at school
After-school meetings
Meet professionals from all different types of career fields
Go on field trips (both career-focused and fun!)
Participate in community service projects
Access to a Site Director at the school
Special career training
College preparation
Eligibility for college scholarships
Our hope is to begin a relationship with our scholars and their families that centers on helping our scholars find and achieve their future careers.
What parts of the program are there?
Weekly after school meetings (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and/or Thursdays)
Lessons during the school day to connect and learn during the lunch period
Group mentoring
Field Trips
College Scholarship Opportunities
Extra Career Development Courses
Extra College Prep Work
Professional Networking
why should scholars join?
Here are the top reasons scholars should join our program:
Help in graduating High School and pursuing College or a Career. As of 2023, 100% of our students that finish our program, graduate high school.
Potential for scholarships! 69% of our students attend college for FREE after our program.
Networking opportunities in Indianapolis for a career after graduation. Chance to meet 100+ leaders at various companies in Indianapolis.
We have fun! Sports games, movies, new experiences, road trips, dinners, and more.
We want to share opportunities with you. We do our very best to provide our scholars with food, incentives, summer jobs and experiences, and future college scholarships.
We take the BEST trips. Past trips have included snow tubing, college road trips, Kings Island, Cedar Point, waterparks, skiing, and so much more.
Access to a mentor who desires to see our scholars grow and succeed in whatever they dream.
