High Jump equalizes access to education for Chicago middle school students who have exhibited 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. FIND – we seek out Chicago’s academically talented and motivated middle grade students with limited family financial resources BUILD - we inspire intellectual curiosity and build essential learning skills through challenging coursework led by dynamic teachers and dedicated alumni CONNECT – we create a network of tenacious young people and connect them to rigorous college prep high schools