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| About New Heights: Overview |
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Our mission is to “inspire inner city youth to be leaders, champions and student-athletes and empower them to be successful in high school, college and life.”
VISION
New Heights was built on the belief that “learning happens everywhere: court, classroom, community” knowing that all youth can learn, achieve success, and become positive and productive members of their communities.
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CORE VALUES – the “The Fundamental Five"
At New Heights, we are committed to maintaining an organizational culture that is guided by the following values: |
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 Kids First |
| Teamwork |
| Revolving Integrity |
| Respect |
| Fun |
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Why New Heights?
New Heights was founded in response to the glaring inequities in educational opportunity available to inner-city students. Youth from New York City’s poor, under-resourced neighborhoods face limited educational opportunities and often hold little hope for their futures. This situation is further exacerbated for young athletes from these communities who grow up in an environment of exploitation that: |
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| undermines their academic, emotional and personal development |
| limits their sense of possibilities beyond sports (pro sports or bust) |
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| History |
New Heights was designed to harness young people’s excitement and talent on the basketball court, as a means to focus their attention on the values and skills that stretch beyond athletic competition to successful competition in other facets of their life. A pilot program was developed in September 2001 with the invaluable assistance of the Children’s Aid Society (CAS), New York City’s largest and oldest family and youth service agency. Since our inception, New Heights has consistently grown in scope and programming. In September 2005, New Heights spun off from CAS and began operating independently as a 501 c 3 organization under our own management and operating structures. In October 2005, we entered a three-year lease with the Archdiocese of New York and moved into our own dedicated space at St. Nicholas of Tolentine School in the University Heights section of the Bronx. Our staff currently consists of 5 full time employees and 15 part time coaches and teachers. |
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| Timeline of Organizational Growth |
Incubation/Pilot Phase
2001-04 New Heights Founder Nick Blatchford teamed up with The Children’s Aid Society to start a small pilot program for student-athletes in Washington Heights. New Heights piloted a number of dynamic programs, building a track record of success and using key learnings to inform future program design.
2004 New Heights teamed up with Stanford University’s John Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities to help with program design, strategic planning and evaluation planning.
Independence
2005 New Heights established our own independent 501 c 3 non-profit status; in September 2005, New Heights became fully independent of CAS, operating under our own management
2005-06 New Heights moved into our home space at Tolentine in the Bronx. The organization’s focus will remain on building infrastructure, ensuring program quality and evaluating our effectiveness.
The Future
2007 + New Heights will build capacity by expanding staff, programming and enrollment; additionally, the organization will explore opportunities to serve other markets beyond NYC where the need and opportunity exist. |
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100%
Percentage of New Heights graduates currently enrolled at select universities, including Georgetown, Hamilton, University of Pennsylvania, and Princeton.
152
New Heights student-athletes placed in college preparatory high schools through the High School Assist program.
18,000,000+
Scholarship/financial aid dollars have been
awarded to New Heights student-athletes from the nation’s finest private high schools and colleges.
Learn more about New Heights' outstanding legacy of success and achievement.
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