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Leading Together
Established in 2010 as a multi-year, multi-million-dollar education initiative, Believe 2 Become taps the wisdom of community, the power of agency, and the rigor of data to unleash the unlimited potential of students, families, school, and community in Greater Grand Rapids.
Community
The wisdom of community: from parents, residents, educators, businesses, advocates, and youth, provides essential, ongoing direction to the initiative.
Agency
Empowering parents and students to share their voice and act on their own behalf is one of the most effective ways to help students achieve greater academic gains.
Data
A relentless focus on meaningful data collection, aggregation, and analysis has yielded important insights about the value of Believe 2 Become investments.
Institute for Learning beings working with GRPS educators to influence classroom teaching and learning with research-based practices.
2007-08
The “I Believe I Become rallying cry is born, along with the Believe 2 Become identity.
2009
Believe 2 Become launches Summer Learning Academy
2010
Baby Scholars recruits its first families
2011
Community engagement deepens the strategy to include school-based parent meetings in the Hope Zones
2012
B2B and GRPS team up to launch the first Parent University in Michigan
2013
GRPS increases efforts to reduce chronic absenteeism with Challenge 5, a district-wide attendance challenge
2014
Project LIFT teams with Summer Learning Academy to share student success data with GRPS parents
2015
Imagine U helps youth develop what they will need for successful futures in the 21st century
2016
The Imagine More campaign launches with its eye focused on the successful futures of young people and their families in West Michigan
2017
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Believe 2 Become supports successful futures by empowering more young people to achieve their unlimited potential, fulfill high expectations, and seize real opportunities.
