Higher Ground Neighborhood Development Corp.

Higher Ground Neighborhood Development Corp.
Oakland , CA
ph: 510-230-5120
higherground_ndc@yahoo.com

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"Our organizational mission is to provide services that address the intellectual development of children through behavioral health treatment, after-school enrichment, professional development, service learning projects, and school/community based service coordination for youth and the organizations that serve them in the school and community setting."

(Photo Above: Meet our new soccer team! Students are members of our Community All-Starz program! Learn more about them here.)

(Photo Above: Higher Ground's Cheer squad enjoys the moment. Celebrating their victory in 1st and 2nd place at the Spirit Club State Championships in Universal Studio, Los Angeles California!)

(Photo Above: New Highland Student works dilegently on homework!)

service learning field trip with Brookfield Elementary Students (Photo Above: Brookfield Elementary Afterschool Program Students and Parents enjoy a saturday hike to learn about wild life preservation with Coach Archie!)(Photo Above: New Highland Academy's Solar Rays Afterschool Program 4th grade Student tries on an Austronaut suit at the Space and Science Center!)

(Photo Above: Three of our cheer squads from MPA, Brookfield Academy, and New Highland/Rise.)

Higher Ground Neighborhood Development Corporation (Higher Ground) is a multi-service non-profit 501(c)(3) organized to provide supplemental services to children, families, schools and school districts. Our services are designed to provide the needed scaffolding a child needs to navigate the school community and classroom performance as they develop into young adults. We build resilience!

Higher Ground offers the following services in the school setting: results based cognitive behavioral health support, developmental recess that focuses on appropriate play, comprehensive after-school programs that strengthen academic concepts, service projects that build and develop our surrounding communities, cultural enrichment classes that help ground children family culture and history, and professional development around various subjects.

We also support our larger school community through our professional development project called Strong Roots. This project gives classroom teachers practical plans for transforming behavior and increasing social/emotional learning competencies in developing youngsters in and out of the classroom setting. As a part of the strong behavior project teacher coaching, grade level collaborative support services, and school based behavior plans are shared giving teachers a blue print to behavioral transformation. We help teachers teach!

Higher Ground supports neighborhoods by working with the city projects to extend service learning opportunities for local youth as well as special projects that focus on green jobs workforce development projects over the summer. Supporting County projects closes the triangle of support that is school, city, and county by providing technical assistance and community building opportunities.

Photo Above: Participant Youth from our Workforce Development Program working in the Sobrante Park Neighborhood, during our summer projects!

Thank you to all our of our students and staff for a wonderful 2017-2018 school year! Check out some of our pictures from our end of the year celebrations!

Creatrix Matrix highlights women of color who create. Check out their dynamic interview and podcast episode with our very own Assistant Director, Khariyyah Shabazz who also leads our Youth Workforce Development Program!

You can Learn more about our Youth Workforce Development Program here.

First day of programming for children already enrolled in the program will be 8/13/18!

Check out our most frequently asked questions surrounding Program start up for the 2018-2019 school year here.

Peer Workforce Program

Visit their site page here to see updates to their photo gallery!

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Learning in Action!

Check Out Local Hip Hop Artist Lil'Rece Visit BayTech to show our students how to make a beat like a pro!

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OUR STUDENTS ARE ARTIST!

Listen to some of our student artist at BayaTech talk about how art has helped them learn to express themseves! Click on the image below to see the video on our youtube channel!