"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."

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 (Photo Above: New Highland Student works dilegently on homework during Academics time!)
(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: Sobrante Park Elementary [Eagels] and Allendale Elementary [Tigers] Cheer Teams celebrate after their performance at Oakland's Bridging the Bay Conference.)
(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!)   

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 scafolling a child needs to navagate school and classroom performance as they develop into young adults.  In times such as these Higher Ground has stepped in to fill the gaps poor parenting, poverty, and under development  in poor communities of Color that find themselves falling  through. In working with our children in a restorative justice approach....  We build resilance! 

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

We also support our larger school community through our professional development project called Strong Roots.  This projects gives classroom teachers practical plans for transforming behavior and developing youngsters in the classroom setting within 8 weeks garunteed.  As a part of this project teacher coaching, grade level collaborative support services, and school based behavior plans are delivered giving a teacher 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!

shout out to all our
student athletes!

 Girls Basketball team at Allendale Elementary!

Boys Football Team at Sobrante Park Elementary!

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Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, shares the joy with Higher Ground Students at the Black Cowboy Parade!
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Oakland Raider, Terrell Pryor
Visits New Highland Academ Solar Rays After School Program!?

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Congratulations
 to New Highland Academy for winning our "Site Of The Year Award" for their second year in a row!

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 On October 21st, 2011 each of our sites hosted a special family event in  solidarity with all After School Programs Nationwide in the annual celebration called Lights On After School 

This event  brings awareness to our communities about the importance of After School Programming! You can STILL sign our online petition! Click the image above!

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