ABOUT OAKLAND SERVES
Oakland Serves has been providing mentors to OUSD high schools since 2018 and helping teachers help their students. We are the only organization that is dedicated to recruiting and matching community volunteers to high school classrooms on a semester and year basis.
Our classroom mentoring model addresses students when and where they are most likely to benefit from additional attention. It meets students where they are most receptive to help and before they fail.
THE CLASSROOM MENTORING MODEL
OUR MENTORS
Oakland Serves mentor community includes college students, working professionals, parents, and retirees from Oakland and the surrounding community. Their generous donation of time each week is critical to the success of struggling students.
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION AND FUTURE OUTCOMES
Current outcomes for Oakland's high school students
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Only 80% of seniors graduated with their class
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Only 49% met requirements for CSU and UC admission
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10% of students dropped out
*All OUSD high school students in 2023-24 school year, OUSD dashboard accessed 3/15/25
High school dropouts have lower incomes and higher unemployment rates than graduates*
*US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Usual Weekly Earnings Summary, 1/22/25 and The Economics Daily, 2/15/25 accessed 3/16/25
OUR PARTNERS
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OUR DONORS
$25,000 - $49,999
The Chris and Melody Malachowsky Family Foundation
$1,000 - $4,999
Nathan Haese and Susan Wollowitz
Sharon Rose
Deepak Tyagi
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$500 - $999
Apple Corporation
Mary Hackenbracht
Anonymous
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$100 - $499
Ingrid Bran
Emily Filloy
Charlotte Hennessey
Amitra Shastri
Sirius XM
Eli Smukler
​Russell Warriner
Dorothy Witt
Anonymous
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