ELEVATE 2025: A LOOK BACK...
Can you believe it's already 2026?
As we dive into the spring semester, we celebrate the power of a trusted mentor in the lives of our students in 2025.
Thanks to our Teacher-Mentors, hundreds of incredible students received the care, support, and opportunity to thrive. With their help, we saw 100% of Elevate seniors graduate with their class, with 91.3% of current seniors are on track to graduate this year!
Many of our students had to overcome unthinkable challenges - from food insecurity to gun violence to homelessness - to get to the finish line, and many lack access to the caring support of healthy adults to help the overcome these challenges.
That's why our Teacher-Mentors have worked tirelessly to provide students help students develop the skills they need to overcome the challenges of their underserved communities and unlock their limitless potential.
In addition to higher GPAs and graduation rates, our 2025 Impact Report showed that students who developed meaningful relationships with Teacher-Mentors experienced an increase in:
- Social-Emotional Learning
- Workforce Readiness
- Self-Perception
- Community Impact
To learn more about how Elevate has been showing up for the underserved youth of our city, tap here to get your copy of our 2025 Impact Report.
ELEVATE 2026 & BEYOND: A LOOK FORWARD
Together, we are building a stronger Indianapolis.
As we look ahead to the next decade of life-changing legacies, we look forward to expanding our resources for students to pursue the bright futures they deserve. Our new Transformational Leadership program, generously supported by SOMA Downtown Church, offers students an opportunity to dive deeper into the tools and resource they need to become the confident, thriving leaders of tomorrow.
In the classroom, these students are studying various types of leadership and discussing what it takes to become a leader. Outside of the classroom, Transformational Leadership Coach Gisela Perez is opening doors for students to create professional connections and explore new career paths.
"My experience being a [Transformational Leadership] student is being more involved with my community and allowing my self to find new opportunities while also having fun."
-Arleth, Class of 2027
With networking opportunities and additional professional resources, our students are already securing internships and preparing for their future careers!
Would you like to help motivate our city's future leaders? Email Gisela Perez to find out how you can transform leaders with Elevate today.
In case you missed it...
This month, we sat down with Elevate alum Chris to discuss perseverance, learning from mistakes, and becoming a union ironworker.
Tap the video to hear the full interview on our podcast miniseries, "10 Years of Long-Term, Life-Changing Legacies."
OUR ELEVATE INDY ADVOCATES
Thank you to all who joined us as guest speakers this month!
We are grateful to have a supportive community that continues to show up for our students. We hope you left feeling inspired by the next generation of our city's leaders!
ELEVATE PARTNER OF THE MONTH: ONE AMERICA
We are so grateful for the continued support of our friends at One America!
The One America team has helped empower Elevate students in so many ways - from providing crucial financial literacy to hosting vision trips to, most recently, donating 20 laptops for use in our student programming.
Thank you to One America for supporting the future leaders of our city - we always say that no one gets there alone, and we cannot get there without you!
ENGAGING WITH ELEVATE
- Feb. 3-5: Become a guest speaker and inspire the next generation to explore possibilities for the future.
- Feb. 18: Help us share the love of female friendship with the young ladies of Elevate at our Galentine's Day event.
- Feb. 19: Join us for our monthly site visit and meet our Arsenal Tech HS family.
- Feb. 25: Help us show the young men of Elevate how loved they are at our "Guys Need Love Too" event.