pathways
to success
Cultivating leadership potential and transformative skills in students by improving school attendance, fostering pro-social interactions, and reestablishing family engagement.
By the Numbers
Attendance: School-Based Support
Strengthening school attendance and engagement by supporting Middle and High school students through on-site personal and academic support, leadership development, and family engagement activities.
Activities include:
- Access to after-school and summer programming
- Monthly personal and educational development workshops
- Referrals to resources within their school and community
- Access to post-secondary education that may include resources regarding FAFSA and scholarships
Referrals
To refer a student, please click the link below.
REFERRALS
Pathways to Success School Partners
Middle Schools
- Marrs Middle School
- Norris Middle School
High Schools
- Bellevue East High School
- Bryan High School
- Buena Vista High School
Talking Círculos
Empowering youth through culturally-based leadership models in which culture is used as a tool for positive identity formation, goal setting, and decision-making.
Xochikalli, young women’s leadership group | Ollin, young men’s leadership group
Ollin and Xochikalli are youth leadership programs for young men and young women ages 14–19, grounded in the Joven Noble curriculum. Offered at the Latino Center of the Midlands and participating Pathways to Success schools, these programs guide participants through meaningful rites of passage—helping them build identity, make healthy choices, and develop the tools to prevent substance misuse, teen pregnancy, relationship violence, and school failure.
Weekly sessions include:
- Conocimiento
- Defining Palabra
- Defining Adulthood
- Healthy Relationships
- Pregnancy and STI Prevention
- Substance Abuse Prevention
- Goal Setting/Decision Making
- Defining Personal Identity
- Anger Management/Violence Prevention
For referrals:
To refer a youth to the Talking Círculos Program please click the button below.
REFERRALS
Parental Engagement
Providing holistic services to students and families through a two-generational approach that empowers students and their families to build positive, healthy relationships.
Programming includes:
Nemilistli
A family strengthening and leadership development program that maintains that at the base of every culture, community, and parent are resiliency factors that can be tapped to assist parents and family members to build positive, healthy relationships with their children and themselves.
Sessions include:
- Conocimiento
- My Family, My Heart
- Character Development
- Gifts and Baggage
- Values with Value
- Growing and Learning
- Parent and Teacher — The Purpose
- Tradition and Ceremony
- Getting to Know My Family Again
Join Nemilistli
To join Nemilistli, click the button below.
She made me a better student. The thought of her just being there for me is like I could do anything.
Cathya Bello, Pathways to Success Student
I’m thankful for all the advice he’s given me and for teaching me how to be a man of palabra and for being there when I needed him.
Cristian Gomez, Pathways to Success Student
Since joining the program, I have grown academically and behaviorally. I speak with more confidence, make an effort to stay out of trouble in class and remain focused.
Pathways to Success Student
The program provided mentorship that allowed me to been seen, heard, and find a sense of belonging. I am more engaged in program activities, and asking for help when I felt like I could not and had to do it myself.
Pathways to Success Student
