Our Mission

In May 2022, LEEC became an official partner of Dream Catchers, a non-profit organization devoted to closing the education opportunity gap in the Palo Alto Unified School District by providing free tutoring to underprivileged middle school students. During the Summer of 2022, LEEC members went door-to-door around Palo Alto and utilized social media outreach to gather support for the fundraiser, raising over $2200 to purchase TI-84 graphing calculators for the organization’s entire graduating class, equipping them for high school STEM courses. Thank you to everyone who contributed to our fundraising efforts!

DreamCatchers states that their goal is “to have students become ‘High School Ready’ by the end of eighth grade. This means being ‘Academically Ready, Task Ready, and Life Ready’”.

With many of our members being DreamCatchers tutors, we heard the words “High School Ready,” but realized many DreamCatchers students lacked the school supplies necessary for high school. As a club, we were inspired to organize a fundraiser for graphing calculators for middle school graduating DreamCatchers students, ultimately resulting in an official partnership. We hope these graphing calculators will enable these students to succeed in high school STEM courses to their fullest extent.

Dream catchers is a non-profit organization that helps underprivileged students at Greene Middle School.

DreamCatchers is an after-school tutoring and mentorship program that was created for low-income middle school students in Palo Alto Unified School District. Students are provided with support for homework and academics from a team of hardworking volunteer tutors and DreamCatchers staff. Dream Catchers organizes community building activities and inspires a growth mindset amongst the students. Dream Catchers works with PAUSD teachers and counselors so that, together with parents, they can collaborate as a team to provide customized support for each student.

They say that “DreamCatchers strives to have students become “High School Ready” by the end of eight grade. This means being Academically Ready, Task Ready, and Life Ready“.

Hearing the words “High School Ready” but noticing that some of the students do not have certain supplies has inspired LEEC club to create a partnership with Dream Catchers. As a club we are now raising funds for graphing calculators. We believe that this is a device that will really benefit students because it is a requirement for High School.