Celebrating our Students

Jermaine Terry was an inaugural member of CIR at Kennedy High, graduating in 2020. Jermaine was one of the highest-rated tight ends in the country as a senior. He was recruited by many of the top national college programs. He chose to attend UC Berkeley where he was the starting tight end as a sophomore. In early 2023 he entered the transfer portal and elected to go to the nationally-ranked football program at Oregon State. His goal is to play in the NFL.  Jermaine is also an outstanding student and citizen with a bright future on and off the field. 

getting Proximate: “Richness In Richmond”

Angelica Arriaga, Executive Director, College is Real and CIR high school students thoughtfully facilitated discussion about the Richmond community’s challenges and hopes. We had a roundtable discussion with the students about a recently canceled football game and how the school and community are often misperceived based on what people “hear” instead of what they “see” themselves. As students shared the struggles of people assuming they were unsafe to be around, they also shared their determination to push back against the stereotypes and contribute to their community wellness and thriving. 

December 12th, 2022.

alumni receive laptops with help of donors

The COVD-19 pandemic has magnified the inequalities that many of our students face in the City of Richmond. One of those being the technological disadvantages which left some of our alumni without a laptop after graduating high school. However, thanks to our supporters and donors we were able to gift brand new Lenovo laptops to 14 students. View the original post on Instagram to read additional students’ testimonials.

October 1, 2020.

CIR Fall 2020 newsletter

Check out what we have been up to in the midst of COVID-19, the changes we've made throughout the program, and how you can help. Thank you for your continued support and dedication to the students of CIR!

September 8, 2020.

2019 Year in review: The foundation making an impact in its second year

In its second year, the Ertz Family Foundation continued to make an impact in communities across the United States and specifically increase its efforts in the Philadelphia area.

January 13, 2020.

Cir fall 2019 newsletter

Read and see what CIR has been up to, the changes we've made throughout the program, and how you can help!

October 30, 2019.

Richmond high student guadalupe morales is ivy league bound

Morales said she never dreamed four years ago that she'd be going to a prestigious Ivy League school like Brown University.

Richmond Confidential. February 11, 2011.

Education is all in your mind

Mr. Aronson and others taught black and Hispanic junior high school students how the brain works, explaining that the students possessed the ability, if they worked hard, to make themselves smarter. This erased up to half of the difference between minority and white achievement levels.

The New York Times. February 7, 2009.

Ceo helps facilitate soccer players’ goals

Brad Blake of Alamo runs a company, but spends some of his free time helping student-athletes make it to college.

Contra Costa Times. November 10, 2008.

From high school to the future: potholes on the road to college

This report focuses on how many students in Chicago public schools are enrolled in college, what types of schools they attended, and how important their qualifications had in shaping their access to and graduation from college.

Consortium on Chicago School Research. March 2008.

Short passes… did you know

Richmond High School boys soccer team loss against Monte Vista resulted in an inspiring evening.

Soccer America. May 30, 2005.