Category: Life at Saga

Saga Education is proud to welcome Melanie Dukes, Associate Program Director, K-9 Education at Overdeck Family Foundation, to its Board

As a new Saga Fellow, I wondered about how much support I would receive inside and outside the classroom–especially since I work remotely.

What does it take to be a star? For ninth-grader Genora Gray, who attends Anacostia High School in Washington, DC, the answers are down-to-earth.

Max Bratcher and Ken Watson didn’t know each other before they walked into Saga math class, but they had one thing in common: they didn’t like math.

Geontay Wise takes his lunch break (his favorite is sausage pizza) with a side of Algebra. The 11th grade student from Bogan High School in Chicago, IL has been a part of Saga Education’s high-impact tutoring program for two years, and now gets tutored on his own time—during lunch—just because he likes it.

Wendy Haines is a Partner at New Profit, a venture philanthropy organization that invests in breakthrough social entrepreneurs.