Think Together welcomes the new school year by teaming up with the Azusa Unified School District and Orenda Education
Think Together is back to school and we’re excited to welcome our students with a sense of normalcy and optimism! The Azusa Unified School District has teamed up with Think Together to offer before and after school programs in nine elementary schools across the district. These academic-based programs were featured on Fox11 Morning News.
Assistant Superintendent of the Azusa Unified School District said in the segment, “[Think Together] has homework help, STEM activities, they offer meals to students… it’s a really enriching environment. It just reduces a little bit of that burden [for parents] of feeling like they need to get to work by knowing their child is in a good place.”
Our Think Together staff, who ran virtual programming with students during pandemic-related school closures, shared their excitement to see the students in-person. Think Together Quality Assurance Coach Reyna Gaytan said, “I think it’s the best thing to be able to hear, and see, and feel Think Together making a difference in the classroom.”
We’re also proud to announce that Think Together has completed the merger with Orenda Education, a top school improvement and professional development consultancy. Orenda and Think Together have worked side-by-side since 2008. As both organizations look forward to a year of tremendous growth, we are thrilled to officially combine our efforts and serve more than 200,000 students across the state. Articles on Yahoo Finance, Chronicle of Philanthropy, The Education Report, and The Nonprofit Report outline Think Together’s acquisition of Orenda. outline Think Together’s acquisition of Orenda.
In case you missed it, the inspiring back-to-school season kicked off with an interview with Randy Barth in Authority Magazine on the five things you need to know to successfully lead a nonprofit.
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About Think Together
Think Together partners with schools and communities to pursue educational equity and excellence for all kids. As a nonprofit organization, Think Together innovates, implements and scales academic solutions that change the odds for hundreds of thousands of California students. Think Together’s program areas include early learning, afterschool, school support services and leadership development for teachers and school administrators. For more information, call (888) 485-THINK or visit www.thinktogether.org.
