Our team of KIPP Forward (formerly KIPP Through College) counselors nurture relationships and provide a support system that prepares every student for college, postsecondary education, and celebrates all paths towards our KIPPsters’ vision for a fulfilling life.
Formerly KIPP Through College (KTC), KIPP Forward supports KIPP SoCal students and alumni with individual, personalized counseling on their journeys to and through high school, college, and life. We are committed to preparing our KIPPsters with the skills, resources, and knowledge needed for college, career, civic engagement, and more, so that they can successfully navigate the paths they choose.
In middle school, KIPP Forward (formerly KIPP Through College) counselors introduce KIPP families to a variety of high school options, providing support throughout the high school placement process and transition into high school.
Types of Support: Advising, High School Exploration Opportunities, KIPP Forward Virtual Lessons, Specialized Programs
While in high school, KIPP Forward (formerly KIPP Through College) counselor work with KIPP alumni to successfully transition into high school, explore potential career interests, and create a postsecondary plan.
Types of Support: Advising & College Application Support, Career & College Exploration Opportunities, Fiinancial Assistance and Scholarships
Once in college, KIPP Forward (formerly KIPP Through College) counselors provide extensive support to ensure alumni persist on the path to college graduation and explore career opportunities.
Types of Support: College Visits, Care Packages, Ongoing Academic/Financial/Socio-Emotional Support, Internship/Career Placement & Coaching
KIPP Forward is sustained by philanthropy, and committed to ensuring students receive the customized support services needed to thrive.
We provide support for over 8,000 students & alumni.
Our college matriculation rate is 30% higher than the rate of their national peers.
KIPP SoCal 8th grade alumni graduate college at 3x the rate of their national peers.
Our alumni in high school receive 5x more personal college counseling than national peers.
30 of our alumni have received national academic college scholarships.
Our alumni have received 394+ post-secondary degrees and counting.
We believe that every child has the potential to achieve anything they desire. We respect and honor all pathways our KIPPsters take in pursuit of their passions, purpose, and plans towards a fulfilling life –– preparing our KIPPsters with the skills, resources, and knowledge needed for college, career, civic engagement, and more, to successfully navigate the paths they choose.
Our KIPP Forward counselors provide extensive personalized support to help alumni keep moving forward, tackling academic, social and financial challenges on their path to pursuing their dreams. Once on their way after eighth grade, our KIPP Alumni Network helps to create powerful connections, working together with our alumni through networking, mentorship, leadership training, and more.
"KIPP Through College was with me throughout the whole college application process. They gave me opportunities to connect with new people and organizations and helped me realize my true potential."
KIPP SoCal Alumnus
"I’m so grateful for all the help I received from KTC. I feel so much more confident about my future and my college path."
KIPP SoCal Alumna
"Being a first generation student, we won’t always know what to do or how to do it, but KTC provided me with a support system that guided me to graduate."
KIPP SoCal Alumna
To meet our mission in preparing students to lead choice-filled lives, the KIPP Foundation follows the progress of all KIPP alumni to and through college. View more information on high school graduation, college matriculation, and college completion rates.
Yes. All California charter schools are public schools. Like traditional public schools, charter public schools are funded publicly by federal, state and local funding.
Yes! 13% of our students receive special education services. KIPP SoCal educates the same or higher percentage of diverse students when compared to traditional district schools, including students with disabilities.
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