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Academic Success Today
Academic Success Today seeks to foster strong interpersonal relationships between Princeton students and their mentees, through tutoring, relationship-building, and academic guidance.
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Big Brothers Big Sisters is a national organization that serves children in your area. When you become a Big, you become a friend and mentor--the focus is on the relationship.
Black Organization for Leadership Development (B.O.L.D)
The Black Organization for Leadership Development program seeks to support high-achieving black youth through workshops and events designed to provide leadership development skills that will help enhance their high school experience and prepare them for college.
Camp Kesem Princeton
Camp Kesem is a nationwide community, driven by passionate college student leaders, that supports children through and beyond their parent’s cancer.
CityStep
This Student Volunteers Council project is not active for Spring 2021.
Community House After School Enrichment
CHASE (Community House After School Enrichment) is a Community House project focused on enabling low income, minority, and first generation high school students in the Princeton community to overcome the education gap.
Community House After School Program
Community House After School Academy (CHASA) is a middle school program where students participate in daily workshops designed to help them build and improve their academic skill in language arts, math, writing and science.
Community House Big Sibs
Community House Big Sibs is a mentorship project connecting Princeton University students with elementary students from the Princeton Public Schools. Mentors build long-term relationships with individual students and help foster academic, social and emotional growth.
Community House Preschool Program
The Preschool Program addresses early childhood literacy by helping preschoolers with school-readiness skills in preparation for kindergarten.
Community House Princeton Engineering Education for Kids (PEEK)
Through PEEK, undergraduate students visit elementary school classrooms and teach children basic principles of engineering using LEGO robotics kits.
Community House SAT Prep
During the SAT Prep Program volunteers teach Math and English sessions twice a week and also provide one-on-one tutoring to help high school students develop standardized test-taking skills.
Community Link
Partnering with Latinos en Progreso of Princeton Public Schools, this mentorship initiative connects Princeton University students with youth participants in the Latinos en Progreso afterschool program hosted at the Panell Learning Center.
Community Walk
Community walk is a community building project aimed at empowering University students to discover and share the greater Princeton community’s rich history.
Crossings
Crossings encourages middle school students to examine issues surrounding diversity, including culture, ethnicity, race, education, gender identity, and religious beliefs.
ESL El Centro
We teach English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classes to adult immigrants at varying English fluency levels in Trenton and on campus.
Generation One
Helping students navigate the high school experience and prepare to launch into college, Generation One provides mentoring, academic tutoring, subject-specific study circles, writing workshops, field trips, college tours and other activities.
Generation Speak
Generation Speak is a student group dedicated to building meaningful, consistent relationships between Princeton student volunteers, area youth and senior residents living independently at the Elm Court and Harriet Bryan House facilities of Princeton Community Housing.
Health In Princeton Schools
Health in Princeton Schools (HIPS) is a Pace Center weekly volunteer project that seeks to increase health awareness in local elementary schools by recruiting Princeton University undergraduates to serve as young, relatable role models and mentors.
Homefront Tutoring and College Prep
HomeFront serves families who are experiencing serious economic hardship as part of their mission to end homelessness in Central New Jersey.
In Circus of Humanity
This Student Volunteers Council project is not active for Spring 2021.
LEAP
This Student Volunteers Council project is not active for Spring 2021.
Let's Get Ready
Let's Get Ready is a non-profit organization that provides low-income high school students with free SAT preparation, admissions counseling and other support services needed to gain admission to and graduate from college.
Princeton University Girl Up
Princeton Girl Up serves girls in both the surrounding community through fairs and school presentations, as well as girls internationally through donations.
Princeton Youth Enrichment
Princeton Youth Enrichment (PYE) aims to overcome the disparity in the professional opportunities provided to high school students from low socio-economic backgrounds. We connect students to Princeton undergraduates through mentorship and guidance on real-world situations.
Special Olympics Rowing
We are a Student Volunteers Council (SVC) service project and Special Olympic program that serves adults with disabilities in the Princeton area.
Special Olympics Skating
This Student Volunteers Council project is not active for Spring 2021.
Special Olympics Swimming
This Student Volunteers Council project is not active for Spring 2021.
SPLASH
Princeton Splash is an organization focused on spreading enthusiasm for learning.
Students for Prison Education, Abolition and Reform (SPEAR)
Students for Prison Education, Abolition, & Reform (SPEAR) is a student-run advocacy group at Princeton University that seeks to agitate, advocate, and educate against mass incarceration.
Young Scholars Institute
Young Scholars' Institute is a community center in Trenton where Princeton students can volunteer to provide one-on-one tutoring for students in after-school programs.
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Princeton Online Tutoring Network
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Student Organizations
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