Say Goodbye to the Holiday Blues with These 5 Self Care Tips!
With student rehearsals for A Step Beyond’s Nutcracker reimagining, El Alebrije, ramping up and the holidays approaching, we are growing more and more excited while also feeling the time crunch! While the holidays are such a fun-filled time of year, they can also be a bit stressful. We could all use some holiday self-care tips. […]
Why Should You Donate on Giving Tuesday? Read this Student Success Story
We have a lot to be grateful for. With your help, our students continue to work hard and dream big in the face of pandemic-related challenges. Maximo is one of our brightest students at A Step Beyond. In his freshman year of high school, Maximo’s dream is to go to UCLA, become a lawyer, and […]
A Step Beyond Continues the Empowering Legacy of Creative Youth Development
How Does Creative Youth Development Build Important Life Skills and Empower Students? Having originated in the settlement house movement of the 1890s, the field of Creative Youth Development has a long legacy of enriching lives and is constantly evolving to meet the needs of today’s children (source: americansforthearts.org). CYD enhances traditional youth development by integrating […]
New World of Work Programming Propels Students to Future Success
Take the RIASEC Quiz! A Step Beyond is excited to announce that we are implementing the World of Work curriculum in our academic program to better prepare our oldest cohort for life after their high school graduation in 2023! The World of Work program is a research-based educational framework designed by the World of Work […]
A Step Beyond’s College & Career Ready Funds:
Details and how to make a gift A Step Beyond has started two separate funds at the Rancho Santa Fe Foundation to support our students beyond their tenure in ASB’s key program. Read about them below About A Step Beyond’s College & Career Ready Scholarship FundA Step Beyond (ASB) holds a non-endowment agency fund at […]
Youth Dances on Film – Behind the Work
ASB joins 1st annual San Diego Gives
A Step Beyond is so excited to be part of San Diego Gives. This is the first annual day of giving forSan Diego County, and 100% of all money raised will stay local to help the community weknow and love. Be sure to save the date for September 9, 2021! We all know how important […]
Creating Bright Futures: A Wine Tasting Event to Benefit A Step Beyond
Honoring A Step Beyond’s Founders Frank and Janet Foster, and Frank’s past service as Executive Director Thursday, September 9th, 2021 from 6:00 – 9:00 PM At the Westin Carlsbad Resort and Spa, 5480 Grand Pacific Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008 Please join us in empowering our students to create bright futures! This premiere Wine Tasting Benefit will […]
Winter Showcase
Greetings Board and Friends! We had to quickly shift gears and switch off of YouTube to Vimeo for our screening. Please join us today on Vimeo at 4 PM. Here will be the video link: https://vimeo.com/492666358 We are working on the Livestream, so please check our page to see it is ready, and then you can […]
2021 Program Information
Dear A Step Beyond Students and Families, It has been a year unlike any other in our history – from having to abruptly stop in-person classes in March, to postponing our annual concert, and finally, to creating online programming. Many of you were able to navigate these changes with us and all have seen great […]