Five Tips for Students to Succeed Throughout the School Year
Keeping up one’s grades throughout the school year can be a challenge, especially when it’s late winter and that early school year enthusiasm is wearing thin…however, our Academic Manager Ms. Blanca has some great study tips. Read on to find out how students can achieve success throughout the school year. Tip number 1 is to […]
Self Care and Culture: Just a Few of Ms. Roxanne’s Favorite Things
Meet Roxanne Rojas de Blanco, one of our amazing Teaching Artists! In addition to all she does at A Step Beyond, Ms. Roxanne is also a teaching artist at Arts Education Connection San Diego and a Dance Artist at Amo Aché Afro-Cuban Dance & Music Co. Besides being a thoughtful and multi-faceted artist, Ms. Roxanne […]
Five Tips to Reach Your Goals in 2022
As the holidays end and the year stretches ahead, you may be wondering how you can stay motivated to reach your goals with little breaks in your work or school schedule. With these tips from our Family Services Manager Araceli Huerta, prepare to succeed all throughout 2022! Araceli’s first tip is to choose a SMART […]
Coffee, Comedy, and Caring for Our Students and Families: Meet Araceli Huerta, LCSW!
Meet Araceli Huerta, our Family Services Manager! A great communicator and listener, Araceli fosters nurturing relationships with students, acts as a role model, and provides support and guidance to students. She is also responsible for planning and implementing the family service programs including parent education and volunteerism, crisis intervention, counseling, mentoring, and community services referrals. […]
Become a Key Corporate Partner in 2022!
There are many ways to give to A Step Beyond, but we are particularly thrilled about our corporate sponsorship program. Read on to discover how you can be a key corporate partner in 2022! As a corporate sponsor, you and your company receive special benefits while supporting our holistic, ten-year program at A Step Beyond. […]
Combatting Learning Loss One Tutoring Session at a Time
COVID-19 has undoubtedly caused challenges for American students. According to the New York Times’ article, students are still suffering from learning losses incurred from the first year of the pandemic. Read on to learn how A Step Beyond is helping students succeed in these circumstances. One issue cited by the article is that reading and […]
A Heart for Family, Students, and Hard Work in the Studio: Meet Karla Navarro!
Meet Karla Navarro, our Dance Program Manager and Teaching Artist! Ms. Karla is an extremely talented, American Ballet Theater Certified Teacher with a BA in Psychology and a BFA in Dance from San Diego State University. In addition to all she does for A Step Beyond, Ms. Karla dances as a soloist in the Compañía […]
2021: A Return to the Stage, Career Exploration, and Helping Families
As the first week of 2022 ends, we are reflecting on all the great work we’ve been able to do this year with your help! Here’s a quick recap: 1. We hosted our first, large-scale outdoor performance in nearly two years! El Alebrije, a new retelling of The Nutcracker Ballet, combined the well-loved story with […]
The Nutcracker: A Horrible Holiday Flop or Integral American Classic?
The Surprising History of the Nutcracker: Discover the Secrets Behind a Holiday Favorite Believe it or not, the original Nutcracker story was not the lighthearted, kid-friendly spectacle you see on today’s stages. Penned by E.T.A Hoffman, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (1816) was a tale so dark that theater director Ivan Vselvosky selected the […]
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 […]
