After nine years of meeting in borrowed spaces, the Boston DREAM Academy will now have a place to call home. Thanks to the generosity and shared vision of a partner foundation, the school was able to successfully bid for 48 Pleasant Street, Dorchester, just a short walk from where the students have previously convened at both...
The school year for the Boston DREAM Academy scholars started with student orientation in our then new home at the Boys and Girls Club of Dorchester. The staff at the club were warm and welcoming. They made the BDA staff and students feel right at home. The new students quickly got used to the rigors...
After a High School experience interrupted by the pandemic, all three BDA seniors were able to graduate from high school, earning more scholarship money per student than any other school year. Emerson Herrera has attended BDA for 3 years and is technologically gifted. He is looking forward to studying Computer Science. “I’m definitely going to miss...
California’s La Sierra University and Alabama’s Oakwood University, an HBCU, are so eager to ensure BDA graduates achieve their education and career DREAMs that they have offered close to $500,000 of combined scholarship support for our three graduates. Dr. Chris Tullock flew from Oakwaood University to Boston in order to attend the graduation and personally award...
Several prominent businesspeople are donating their time and experience to help raise funds and strategically direct the DREAM Academy toward a sustainable and influential future. Each member was recruited by co-founders Opal and David Williams and Principal Robert Jackson. “We sought people with not only a heart that aligned with our mission, but also proven success...
On a recent Mother’s Day trip in Asheville, NC, board member Cherie Jackson mentioned BDA’s need for a new website to her hiking companion, Kerry Fitzpatrick. “We were hiking the beautiful Chimney Rock trail and started talking about the things in our life that mattered to us the most, “ Cherie said. “I told Kerry about...
