About

We build a culture of high expectations and shared community responsibility for student success and educational excellence. With our partners, we make sustainable investments that support student achievement and show measurable results.

Our Mission & Values

To build and strengthen Tacoma’s community-wide movement to help every child achieve success from cradle to college and career by aligning goals, data, resources, and partners.

Our Community Partners

Today, Graduate Tacoma is more than 265 Community Partners strong. We are parents and educators, early learning and higher education, business and labor, youth and community service, civic and philanthropy, local government and communities of faith – all aligning our work together with Tacoma schools to impact student success.

Joining forces. Aligning resources. Strengthening our community.

Graduate Tacoma is taking a community-wide approach to ensure that every child has access and opportunities for quality learning. Kids need the community at different times. Graduate Tacoma is about reaching them when and where they need us.

Build Shared Community Goal

Forge and keep focus on our community-built 2020 goal to increase by 50% both the high school graduation and college or technical school completion rates and close gaps in access, opportunities, and achievement.

Measure Student and Community Indicators

Collect, share, and analyze data with the community around a common set of “cradle to career” measures. The data guides evidence-based decision making and collective action, helping identify what’s working, x what’s not, and reach the students in greatest need.

Organize Collaborative Action

Organize the power of shared goals, aligned strategies, and results- based actions to advocate and impact student success through three Collaborative Action Networks; Early Learning & Reading,
Out of School & Summer Learning, and College Bound Support.

Align Resources and Sustainability

Coordinate with community partners to initiate or redirect resources – time, talent and treasure – toward data-to-action practices on a continuous basis and engage the collective community to ensure long-term sustainability.

FOUNDATION FOR TACOMA STUDENTS STAFF

The Foundation for Tacoma Students is the backbone organization to the Graduate Tacoma community movement. By serving as a convener, we help align organizations, institutions and individuals around positive outcomes for students. We collaborate with community partners to build a data-informed support system for young people. And we promote and connect strategic partnerships for a stronger Tacoma.