Academic Year 24/25 Applications Are Now Open!
- Complete the application pages, including all requested student and parent signatures.
- If your application is approved, a Step Up staff member will notify you.
- Fall Step Up will begin in early October.
- Holland Middle School, Harbor Lights, Macatawa Bay and other charter schools: Tuesday and Thursday, 3–4:30 p.m.
- Eagle Crest and Corpus Christi: Tuesday and Thursday, 4–5:30 p.m.
Step Up helps middle-school students succeed in school and develop their future potential by caring for their social, emotional and academic needs within a mentoring context.
“Step Up helps me do better on my homework and study more.”
—Anelise, Holland West K–7
We provide:
- Academic Support: Students receive help with their homework and improve academic skills by working with a mentor individually or in small groups (maximum 1:2 ratio)
- Mentoring Relationships: Students interact each week with caring, consistent mentors who serve as role models, advocates and tutors
- Enrichment Programming: Students participate in additional educational, cultural and social activities on site and in the local community with their mentors
- Summer Program: Students are invited to learn in an interactive summer program and grow their academic and self awareness as well as consider future educational possibilities
- Parent Support and Involvement: Parents attend special sessions alongside their students to learn about issues facing their children and ways to best support them
