THE BEST OF BREAKTHROUGH SAINT PAUL ...

"The best thing about Breakthrough would have to be ASM – All School Meeting – because all the teachers dress up in these wacky costumes and they get together and they just act like simple fools. Then kids show off what they know. We saw break dancing one day. I presented some weird facts I researched, which was kind of fun. I was kind of a shy person, but look at me now!"
– Raj

"Breakthrough is very fun and it gives you the opportunity to get out of your comfort zone and just be crazy with everybody else. The model here is students teaching students, because the teachers are students still. They haven’t graduated from college and some haven’t graduated from high school yet. I like these teachers."
- Angeles

"My favorite class is social studies because we’re pretending like we’re senators and we have got to create a law about global warming. We are debating a lot and every day a new person is able to lead the class."
- TreVon

"I thought two hours of homework [BooYah] would be grueling, but it’s fun because it challenges you. I do extra BooYah because I like to move along faster. So I do research for homework every night. I do extra stuff."
– Raj