Collegiate Academies

Collegiate Academies creates world-class public schools that prepare all students for college success and lives of unlimited opportunity. From 9th grade onward, we work to ensure every student has access to college, career, and rigorous post-high school options aligned to their personal goals. The mission of CA Next is for all Collegiate Academies alumni to complete college or their most rigorous post-secondary outcome and have the power to control their future.

CA Next currently supports over 3,000 alums from our five high schools: Abramson Sci Academy, Collegiate Baton Rouge, George Washington Carver High School, Livingston Collegiate Academies, and Walter L Cohen High School. CA Next advising sessions include materials to support the "softer side" of career and college preparation - conversation tools, resources, and readiness, but we know that those are not the only resources that are critical for post-secondary success.

This year, your GiveNOLA Day donation will directly benefit graduates by helping them achieve their postsecondary goals by having the tech required to do so. Funds will help cover the costs of new laptop computers so that our CA grads can pursue their most rigorous post-secondary pathways with one of the primary tools needed in our modern world.

Since we started participating in GiveNOLA Day 2020, our amazing donors contributed over $50,000 in funding for Collegiate graduates from 587 individual donors, and we have been able to offer brand-new laptops to over 150 alumni!

Testimonials

"A million words couldn't describe how grateful I am for the entire Collegiate Academies team. During one of the hardest times, CA stepped up not just for emotional support but for financial and mental support." - 2020 Alumni Grant Recipient

"My previous laptop was giving up on me with battery and other issues. The new laptop allowed me to finish my undergraduate program at UNO quite strong." - 2022 Alumni Grant Recipient