News/Events

Laura Gump and her mentee, Laila Jones, a Senior at SVA can hardly believe that their 4 years of mentorship with S/PA are drawing to a close, but it’s clear that they will remain close for years to come.

Student/Partner Alliance held our second annual wine and cheese networking event at Christ Church in Summit, NJ to celebrate National Mentoring Month.

Student/Partner Alliance held its annual holiday party at Marist High School in Bayonne, NJ on January 9th. A crowd of 200 Partners, mentors, students and parents from filled the room and celebrated the start of the New Year.

Bruce and Susan Reitz hosted the 34th Annual Bunk’s Fun Run on Sunday, December 2nd. Their college friends, neighbors, Board Members, staff, and other S/PA supporters raised a record of over $13,000 for scholarships for urban students for Student Partner Alliance.

Jonathan Marte, Hudson Catholic (’20) Earns the O’Toole Family Foundation Scholarship to Villanova

S/PA Young Professionals’ Network (YPN) had its annual fall Happy Hour at the Zeppelin Hall Beer Garden in Jersey City on November 1st.

On Saturday November 3, 2018, nearly 100 S/PA students, mentors, and family members gathered at the Community FoodBank of New Jersey in Hillside to kick off the giving season.

Despite the threat of a Nor’Easter, over 60 partners, mentors, mentees, and their parents came to Summit for a presentation on preparing for and paying for college.