Your Moment of Joy: A look inside Rocketship

by Rocketship Public Schools | March 21, 2025

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A Chain Reaction

Evelyn Rojas, Care Corps Coordinator at Rocketship Spark Academy | October 22, 2021

When I walked in to interview for my first real, professional, post-college job, the words of my elementary school principal stuck in my head: “A weak handshake is the first thing an employer sees about how you present yourself. Give eye contact, be firm, and be confident.” Little did my principal, Mr. Smith, or I…

Unleashing My Potential to Change the World

by Isabel Hernandez | September 9, 2021

Today, I am a college graduate. I am a law student at Santa Clara University School of Law. I am a future immigration lawyer. I am a Mexican American – a child of immigrants – who is proud of my culture and cannot wait to fight for my people’s legal rights. I am what it…

#RocketshipFirstDay 2021

September 3, 2021

The 21-22 school year is particularly special not only because we are finally back in the classroom, but because this fall marks FIFTEEN years of Rocketeers! In 2006, the very first Rocketship School, Rocketship Mateo Sheedy, welcomed students in a church in San Jose, CA (have you read our founding story?). Throughout August, our Rocketeers…

How Rocketship Public Schools Helps My Special Needs Son Defy The Odds

by Jade Carr | September 2, 2021

“Your son won’t start reading until middle school.” That was the expert opinion of my son’s pediatrician, autism specialist, and physical therapists. They said his lack of focus, trouble with verbal language and difficulty with comprehension would put his reading skills years behind his peers. But they didn’t know about Rocketship Public Schools. Nzuri is…

Rocketship Graduate Aims for the Stars as Future Aerospace Engineer

Salvador Vazquez, graduate of Rocketship Sí Se Puede | June 3, 2021

College was my mom’s dream, but once I became a Rocketeer, that dream became mine too. I live that dream every day at the University of California, Irvine where I am studying to become an aerospace engineer. My middle sister, Marlenne, dreamt of becoming a nurse one day and is currently studying public health at…

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