Curious Cardinals - Unlocking Potential in Students Through Mentorship hosted by Jessica Price & Alpha Schools
As seen on the Today show, Curious Cardinals is a dynamic education platform that is nurturing the next generation of dreamers, thinkers, and doers through the magic of near-peer mentorship. K-12 students are matched with the perfect mentor for them, based on shared background, interests, and personality.
Curious Cardinals mentors are the brightest, most accomplished students from top universities across the nation -- but they're also cool, compassionate, and caring. With a Curious Cardinals mentor by their side, kids can embark on passion projects, translate interests into real-world skills, discover their "thing", and conquer challenging academic subjects. But more than that, a Curious Cardinals mentorship helps kids develop confidence, build self-esteem, and take agency over their lives.
We hope you'll join us to learn more! Alpha Schools partners directly with Curious Cardinals and Jessica Price, an Alpha School parent, first learned about Curious Cardinals from Alpha and has continued with her mentor in summer and beyond. Jessica would love to introduce the founders, recognized for their work in Forbes 30 Under 30, and the Curious Cardinals team.
In the interim if you want to learn more...
Check out our website, Instagram, or Linkedin.
Watch Curious Cardinals on The Today Show, CNN, or read more in Forbes or the Stanford Daily.
To give you a sense of the impact, here are a few examples:
Elise explored her passion for fashion and feminism and launched Maud the blog: see the blog here.
Hear Elise speak about her experience here.
Matthew had no clear interests but loved gaming - he ended up building his own video game under his mentor's guidance over the course of 1.5 yrs: see the his video game here.
Hear Matthew and his parents speak about his experience here.
Once describing math as his least favorite subject, Lex went on to make it his subject of greatest confidence, thanks to the guidance of his Curious Cardinals math mentor.
Watch Lex and Ben, his Stanford mentor of 3 years, meet in person for the first time here.
Students who became mentors:
Now a student at Yale, Jaidyn Hurst studied Arabic for 3 years with her Curious Cardinals mentor as well as learning French Film & Philosophy and Mass Incarceration. Now she mentors students in creative writing, songwriting, and languages.
Now a student at MIT, Daschiell first learned aerospace engineering at Curious Cardinals. Now he mentors students in aerospace engineering!