The Alumni Pop By

Raney Buist-Holmes, an original founding Meeting Street Academy-Charleston owl is now in his second year at DePaul University. He has deep roots in our community and comes back to visit all the time. Raney recently sat down with us and shared how his college experience has been so far. He is working, takes a full course load with a mighty fine GPA,  and is involved in the @Young Men of C...

Sanaa Belcher, current 9th grader @soa,  to know her is to love her. Hear how she paved the way for all alumni after her. She's a history maker, a barrier breaker, and a world changer. She gives tips and tricks to stay involved, be connected, and make a name for yourself to be the most successful version of YOU you can be! 

Work Hard, Create Belonging. We talk about this a lot, but what does it really mean? Join us on this meta journey as we dissect this a little bit. Let us know your thoughts!

Xavier, founding owl, comes back to his roots to talk all about his journey through Green Heart. Learn how meaningful summer experiences turned into internships!

During our third annual network-wide Alumni Weekend event in April, we celebrated, reconnected, and shared internships, programs, and community networks with our alums and our graduating classes! We want to remove barriers and provide opportunities, so that these current and future leaders can fully and freely pursue their dreams. This Alumni Weekend was all about opportunities and "March Madness....

Our 7th podcast episode after a smidge of time away... We are KICKING off March Madness with the amazing @wgaesf team + our CEO + an incredible alumna from Brentwood Bulldogs, Kimberly to talk to you about how to earn some great money this summer, network with influential people, and earn a FULL RIDE to college as an #EvansScholar! This episode is chock full of great little morsels.

Wow! We can't believe we are 6 episode in now. This one was super fun and featured an all star cast... Thanks to our Meeting Street Schools Director of Communications, Jen Jordan, our new friend, AJ Leach, and our forever Owl, Lois Vandross for dropping some serious passion, joy, knowledge and - of course - personal branding power. Also, we cannot forget to shout out Mr. Hansen, our Brentwood Bull...

We are at 5 Episodes! Wow, Wow, WOW.This episode is all about the power of our names. Identitiy, belonging, and inclusion is deeply meaningful to the alumni programming. what better way to explore our identity than exploring our names? Shout out to so many alumnae in this episode, as well as our partner school, Ashley Hall, and teacher Ms. Meghan Redel. Always remember, and never forget: "They can...

Here we go, folx! Episode 4 is ON DECK! We have a riveting part 2 of Episode 2 with Chris Holmes as he talks about his journey with Meeting Street Schools: from student at Meeting Street Academy - Charleston to Charleston Catholic School, to Goose Creek High School, then Brentwood Bulldogs intern, and, now, a member of the operations team. Shout outs go to Rainey Buist-Holmes, his partner in all t...

In this episode, we explore why Heritage Months are so important to Meeting Street Schools and our Alumni Services Programming. Make sure to check out America Ferrara's incredible Ted Talk about how your identity IS your SUPER POWER! Shout out to our art teachers @MeetingStreetBrentwoodArt and @ArtWithRamp and our academic teams for bringing great art and literature to our kids every day. Check ou...

Wow! Episode 2 is already in the books where we hear from 2 alumni about their Meeting Street Schools journey from 4-year-olds to alumni working at a Meeting Street School. We shout out so many people in this episode! Learn about our school partners, favorite former teachers, ops teams, and extended day teams.

In this first session, we take a deep dive into our website to help you navigate all the resources at your disposal. We shout out some beloved principals, passion projects and so much more!