Starr Hill Pathways

In 2023, the Center was awarded an Institutional Challenge Grant to develop a research-practice partnership (RPP) with Albemarle County Public Schools, aiming to reduce barriers to college and career readiness for youth of color and youth from low-income backgrounds in the local…

Apply to encourage academic success and build relationships with middle and high school students who are first-generation, limited-income. Our tutors are paid $18/hour, and tutors who can support more than one session per week are paid $20/hour.

Community-engaged teaching at the University of Virginia is driving real community impact, fostering strong connections between students at UVA and across the Charlottesville and Albemarle County region. Through partnerships with the Center for Community Partnerships’ Starr Hill…

The Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Virginia developed Starr Hill Pathways (SHP) in partnership with Albemarle County Public Schools and Charlottesville City Schools as an innovative, long-term, collaborative program for middle and high school students in…

This manual outlines the structures and practices of the Starr Hill Pathways research project. Members of this project include staff at The Center for Community Partnerships at UVA, university faculty and students, K-12 education partners, and community-based organizations.

Congratulations to Aanya Sonkusare, a Henley Middle School student, for winning the UVA Equity Center's Voices of Democracy Writing Contest! Her hard work and dedication truly stood out, and we are all very proud of her achievement. Well done, Aanya!

The Starr Hill Pathways (SHP) Tutoring Program aims to provide emergent bilinguals and other students who need academic support with linguistic and instructional support.