Preparing Students To Become Homeowners And Neighbors
Neighboring Academy Highlights
Our 2025 Thanksgiving celebration was a resounding success! Special thanks to Alpha Phi- Alpha , Zeta Theta Lambda chapter who put together a fantastic “Pheast with the Pharaohs” for all our students, their families, and our community partners. In addition to eating well, we all celebrated student success as almost $50,000.00 in scholarships were awarded to students to continue post secondary education! These scholarships were made possible through the First Chance Trust through PA Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD)
WHAT IT IS
A Pathway for Home Ownership
When we show students a pathway to home ownership, we’re imagining a kind of education that doesn't only prepare them to go to college or get a job but to responsibly join a neighborhood. We’re teaching principals of neighboring. We’re building a foundation for a thriving community and investing in their future!
The Neighboring Academy creates specialized learning environments in partnership with schools to guide students along a proactive path towards home ownership.
“Neighboring” refers not only to the interpersonal relationships we have with those around us; but also to the ways that systems & structures relate to form neighborhoods.
The Neighboring Academy breaks cycles of poverty by creating a pathway to homeownership that combines local neighborhood capital with 21st Century skills at Steelton-Highspire for high school students.
HOW IT WORKS
Specialized Environment.
Contextual Education. Timeless Values.
We create spaces for specialized instruction to break cycles of poverty by combining local neighborhood capital with 21st Century skills empowering students to become responsible neighbors and homeowners.
We use design thinking to develop student's 21st Century skills so they can leverage different forms of local neighborhood capital to make an impact in their neighborhoods.
We partner with businesses and workforce development programs to give students opportunities to develop their 21st Century skills in local real world environments as well as within specialized modular makerspaces constructed with technologies like shipping containers and 3D printing.
Contact the Neighboring Academy
For more information on how your school or business can begin planning a partnership with the Neighboring Academy, share your interest with us.
