Alumni Support | Ed Snider

Alumni

Support Doesn’t End After High School

Continuing Support

Scholarship Programs

Career Readiness

Alumni Coaches

Continuing Support

Continuing Support for Alumni

Students receive support and guidance through their one-on-one relationships with their Alumni Advisors and other staff mentors, scholarships to pursue postsecondary education, assistance in gaining meaningful work experience, and connecting with career networks. Within five years of graduating high school, Alumni are on a path to personal success and are motivated to support younger Snider students through a combination of advocacy, volunteering, networking, and giving.

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Scholarship Programs

Postsecondary success for Alumni is facilitated primarily through three scholarship programs: Goals & Assists; Phil Weinberg Game Ready; and Snider Hockey Over Time (SHOT). For Alumni participating in any of the three scholarship programs, advisors provide structured support to ensure a successful transition from secondary to postsecondary education, continued success as a student, and ultimately a timely graduation.

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Career Readiness

Following high school graduation and throughout their postsecondary experience, Alumni continue to receive support as they begin to build their careers. All Alumni have access to job and internship opportunities that allow them to develop skills, experience, and insights that will build the foundation of a successful career, and provide exposure to pathways to help them identify and progress towards career goals. On the path to Career Success, Alumni will have networking opportunities, resume review, internship application support, and receive career readiness resources.

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Alumni Coaches

Snider Alumni Coaches

High school seniors are invited to apply to become a Snider Alumni Coach, where they take on increased responsibility at summer camps and lead groups of current students as paid employees, working alongside experienced staff. Alumni are encouraged to work in the after school season. This training and work experience forms the basis for future career growth.

Currently, more than half of our coaching staff is made up of former students who return to teach the core values of Snider to a new generation.

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Hear from our alumni

With the help of Snider, I became more than just a product of my environment. I am proud of how I took control of my life.”
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With the help of Snider, I became more than just a product of my environment. I am proud of how I took control of my life.

Snider enhanced my perception of education by teaching me to have the mindset that we are always learning, whether it be at school, on the ice, or elsewhere. This mindset is what encouraged me to pursue higher education, which I didn’t anticipate in high school.

Since high school, I had dreams of attending West Chester University, but I was not initially accepted. Coach Sam encouraged me to attend the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) after I graduated high school. I excelled at CCP and enjoyed furthering my education. Once I earned my associate’s degree, I was blessed to be awarded the Goals and Assists Scholarship to attend West Chester University, which was a dream come true.

I received the Game Ready Scholarship and the Goals and Assists Scholarship, which allows me to graduate with little to no debt from university. After this semester, I am very proud to say that I will be the first person in my family to graduate from college.

Snider has shown me endless support, from my start with the program in 7th grade through my college education.”

Diquan J., Alumnus

Diquan J., Alumnus

01/30/2023

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I pledge to give back as much as I can since becoming an alumnus of Snider.”
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Just as Snider will continue to change the lives of others, I truly now know the meaning of why it is so important to give back to the community, which is why I pledge to give back as much as I can since becoming an alumnus of Snider.”

Nicole D., Alumna

Nicole D., Alumna

02/08/2023

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With better performance in post-secondary education, it helps me have a leg up when I enter into the work force.”
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Knowing that someone is investing in my education and my future, personally helps motivate me to do better in school. With better performance in post-secondary education, it helps me have a leg up when I enter into the work force.”

Shane M., Alumnus

Shane M., Alumnus

02/08/2023

Your Support Goes Further

Thanks to the foresight of our late founder, Ed Snider, every dollar donated to the Snider organization is matched 2:1 – thereby, tripling your impact on our students.