Meringoff Family Foundation

When I told my friends I was going to a boarding school, they asked me what I had done wrong. That's how it is in my community in Brooklyn; most people don't know about all the high school options available outside New York City's public school system.

I learned about boarding schools from a group called Breakthrough New York which accepted me in sixth grade, and will mentor and support me all the way through college. Before Breakthrough, my family, friends and teachers wanted me to go to a specialized public high school.