By Rick Wills, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Jun. 26--If D'Rae Wise had not attended the Summerbridge program at Sewickley Academy for several years, he says his summers would have been a waste. "I'd eat and watch TV.

Breakthrough Collaborative (also known as Summerbridge) will begin its annual intensive summer program on June 20 at its two San Francisco locations, SF University High School and SF Day School.

Breakthrough Collaborative, a Bay Area-based natio

Breakthrough Collaborative, a national non-profit that increases educational opportunities for high-potential, low-income middle school students, has received a $2.5 million capacity-building grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies.

By CONOR L. SANCHEZ Jeanette Solano knows better than to waste her summer days watching TV and sleeping late. Unlike most of her peers, she wakes up every morning at 7:30 a.m.