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There is an old African proverb, "it takes a village to raise a child." We are that village. Comprised of some of the most powerful women in Washington D.C., the High Tea Society is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization created to provide educational and cultural enrichment activities for inner-city girls who attend the District of Columbia Public Schools. Using a combination of technology, tradition and innovation, we are reclaiming and redefining gentility for a modern age.
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We Go Where Our Girls Are.
The transition from girlhood to womanhood can be difficult without proper guidance. The High Tea Society is dedicated to imparting young girls from disadvantaged backgrounds with the critical social and professional skills to navigate their professional, civil and global communities. To that end, we go where our girls are: their schools, their homes, their laptops and smartphones.
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Since 1997, the High Tea Society has worked with over 800 promising young ladies from the 5th - 12th grade. We've employed a four-pronged approach, named the 4 Es (Exposure, Environment, Expectations & Experiences) to enact our curriculum that focuses on academic achievement, community service, lifestyle improvement, cultural awareness.
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Through participation in the High Tea Society programs, our young ladies learn that living and working successfully in the 21st century global community requires certain life skills, not just “street skills.” Through our innovative programming, HTS builds up the resiliency of DC girls to resist unhealthy influences such as gangs, peer pressure, teenage pregnancy, drugs and juvenile delinquency that currently control their existence. Placed in new environments with high expectations, our protégés are put on the path to discover that they belong in and can contribute to the civil society.
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