Real support.
Real student progress.
See how Pando helps students stay connected, feel safe, improve skills, overcome barriers, and keep moving toward graduation and what comes next.
The Pando impact
Measurable outcomes, grounded in student success
Pando measures impact by the success and achievements of the students it serves. Across attendance, academics, school connection, and student support, Pando uses real results to evaluate programs, improve its approach, and help more students thrive in school and in their community.
50,000+
students impacted yearly
95%
graduate high school
88% of K-3 PandoKids
received literacy support
92% of students
received Social Emotional Learning or Mental Health support
Student stories, shared with care
Every story shows what support can make possible.
Behind each number is a student, family, school, or community moment where support made a difference. Some stories are academic. Some are about attendance, basic needs, behavior, belonging, or post-graduation opportunity. Together, they show how Pando helps students stay connected when the next step could otherwise feel uncertain.
Many stories are summarized or anonymized to protect student privacy while still showing the real impact of the work.
What support changes for students
Small barriers can become turning points when students have someone in their corner.
These stories show how Pando support can meet students in practical, personal, and timely ways. Whether the need is academic help, attendance motivation, food support, emotional guidance, or post-graduation access, the goal is the same: help students stay connected and keep moving forward.
Social-Emotional Learning
Honey Bees Helps a Student Build Confidence and Friendships
A student entered the Honey Bees girls group shy, reserved, and unsure how to navigate difficult peer dynamics. Through consistent support and guided opportunities to connect, she built confidence and meaningful friendships. She now engages in conversations, plays with peers at recess, and participates comfortably in group settings.
Impact takeaway
A reserved student moved from isolation to regular conversation, play, and friendships.
Basic Needs
Care Closet Expands Support for Students and Families
The school counseling team developed a Care Closet to make essential resources more accessible to students and families. Pando supported the project with organization and hygiene supplies through Simply Hygiene. The collaboration expanded the closet’s ability to respond during winter, the holidays, and periods of increased financial pressure for families.
Impact takeaway
School counselors and Pando strengthened a Care Closet that provides essential resources to families.
Social-Emotional Learning
Anxiety Support Restores Confidence and School Comfort
A student experiencing severe anxiety was having multiple accidents each day at school. Pando provided twice-daily support, including a lunch group, one-on-one time, extra clothing, and a private plan developed with the family, nurse, and administration. Within about a week, the accidents stopped, and over the following month the student gained confidence, asked for help when overwhelmed, and began making friends.
Impact takeaway
Coordinated emotional and practical support helped a student overcome anxiety-related accidents at school.
Basic Needs
A Student Puts Family First During the Holidays
A student worried about his mother as she worked to move the family out of a difficult living situation. When asked what he wanted for Christmas, he requested household items for her before toys for himself. Through community partners and the GIV Warehouse, the family received shoes, clothing, toys, food, cleaning supplies, and a new vacuum. His mother later shared that the children were happier, more helpful at home, and more focused on school.
Impact takeaway
A student’s concern for his family led to meaningful holiday support and greater stability at home.
Support shouldn't disappear when life changes
A school change, graduation, or hard season can interrupt a student's momentum fast. Pando exists to keep support connected over time, because students do better when they know there is still a place to return to for help, guidance, and next steps.
Students connected to Pando over time are more likely to keep moving toward graduation and post graduation success.
Keep the story moving forward
You can help more students stay connected to the support, community, and next steps they need.
Every story on this page points to something bigger. When students can find support without having to dig, they are more likely to stay connected, keep their momentum, and move toward what comes next. If you believe that support should continue across school years and life stages, this is your chance to be part of it.