Jordan Grabelle ’22 Wins Pilot Pen G2 Overachievers Student Grant

Jordan Grabelle ’22 (pictured with Head of School Julia de la Torre) has been selected as the 2020 recipient of the G2 Overachievers Student Grant. Every year Pilot Pen and actress, singer, and film producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas present the award. The student grant celebrates one exceptional young scholar (aged 13 to 19, middle or high school) who is making a difference in the lives of others outside the classroom, with $12,500 to further their education and continue their good work and $2,500 to support their school. 

As summarized on the award website: “Jordan is a high school junior who is the founder and executive director of a nonprofit called Love Letters for Literacy (LLL). LLL equips families in need with handmade literacy packets to make teaching the letters of the alphabet easy and fun. A child’s ability to succeed in school, attend college, and earn a higher salary all begins with the ability to read. LLL sets out to change the fact that lower-income children typically know significantly fewer letters of the alphabet when entering kindergarten than their more affluent peers. LLL seeks to level the educational playing field. Its packets teach families how to make learning the alphabet into a game to promote early literacy while encouraging a lifelong love of reading. Each literacy packet includes simple educational games, a set of 26 flashcards and a handwritten, personalized note. To date, LLL has sent out over 40,000 packets in 6 1/2 years to children in all 50 states, 30 countries and 6 continents. In Jordan’s spare time, she is President of her school’s Model United Nations Club, plays varsity field hockey, and is the Editor-in-Chief of her school’s journalism program.”

Congratulations Jordan!