Peninsula

POE San Francisco Peninsula was founded in 1984 by Jerry and Dick Smallwood and is now run by their daughter, Carol Mullin. POE Peninsula supports students from high schools from Sunnyvale to San Mateo, CA. Over the years, the foundation has grown to support over 800 students, providing more than $10 million, mentoring, internships, and educational workshops. In 2008 POE opened a chapter in the Washington DC area and in 2015 another chapter was opened in the San Francisco South Bay, serving San Jose and Los Gatos areas. In 2022 POE started supporting our alumni students who attend graduate school. POE continues to look for ways to help low-income, hard-working students fulfill their dreams of attending college and becoming successful independent adults. Below are some of the high schools students from Pursuit of Excellence Peninsula attended:

Carlmont High School

1400 Alameda De Las Pulgas
Belmont, CA 94002

Castilleja School

1310 Bryant St.
Palo Alto, CA 94301

East Palo Alto Academy

475 Pope Street
Menlo Park, CA 94025

Eastside College Preparatory School

1041 Myrtle Street
East Palo Alto, CA 94303

Everest Public High School

455 5th Ave.
Redwood City, CA 94063

Gunn High School

780 Arastradero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94306

Menlo-Atherton High School

555 Middlefield Road
Atherton, CA 94027

Palo Alto High School

50 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94301

San Mateo High School

San Mateo, California

Sequoia High School

1201 Brewster Avenue
Redwood City, CA 94062

Summit Preparatory High School

890 Broadway Street
Redwood City, CA 94063

Woodside High School

199 Churchill Avenue
Woodside, CA 94062