FEDERAL GRANTS TO HELP LOW-INCOME STUDENTS PREPARE FOR COLLEGE.Byline: Greg Gittrich Staff Writer Thousands of San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. middle-schoolers will benefit from $24 million in federal grants aimed at helping children from low-income families prepare for college, Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Ruben Zacarias said Monday. Thanks to winning proposals written by teachers and principals, Valley schools walked away with the vast majority - 80 percent - of the $30 million in federal ``Gear Up'' grants awarded to the school district. The competitive grants, awarded by the U.S. Department of Education, will provide more than 13,000 students in the nation's second-largest school district with college preparation courses and services through partnerships with local colleges, universities and community organizations. The grant program will run for five years. The Valley's winning proposals included partnerships with California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an ; Los Angeles Mission College Los Angeles Mission College is a two-year community college located in Sylmar, California neighborhood of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley, United States. It is part of the Los Angeles Community College District. ; Los Angeles Valley College LAVC redirects here. For the software library, see libavcodec. The university is adjacent to Grant High School. Often called "Valley College" or simply "Valley" by those who frequent the campus, it opened its doors to the public on September 12, 1949, at which time the campus was ; and Glendale College. ``The decision to attend college begins at the middle-school level,'' Zacarias said during a news conference at Irving Middle School Irving Middle School could be referring to the following:
``With the Gear Up grants and partnerships, we can reach out early to students and their parents and make the dream of college a reality.'' Starting with the coming academic year, the money will enable selected schools to spend an extra $800 per student each year on tutoring, mentoring and college preparation courses through high school. The use of the money varies by school, but the proposals include free college-level courses, counseling on college applications and financial aid, college fairs, mentoring programs and additional advanced placement curriculum. ``Only one in four applicants nationwide were successful in this round of funding. The process was very competitive,'' said Russell Calleros, special project coordinator for Rep. Xavier Becerra, a Los Angeles Democrat who lobbied for the district's proposals. Los Angeles Unified submitted a total of 15 applications prepared by individual schools, winning a quarter of the $120 million awarded nationwide. The largest portion of the grants were awarded to the district's San Fernando cluster, which includes Maclay, Pacoima and San Fernando middle schools. The cluster will receive $14.5 million to serve 10,991 students as they progress through San Fernando High School San Fernando High School, located in San Fernando, California, is a secondary school that is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The school colors are black and gold. All girl teams are referred to as Lady Tigers, all boy teams simply as Tigers. . Walter Reed Middle School Walter Reed Middle School is a year-round school located in North Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. Its original name was North Hollywood Junior High School. The school is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. and North Hollywood High School North Hollywood High School, originally called Lankershim High School when it opened in 1927, is a secondary school in North Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The school mascot is the husky, and the school colors are blue, white, grey. received $2.8 million to provide programs for 700 students, and Olive Vista Middle School and Sylmar High School Sylmar High School is a public school in the northeast San Fernando Valley in the Sylmar district of Los Angeles, California. Established in the 1950s, it is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, District 2, and serves more than 3,600 students in grades 9-12. were awarded nearly $8 million. The number of students to be served by Olive Vista and Sylmar's program was not immediately available. Winning proposals outside of the Valley came from Griffith and Irving middle schools, whose students will matriculate through Eagle Rock, Marshall, Franklin and Garfield high schools. |
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