STUDENTS EDGE TOWARD COLLEGE GEAR UP GETS KIDS ON THE ROUTE TO LEARNING.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer GLENDALE- A program to ready students of Glendale and Hoover high schools' graduating classes of 2008 for four-year colleges is gearing up for its second year. The federally funded Gear Up program will offer the 1,000 ninth-graders at the two high school services http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Schools_Collection_May_2007_2.JPGSchool Services are a business unit of the National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa). They provide curriculum and advisory services to support New Zealand schools. including tutoring by Glendale Community College Glendale Community College can refer to one of two colleges in the United States.
``It targets kids who have the ability to go to college, but who might not otherwise think of going to college,'' said school board member Mary Boger. ``It introduces them and their families to the necessary information that guides them toward making the choice to attend the college or university.'' The program, which received $545,000 in 2004, also allowed the district to purchase 100 laptops equipped with wireless Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the to split between Glendale and Hoover High schools Hoover High School may refer to any of the following:
The idea is to nurture NURTURE. The act of taking care of children and educating them: the right to the nurture of children generally belongs to the father till the child shall arrive at the age of fourteen years, and not longer. Till then, he is guardian by nurture. Co. Litt. 38 b. college plans in students starting in the eighth grade, with an intensive push that includes field trips to local universities and colleges, and introducing them to financial aid, scholarship and college application processes. Students who spoke at a school board meeting this week said the program has helped them set higher goals for themselves and has given them a sense of direction in their education. Glendale High freshman Clarabel Cortez knew she wanted to go to the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. , but she needed guidance. ``I did not know how and what to do to get there,'' she said. ``(Because of Gear Up) I started improving my grades in math class, and now that I'm in high school, I'm going to work hard to get the best grades possible to achieve my goal of being a UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Bruin.'' The program launched its activities in Glendale in 2003 by meeting individually with the eighth-graders to discuss their four-year plans. Students were also given the opportunity to apply for scholarships, and the state awarded 24 students each a $2,000 scholarship. ``As eighth-graders, they went through an application process just as they would as seniors applying for a scholarship,'' said George Engbrecht, a Gear Up coordinator for the district. Students in the program significantly improved their English and math mean scores on the California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). Standards Test and this year, Hoover has seen a dramatic decrease in the number of students who are below grade level - changes that could be attributed to the program, Engbrecht said. Based on a survey by the district, fewer than 100 students of 1,200 said they have no desire to attend college, Engbrecht said. ``There is a big increase in desire to go to college in the marginal kids, those kids who don't have the ability or desire,'' Engbrecht said. ``For the kid who's a C student who thinks maybe they'll go to college as a 12th-grader - they'll more likely be the ones to pick up their grades. That's the hope and that's the purpose and time will tell if we're successful.'' Naush Boghossian, (818) 546-3306 naush.boghossian(at)dailynews.com |
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