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I.
A. What are the
Requirements?
1.
Enter 1 of these 5 Project Grad partner
high schools in HISD as a first year
freshman: Davis, Reagan, Sam Houston,
Wheatley, and Yates, and graduate from
1 of these schools in 4 years or less.
[Students transferring from other
schools or districts in their 10th,
11th, or 12th grade year may not
participate in the program ~ unless
they are transferring from another
Project GRAD School.]
2.
Successfully complete the HISD
Recommended College Prep Program with a
2.5 GPA or higher, as
followed:
4
credits- English
3
credits- Math. [ Must take 4
years of either math or
science.]
3
credits- Science. [ If you take
Algebra,Geometry or IPC (Integrated
physics & chemistry) in the
8th grade and by your 11th grade
have completed Physics then that
will suffice
]
4
credits- Social
Studies
2
credits- Language other than
English
1
credit- Technology
Applications
7
credits- Fine Arts (1), PE (1.5),
Health (.5), Speech (.5), Electives
(3.5)
3.
Must take the PSAT in their sophomore
and junior year
4.
Attend at least two summer/intersession
College Institutes before
the start of their senior
year.
5.
Must enroll in college within
1 year of graduation from HS, and must
not let enrollment lapse for more than
1 year
B.
After Requirements Are Met, To Receive
The Scholarship, Students Must
1-
Submit a profile sheet to Project GRAD
with all verifying
information
2-
Submit to Project GRAD the letter of
acceptance to the accredited
college/university the plan to
attend
3-
Submit to Project GRAD their official
transcript
C.
How Much is the
Scholarship?
Once
all the information above is submitted,
Project GRAD will cut a check for $500
to the university designated by
the
Fall tuition deadline. The same
procedure is repeated each semester
until $4000 is used.
While
the GRAD scholarship, averaging $1,000
to $1,500 per year provides motivation
as well as money, the Scholarship
Coordinators work to help students
attract additional scholarships and
financial aid, to ensure that college
is financially
possible.
The
Scholarship Coordinator also works with
each student to help him or her
maintain the GPA required to trigger
the GRAD scholarship and to succeed in
the college preparatory
curriculum.
D.
What are the Requirements for the
Scholarship to be Renewed Each
Year?
In
order to keep the scholarship renewed
each year, the students must
1.
Keep a GPA of 2.0 or better in
college
2.
Must acquire 24 credit hours of college
by the beginning of their 2nd year
(They can take summer classes without
Project GRAD assistance to ensure they
have enough credits required.
)
II.
Project GRAD's Assistance &
Services
A.
How Project GRAD Help You Achieve
Dreams?
GRAD
focus on preparing students for high
school graduation and success in
college. At the center of the GRAD high
school effort is the guarantee of a
college scholarship for all students
who qualify to increase college
access for all students.
A
campus-based Scholarship Coordinator,
together with social services/parent
involvement staff, work to help
students graduate and gain access to
college through a number of key
activities/services.
1.
Walk for Success and Learning
Contract:
Early
in the ninth grade year, usually in
October, the Scholarship
Coordinator, together with social
services/parent involvement and
other school staff and community
volunteers, visit the homes of all
students to inform them about
Project GRAD's goals and college
scholarships and to enlist their
support in fulfilling the criteria
required for the scholarships. They
are also asked to sign a learning
contract committing their children
to the scholarship program that
stipulates what is expected of
students and the parents, as well as
what the high school and GRAD will
provide during the high school years
and beyond.
2.
Improve academic rigor focusing
on 9th graders
by
a.
Summer interventions that,
in effect, elongate the ninth
grade year to provide students
with more time on task in
the
core subjects of mathematics and
literacy and to ensure a smooth
transition to high school.
b.
The division of ninth grade
classes into 100-student
"houses," the scheduling of
double periods for mathematics
and literacy for students
with significant deficits, and
the introduction of endowed
"chairs" in mathematics and
English language arts, to oversee
customized curricula and to train
and coach teachers.
c.
Mentoring- Personalization
of education through the
introduction of adult mentors/
advocates for all students in
school and tutoring throughout
the grades on an as-needed
basis.
d.
GEAR UP Mentoring is a
program for 6th and 7th grade
students at the eleven GEAR UP
Middle Schools: Marshall, Ryan,
Cullen, Hamilton, Hogg, EO Smith,
Fleming, McReynolds, Burbank, P.
Henry and Fonville. Mentors are
students recruited from area
universities. Students at these
schools can register online or at
the school GRAD office if they
would like to have a
mentor.
3.
Offerings of Pre-Advanced
Placement and Advanced Placement
courses and the taking of the
ACT or SAT by all eligible students.
Students are also provided ACT/SAT
training, and test registration fees
may be
subsidized.
4.
Summer/Intersession Institutes
and College Visits:
During
summer students between grades nine
and ten are expected to attend a
four-week Summer Institute. These
are planned jointly by high school
and college partners, situated on a
college campus, and taught at least
in part by college faculty. These
Institutes serve a dual function:
they provide remediation and/or
academic enrichment, depending on
the student's needs, so that he or
she is better prepared to succeed
academically during the coming
school year. They also encourage
students to think that college is a
realistic possibility. Following the
initial Institute, students must
complete at least one more Institute
during the summer between grades 10
and 11 and/or between grades 11 and
12.
5.
Training to Teachers
Training
opportunities to prepare teachers to
teach Pre-AP and AP courses as well
as to prepare students to excel on
the ACT and SAT tests. Students are
also provided ACT/SAT training, and
test registration fees may be
subsidized
Consistency
Management and Cooperative
DisciplineS (CMCDSM) is a classroom
management system that invites
students to become actively engaged
in taking responsibility for much of
the day-to-day management of the
classroom, and frees teachers from
most traditional classroom
management and discipline
responsibilities and fosters a
classroom climate more conducive to
high-level
learning.
6.
College Support:
Once
students have matriculated in
college, they work with College
Managers. The College Manager works
with them and their colleges to help
assure a successful first year
experience, keeps up with the
students as the scholarship is
renewed annually, calls and visits
students to ensure retension, and
invites students back to their high
schools to provide mentoring
experiences for future GRAD
graduates during College Day
activities.
Provides
a financial aid specialist to assist
seniors and college students with
questions regarding financial aid
through this
process.
7.
Social Services/Parent
Involvement
Staff
Providing
campus-based social services and
parent involvement staff is
central to the Project GRAD
mission. This component focuses
on drop-out prevention and social
services that provide guidance,
counseling, community outreach,
and family case management
services to at-risk students.
Communities
in Schools (CIS)or Campus
Family Support (CFS) utilize
their staff for this service.
Each high school has 3 to 5
trained social services/parent
involvement staff assigned to
involve parents and community
members in the education of
students and broker community
services needed by families in
crisis.
They
work with parents to inform
them about GRAD Scholarships
and help them support their
students' emerging college plans,
taking them on college tours and
providing information about
college programs and financing,
coordinating closely with the
Scholarship
Coordinator.
8.
Parent University Program -
(en español)
Equipping
parents/guardians with skills to
support their children's academic
progress and sharing the message
of the Project GRAD programs and
scholarship with the community.
Individual schools schedule
Parent University workshops based
on parent requests in their
school community.
All
parents and guardians are invited
to attend these workshops. No
pre-registration is
necessary.
If
you need more information, please
contact the school office and ask
to speak to the Communities In
Schools Project
Manager.
Workshops
for Parents
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1st grade
Raising Readers/ Snacks &
Stories
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& Chapters
A Day for
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Men
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Building
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Child
Can We Talk?
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Prevention
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Night Out
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Night
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Orientation
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GRAD Overview
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GED
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