College Bound Staff Running Workshops during our jumpstart conference

College Bound.  College Bound is a case management approach to keeping our high school students on track to graduate with a plan.  Each member has a mentor who meets weekly with him to ensure he is succeeding in school.  Staff and volunteers work directly with high school staff and parents to understand how each member is doing and to advocate for him if necessary.  We also provide a range of instruction in academics, life skills and college prep.

Launched in July 2008, College Bound is an inititaitve that delivers intensive academic supportive services to high school students through a unique case-management-model program helping students stay on-track to graduate high school with a plan for future education or vocational training.

College Bound starts working with 8th graders to plan for high school success by providing rising high school freshmen with front-end support needed for success in high school; exposing youth to opportunities for life's work choices to create in their minds a purpose for high school success; giving youth a competitively “cool” place to belong; and, assisting with identifying post-high school educational opportunities. Each year during the summer, College Bound staff host Jumpstart, a week-long high school preparation conference for incoming freshman.

Essential to College Bound's success is on-going support based on individual students' needs. College Bound staff and volunteers actively assess and respond to students' academic needs by providing weekly tutoring, working directly with students in the library one night each week, being available during lunch time once a week, and meeting one-on-one with students two to three times each week – basically fulfilling part of the parental supervision and support roles that many of our youth do not have either because parents are working multiple jobs to make ends meet, they're absent, they're not proficient in English, and/or they're caring for other children's needs.

The progress of each College Bound participant is monitored weekly. An On-Track Indicator report is reviewed and action plans are developed based on the individual needs of the student.

Article: Launch of College Bound .

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