Our marketing intern, Brittaney, was able to make a video about the important role that our Alumni play in the summer workshops. Watch the video.
Author : Jason Shen
At 9:30pm on a Friday night, I plopped into a couch, pulled out a pile of wide-ruled notepaper from my manila accordion folder and began reading the draft of a college personal statement written one of my Peer Leaders. I had five - they were rising seniors who attended high school in Oakland and East Palo Alto, where crime rates are too high, income levels are too low, and enrolling in college is far too rare.
Why was I at the UC Merced campus, 3 hours from my SF home, after a long week of work? Read more.
Check out the video of this informative, honest and lively panel.
CSI Presenter: Yetunde Reeves, Principal, EXCEL High School
The facts:
298 students grades 9-12
Defined as low income
Students primarily from West Oakland
Building college going culture in a small urban school: a Case Study for Success
1. College talk
Educators talk about dorm life, food, where they went to college on a regular basis
Educators wear college gear once a week
Alumni…
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