CollegeSummit :: Partnerships

Partnerships

We would like to acknowledge the ongoing support of our partner schools and Regis University who ensure that all students are supported in the postsecondary transition process.

Accomplishments

A college going culture shift is taking place within our partner schools and we have some promising results:

• College Summit produces a 20% increase in college enrollment for program participants, according to an independent outcomes evaluation.

• At least 93% of students at our partner schools have applied to college this school year. This is one of the leading indicators for college enrollment.

• 99% of Mapleton Public Schools (MPS) students submitted college applications, and over 91% received acceptances by the end of the 2008-09 school year.

• Mapleton's dropout rate has declined from over 11% to only 5.5% since the beginning of our partnership in 2004-05.

University partner:
Regis University

List of Supporters

Phil Gonring, Senior Program Officer, Rose Community Foundation: “In my 12 years as a program officer, I have had the privilege of working with a number of nonprofits that on a daily basis make the lives of children and youth better than they might otherwise be. College Summit is no exception. College Summit is unique, however, because it not only transforms the lives of the individuals with whom it works with, it also transforms school systems, making College Summit the ideal nonprofit for savvy investors who not only want to touch individual lives but also change entire systems.

Jeff Peierls, The Peierls Foundation, Inc.: "Seeing and hearing from the students at the Let Talent Shine banquet in July was truly moving. After overcoming more than their share of challenges already, here they were rising to the new challenge of pursuing a college education. Although for some of these students, that night may have been the first time to be honored and recognized, I have to believe that for many of them, it will mark but the first of a series
of such honors throughout their lives."

College Summit-Colorado is grateful to the following corporations and foundations who support our work in Colorado.