School Motto: SUCCESS IS THE ONLY OPTION

GEAR UP
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs

GEAR UP Coordinators
Linda Bryant - Project Director
Dave Durrant - Site Coordinator
Celeste Johnson - Secretary
Phone 646-5180

National GEAR UP website: http://www.ed.gov/programs/gearup/index.html

PROGRAM DISCRIPTION
This discretionary grant program is designed to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education. GEAR UP provides six-year grants to states and partnerships to provide services at high-poverty middle and high schools. GEAR UP grantees serve an entire cohort of students beginning no later than the seventh grade and follow the cohort through high school. GEAR UP funds are also used to provide college scholarships to low-income students.

TYPES OF PROJECTS
GEAR UP offers state and partnership grants. State grants are competitive six-year matching grants that must include both an early intervention component and a scholarship component. Partnership grants are competitive six-year matching grants that support early intervention programs designed to increase college attendance and success and raise the expectations of low-income students.

UPCOMING ACTIVITIES