Transforming Lives of Disadvantaged Youth
To Student Achievers
Children's dreams of going to college should not be dismissed because
their families are economically disadvantaged.
That is why the Partnership Scholars gives students in California
a life-changing opportunity – to turn a dream of a college education
into reality.
The program targets bright students from under-privileged, low
socio-economic backgrounds in the seventh grade. Following an admission
process similar to a college entrance procedure, the "scholars" are provided
with a mentor for the six year program. The goal of this mentoring
program is to enable the “scholars” to qualify for entry
into four-year universities with scholarship aid. This is accomplished
by exposing these students to educational and cultural enrichment
activities and college access guidance.
The mentoring-duo activities are similar to what a middle class
family would provide for their college-bound children. Examples
of outings include field trips to museums, concerts, musicals, sporting
events, exhibits, and restaurants. In addition, mentors and scholars
visited communities and college-campuses in Boston, New York City,
Santa Barbara, San Francisco and San Diego. Some scholars have
even been able to go abroad visiting countries in Europe and China.
The Partnership Scholars program was launched thirteen years
ago with only seven students currently assists over 500 students
in 22 participating schools.
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The Partnership Scholars
has a simple and practical approach that improves college-access
for motivated but economically disadvantaged student by providing
one-to-one mentoring, educational and cultural enhancement activities
and college-access guidance.
- As of the fall of 2009, there have been over 500 students who
have been inducted in the program.
- Of these scholars, 93% of our scholars have gone on to a four
year college and university
- These universities include Harvard, UCLA, USC, UC Berkeley, BYU,
Stanford, Wellesley, Brown, Occidental, Pepperdine, Cal State Fullerton,
UC Irvine, UC San Diego and Loyola Marymount.
- These scholars average of over $63,000 in scholarship aid to
attend these universities.
These are an amazing statistics considering that the secondary schools
these scholars attended produce a graduation rate of less than 50%. |
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The Partnership Scholars Program is in need of help in two ways:
• Financial contributions to support the entry of more students into the program.
(It is estimated that for every sixth grader who qualifies to become a “scholar,” starting
in the seventh grade, there are ten other qualified students who have to
be passed over because of insufficient funding)
• Volunteers as mentors and coordinators at middle and high schools are needed as the number of scholars served and participating schools increases.
Click here to learn how to move the process forward. |
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