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TRIO
Talent Search Program
The South Seattle
Community College – TRiO program at Chief Sealth helps students
to continue on to post-secondary education after high school. This includes
4-year, 2-year, technical, vocational, and apprenticeship programs. We
assist students with college searches, admissions applications, financial
aid applications, and scholarship searches. We also provide participants
opportunities to visit college campuses throughout the State of Washington.
The TRiO Talent Search is free and open to students who have the desire
to complete high school and seek further education. Two-thirds of participants
must have families who meet federal low-income guidelines and parents
who have not graduated from a 4-year college. The remaining one-third
of participants do not need to meet this criteria.
GOLD Scholars
Program
The GOLD (Golden
Opportunity for Life Development) Scholars Program is a challenging program
for African American male students who are willing to transform their
lives through intellect. Participants commit to earning all A’s
and B’s in high school, attending tutoring sessions four days a
week after school, participating in a summer academic program, performing
community service, and meeting standards for behavior and integrity. Those
who meet the program’s requirements will receive the money they
need to go to college beyond what they get in loans, financial aid and
other scholarships. If they graduate from college, the program pays off
any outstanding student loans. The program is funded by the Seattle-based
Tudor Foundation.
Making Connections
Program
Outreach program
offered through UW Women's Center provides strategies and skills training
for 9th- to 12th-graders to prepare for higher education and careers in
science, technology, engineering and math fields. Students attend workshops
and receive mentoring for help with financial aid, editing college applications,
SAT prep, college visits, company site visits, parent support groups and
scholarship searches. Participants include students who are underrepresented
in higher education and are the first in their family to apply to college,
and attend Cleveland, Chief Sealth, Garfield, Franklin, Nathan Hale, Ingraham,
Rainier Beach or West Seattle high schools.
Upward Bound
Program
Upward Bound prepares
high school students for higher education. The program’s goal is
to give students the knowledge, skills and motivation necessary to earn
a two- or four-year college or technical degree by supporting academic
achievement, goal setting, career exploration, and helping students choose
what they want to study and what college to attend. Each year, 9th through
12th graders from five Seattle public schools participate in the Upward
Bound program run by the City of Seattle Human Services Department. Students
are ethnically diverse and from low-income families with parents who have
not received a degree from a four-year educational institution.
UW in the
High School
The UW in the High School (UWHS) program gives groups of qualified high
school juniors and seniors the opportunity to take five-credit University
of Washington courses for credit in their own school with their own teacher.
UWHS courses use the same UW curriculum, activities, text, tests and grading
scale used in courses taught on the UW campus. UWHS courses can help improve
students' study habits as well as make them more adept independent learners
- skills necessary for success in college courses.
• Japanese 3a, 3b – International Baccalaureate / UW In The
High School
• Spanish 3a, 3b – International Baccalaureate / UW In The
High School
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Seattle
MESA (Mathematics, engineering, Science Achievement)
MESA classes, clubs, after-school programs and summer programs help underrepresented
students visualize themselves in college and careers related to mathematics,
engineering, and science. MESA services include MESA enriched math and
science classes, after school and summer programs, pre-college advising
and support, participation in national engineering conferences, local,
state and national competitions, internships with local businesses and
research centers, role models and mentors, parent workshops and field
trips, teacher professional development, and integrated science and math
curriculum.
This
is an after-school and Saturday program for freshmen at Cleveland, Franklin,
Garfield, Rainier Beach, and Chief Sealth High Schools. This program is
designed to increase the number of African-American, Native American,
Latino and Samoan students who achieve at a 3.0 or higher GPA during their
ninth grade year. During the first three years of the program, nearly
70% of MESA students have earned a 3.0 or higher GPA, compared to 20%
of their peers.
Students
participate twice per week, after school, throughout the school year,
working in study groups with their peers and with tutors. One Saturday
per month, students meet at the UW for hands-on engineering activities
and mentoring. In addition to academic support and enrichment, the program
focuses on four themes: Leadership, Motivation, Responsibility, and Teamwork.
ACE Mentor
Program
The ACE Mentor Program (architecture, construction, and engineering) increases
awareness of high school students to career opportunities in architecture,
construction, engineering, and related areas of the design and construction
industry through mentoring and provides scholarship opportunities for
students in an inclusive manner reflective of the diverse school population.
Working in teams with local building industry professionals, students
complete a design project that simulates real-world situations. The teams
take field trips and tour professional offices to help them in the design
process. This 15 week program runs from October to May and is free.
Seattle Vocational
Institute (SVI) Bright Future Program
The Bright Future program gives students 16 years or older an opportunity
to start their college courses early by allowing qualified high school
students access to accredited programs at Seattle Vocational Institute.
The program is designed to assist the participants in earning a high school
diploma and a certificate of completion in one of SVI's professional technical
programs. Students are eligible to enroll in the vocational programs of
the Allied Health Division (Dental Assistant, Health Unit Coordinator
and Medical Assistant), Business Computers Division (Administrative Office
Professional, Computer-Based Accounting and Network Technician), the Pre-Apprenticeship
Construction Training program and the School of Cosmetology.
Dream Project
- UW
The Dream Project partners UW students with first-generation and low-income
students in Seattle area high schools to help assist in the college admissions
process (including SAT prep, applications, writing essays, applying for
financial aid, and finding scholarships). The program has a dual-focus
approach: one, to give these college-bound high school students the assistance
that they may not be able to receive at home or from other areas of their
lives; and two, to teach UW students about educational opportunity and
social mobility and examine these ideas in the context of the University
of Washington.
Running
Start
The
Running Start Program at all the community colleges provides high school
juniors and seniors the opportunity to enroll in college level courses
and to earn high school and college credit at the same time. Tuition is
free at Seattle community colleges. Students are responsible for purchasing
their own books, paying lab costs, and providing their own transportation
to the campus. To qualify, students take the Compass assessment test (the
test is offered regularly at each community college and is free of charge.)
Chief
Sealth Prospective Student Page
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