Audience: 9th-12th Grade Students
Program Description
The R.I.S.E. Program is a college and career readiness mentoring program that has an intentional focus of preparing students to attend post-secondary institutions and/or technical schools. Students become part of the program beginning their freshman year of high school and obtain mentorship: academically, socially, emotionally, and behaviorally over the course of their time in high school. In addition to the mentorship and support, R.I.S.E. Students also participate in monthly workshops that reinforce the importance of community, authenticity, resiliency, and excellence. During monthly workshops, students navigate between sessions of their choice, that help them reach their own academic, personal, and professional goals. While the R.I.S.E. Program is open to any participant of any: race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or sex; the design of the program has been developed with intentionality on students of color.
Our Vision
With the guidance and support of a dedicated R.I.S.E. Mentor, all student participants will be provided the academic, social, emotional, and behavioral supports to thrive. R.I.S.E. Participants will be equipped with the tools necessary to not only gain acceptance into a college or postsecondary institution/technical school, but also successfully graduate from a secondary institution/ technical school and obtain a career that they are both passionate about and prepared to lead.
Program Goals
- Empower historically marginalized students to successfully graduate from high school.
- Aid students in high-school course planning and graduation.
- Provide active mentorship that both encourages and challenges students.
- Assist students and families through the college/technical school admissions process.
- Provide students with experiences to visit colleges/universities and technical schools.
- Inform, practice, and register for college entrance exams.
- Increase student's sense of belonging while nurturing the cultural, social, and linguistic identities of students of color.
- Develop an individualized plan to help students achieve their goals.
Core Values
- Community
- Authenticity
- Resiliency
- Excellence