About JCYC

Upward Bound serves high school students in San Francisco with comprehensive college and career preparation. The program targets low-income high school students who represent the first generation of college bound students in their families.

The year-round program serves 150 eligible students each year, offering an academic year of services and an intensive, six-week summer program. Students are recruited during their freshman and sophomore years and they continue participating until they graduate high school.

Participating High Schools:

• Balboa High School

• Mission High School

• John O'Connell High School

• Thurgood Marshall High School

ETS identifies, selects and assists low-income youth who have the potential to be the first-generation of their family to graduate from high school and enroll in a four-year college or university. Though this program focuses on low income, first generation students, ETS is committed to serving all students.

Services Include:

• assistance with college and financial aid applications

• college and financial aid presentations

• college campus field trips

• SAT/ACT test information and application assistance

• scholarship searches

Participating High Schools:

• Washington High School

• Burton High School

• Galileo High School

• Balboa High School

• Jefferson High School

SFCAC provides college preparation information and assistance. The program is open for all students at your respective high school, but SFCAC specifically focuses on students who are low income and/or first in their family to attend college.

Services Include:

• assistance with college and financial aid applications

• college and financial aid presentations

• college campus field trips

• SAT/ACT test information and application assistance

• scholarship searches

Participating High Schools:

• Washington High School

• Thurgood Marshall Academy

• Burton High School

• Galileo High School

• Mission High School

• Jefferson High School

• South San Francisco High School