GEAR UP is a federally funded grant that has been provided to La Feria I.S.D. by means of our Region One Education Service Center. It is a heavily sought out grant that if received, will follow a specific graduating class from the initiation of the grant until their freshman year of college. The purpose of the GEAR UP program is to prepare our students for their futures by either being college ready or career set! We encourage our students to prepare for their future by taking advantage of every opportunity offered to them through both the GEAR UP program and La Feria I.S.D. GEAR UP will provide our students opportunities to attend leadership events, financial literacy conferences, STEM sessions, college visits, and so much more! We will also encourage our students to take part in our dual enrollment courses, CTE certifications, testing opportunities, and extra curricular activities. In order to ensure the success of the grant at the campus level, the GEAR UP grant guidelines requires for there to be a GEAR UP Facilitator whose job is specifically to follow and work with the GEAR UP cohort. The facilitator is in charge of overseeing the grant at both the junior high and high school level. They will be responsible for holding parent events, student events, and ensuring the entire cohort successfully makes it to graduation. La Feria I.S.D., by means of Region One, applied and received the grant back in 2012 for the Class of 2017. We are grateful to our past community members, school board members, administration, and GEAR UP Facilitators for believing in the program and bringing it to La Feria I.S.D. We are very proud to once again have the grant follow the La Feria High School Class of 2024. We are grateful to our current community members, school board members, administration for continuing to support this program and ensure that our students are prepared for their post secondary lives!