Puente Program

Puente History and Overview

The Puente Project is a national award-winning program that for more than 35 years has improved the college-going rate of tens of thousands of California’s educationally underrepresented students. Its mission is to increase the number of educationally disadvantaged students who enroll in four-year colleges and universities, earn college degrees, and return to the community as mentors and leaders to future generations. The program is interdisciplinary in approach, with rigorous instruction in writing (English), counseling (academic counseling and the personal development course), and mentoring by members of the community.

The Puente Project is an inter-segmental program that is co-sponsored by the University of California and the California Community College Chancellor’s Office. The program headquarters are at UC Berkeley. Puente began in 1981 at Chabot Community College in Hayward, California, the program has since expanded to 4 middles schools, 43 high schools, 65 community colleges throughout California, the state of Texas and Washington. Puente’s staff training programs have benefited approximately 300,000 students across the state.

City College of San Francisco has two Puente cohorts, one located at the Ocean campus, and one at the Mission Center. Each cohort has a Puente counselor, a Puente English instructor, and mentoring. Students have the opportunity to select which cohort they would like to participate in during the application process.

Program Events

Dates and Times Subject to Change

Program Eligibility

Open to all students that are eligible for English 1A and English 1A+1AS.

Program Enrollment Process

For further information call:

Adriana Rivera Nixora Ferman

Counselor Counselor

415-452-3035 415-239-3593

arivera@ccsf.edu nferman@ccsf.edu

Mission Center Ocean Campus