"The Puente Project is a national award-winning program that has improved the college-going rate of tens of thousands of California's educationally underrepresented students since 1981."
Its mission is to increase the number of educationally underrepresented 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 writing, counseling and mentoring components.
Important Links:
Only accessible with NUSD email
Puente Point List/Agreement (English)
Only accessible with NUSD email
Point Point List/Agreement (Spanish)
Solo accesible con correo electrónico de NUSD
Puente students can expect to read and write more than the general English class. Along with the dedicated 7th and 8th grade coursework, Puente students will be expected to complete a portfolio at the end of the year. The portfolio is a reflective piece on their growth as a person and writer over the course of the school year.
Planned* Literature:
8th Grade
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Trevor Noah's Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
7th Grade
The Insiders by Mark Oshiro
We Beat the Street by Rameck Hunt, Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Sharon M. Draper
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
*This could change based on the students/pace of the school year!
What to Look Forward To:
At least ONE College Field Trip
Puente Community Events
College/Career Presentations from our Counselor
Puente Slideshow
Follow this link to listen to the collaborative puente playlist!
I open up the collaboration access at the end of each school year, but you can listen to it now!