Program Overview
Step to College aims to achieve these goals through services such as:
- Ongoing scholar support during the academic year
- Monthly advisement meetings
- Quarterly reviews with school counselors and scholars
- Workshops, recreational activities, and college tours during the fall and spring.
- Structured study hall and tutoring
- Mentorship
- Job placement opportunities through partnerships with Summer of Opportunities and the Wegman Work Scholarship Program
Four year Academic Boot Camp Immersion Program
- Allowing scholars to stay overnight on college campus' for two weeks.
- Two instructors per class - Scholars are taught by some of their own middle/high-school teachers and additional dynamic community members
- Content focus on Reading/Writing/Vocabulary/Math/Science (Science in years 3 & 4)
- Scholars learn about:
- The college application process
- What to expect after being accepted
- Financial aid requirements and expectations
- Life outside of the classroom
- Dorm life
- Building relationships with other college students and professors
- Mentorship
- Appropriate college conduct
- College-level academics
Team building activities such as educational field trips, sports, recreational activities, competitions, and academic study halls, will be a part of the Step to College Program