April 2005 – Joint retreat with PCAS and SNS
(Schools
for a New Society) enabled school leadership teams to look at data
on college going rates for their individual schools as well
as the district. Sharon
Camblin, from Pathways
to College Network, shared planning
tools from the College
Readiness for All Toolbox to help leadership
teams set
goals
and plan activities for the school year.
December 2005- A program at Howard High School featured
Cedric Jennings, the subject of Ron Suskind’s book, A Hope
in the Unseen. Cedric spoke to the partnership in the morning, and each
participant received a copy of the book, an inspirational account
of Cedric’s journey from a failing inner city high school
to an Ivy League university. Cedric had dinner with a small
group of Howard seniors the previous evening and spoke to the entire
Howard
student body in the afternoon.
September 2005 – A workshop held at Red Bank
High School included an address by Dr. Roger Brown, the new
chancellor at UTC.
Dr. Brown’s
compelling story of being a first-generation college student
kicked off the series of sessions, which included the following
topics:
• College 101 – Basics of College Admission
• New Statewide Initiatives in College Access
• Students Speak Out
• Scholarships and Financial Aid
• Work Force Skill Development
