Activities
Academic Year
Closer To College (C2C)
- One Saturday a month (typically 4 hours)
- Work with staff and instructors
- College preparation and readiness skills
- College visits
- Academic and career assessments
- ACT readiness
- Student success workshops
- Technical writing
- Financial aid assistance
- Essay writing as required by most scholarship applications
- Financial aid
- Money management
- Campus life
- Navigating the college enrollment process
Summer
College Prep Academy (CPA)
- Six-week summer residential program
- First five weeks-academics
- 4 hours in core courses
- 3 hours in hands-on research class
- Tutor-supervised study time
- Evenings events
- Organized activities
- Free time
- Self-esteem and community-building activities
- Sixth week
- Week-long cultural trip to a major US city (If requirements are met). Previous trip locations have included:
- Washington D.C.
- Chicago, IL.
- San Antonio, TX.
- Denver, CO.
- Pensacola, FL
BRIDGE YEAR
- Bridge participants=students who have graduated
- Six college credit hours at Crowder College during College Prep Academy
- Works with The College Transition Project Coordinator
- Tracks daily progress in their classes
- Meets with each student individually to ensure college readiness
- Provides other assistance as needed
- Afforded the same privileges as CPA participants