Valley High School to Host Community Breakfast
Valley High School is a collaborative project of California GEAR UP. For more information please go here. Continue to check the blog for frequent National GEAR UP Day updates.
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GEAR UP Students Support Speaker Perez at Press Conference
California GEAR UP Students and staff, University of California President Mark Yudof and California Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott joined Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez and Assembly Higher Education Committee Chair Marty Block at a State Capitol press conference on June 3 to voice their support for higher education provisions in the Assembly Democrats’ California Jobs Budget. Speaker Perez spoke about how important higher education programs are to the state in addressing economic and employment woes. “Educational opportunity is central to creating the kind of quality, high-paying jobs that will lead California back to a strong and lasting economic recovery,” …
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Valley High School is Number 1 in California Similar Schools
Click on the image above to view the video! As many of you who follow this blog know, California GEAR UP works with Valley High School in Sacramento, CA in a unique collaboration that provides the school with innovative resources and support services for students, families, teachers, counselors and administrators to create a community-wide college-going culture. This year Valley High was excited to announce the remarkable achievement on the statewide API. The API reports include a “similar schools rank.” This information shows where a school ranks on a scale of 1–10, compared with 100 other schools with similar demographic characteristics. California public schools …
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Valley-GEAR UP Collaboration Celebrates 50 Student Awards
On Monday, May 17 the California GEAR UP-Valley High School Collaborative celebrated it’s annual Education Trust Awards with a ceremony and dinner. 50 student awards were handed out, each with a value of $2,000 which will be held in trust in a Scholarshare account until the students enroll in college. The California GEAR UP Program’s expectation is that offering a monetary incentive to students would stimulate the entire family and school community to support his or her preparation for college. College savings accounts are established in the name of each of the selected students that will accrue interest until students enroll …
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Valley GEAR UP Recognized for Support of Injured Student
Valley GEAR UP Staff (pictured above with award) received recognition for fund raising and support. Will Barker was a recipient of a California GEAR UP Education Trust Award. On October 23, 2009 during a football game between Davis and Valley high schools, Valley student Will Barker was attempting to make a tackle and was seriously injured. Davis doctors administered emergency care and Valley coach Preston Jackson accompanied Will in the ambulance to U.C. Davis Medical Center. Will’s family, the Valley coaching staff, players and Athletic Director Stephanie Haas kept vigil while Will underwent six hours of surgery. Will suffered a broken vertebra …
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Valley High GEAR UP to host Business and Community Breakfast
Valley High School Collaborative is a California GEAR UP project that empasizes creating a college-going culture through whole school support. For more information on this event or the new Valley High School Family Center, please contact Anita Royston: anitaroyston@gmail.com.
Valley GEAR UP Adopt-A-Family for the Holidays
Valley High School School GEAR UP visits their adopted families for the holidays. David Seales of GEAR UP is pictured above sharing holiday cheer with local families. Happy Holidays!
More Holiday Wishes from Valley High!
Another great holiday video from Mr. Wong at Valley High School. Happy Holidays from Valley and California GEAR UP! View from the source if you have trouble viewing: Valley Holiday wishes
Happy Holidays from Valley High Counseling and GEAR UP
Valley High School Counseling Deptartment, a distinguished California GEAR UP School, would like to share some holiday cheer with you. Special thanks to Mr. Wong! If you have trouble viewing the video, please follow this link.
Valley High School has College-Going Class
“This is very good news. The most important point for future planning, in both student and school-based services, is the anecdotal observation of the impact of school-wide support. School-wide engagement over multiple years is key to the commitment needed from all to make real change. Congratulations!” Don Watson, Ed.D, Watson Education Services Valley High School, a California GEAR UP school, is hitting it’s stride this year. Valley High was recently awarded the Bronze Medal from US News and World Report, ranking them among the elite schools in the country. In addition, this week Valley learned that they have steadily increased the percentage …