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College Bound Culture | Start with a dream … Finish with a future
 
Notable Early Awareness Programs

Think College Early
US Department of Education's early awareness effort. It provides information for students, parents and educators about planning for and paying for a college education.
 
Project Grad
 Project Grad couples curricular improvements with student and family support programs, college guidance and college scholarships to help increase the number of lower-income students matriculating in college. They focus on the elementary and middle "feeder" schools that supply students to high schools, as they have found that interventions must begin before the 9th grade.
 
College Is Possible
 The College Is Possible web site is an early awareness initiative sponsored by the American Council on Education. It provides information about preparing for college, choosing a college, and paying for college.
 
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You can help support the College Bound Culture program at Harvard in the following ways:

We Need Your Help!
Come and speak to students about your college experiences and how those experiences have helped you in our current career. We are always looking for a speakers with a wide range of educational backgrounds and experiences!

Serve as a parent host to speakers. Meet and greet speakers, and escort speakers to classrooms.

Recommend a speaker! Speakers can be Harvard parents of other community leaders/professionals.

Share your thoughts and ideas about how we can continue to encourage our young students to plan and prepare for college.

If you would like to help spread College Bound Culture at Harvard Elementary contact Teresa Montgomery at tpmontgomery@comcast.net.

The College Bound Culture (CBC) program started with one small, important change in the dress code last school year. On Fridays, students could wear a favorite college t-shirt. Now they can wear them any weekday. Harvard Elementary is the only HISD Elementary with an organized plan of action and actual college awareness program.
 
Early College Awareness. Why? Students who are exposed to college from an early stage are more likely to view college as a viable option. 27% of students whose parents did not go to college are currently enrolled in 4-year institutions---compared to 71% of students whose parents have bachelor's degrees.
 
Early college awareness is a key step to raising aspirations. It helps young students see possibilities in their future and, most important, it helps them understand how to access those opportunities.
 
A school with a strong college bound culture creates opportunities for students to explore higher education. Harvard plays a pivotal role with academically rigorous curriculum and classroom instruction, college exposure, high & clear expectations from all school staff and parent involvement. At Harvard, our goal is to surround our students with a culture that states "When you go to college ..." not "If you go to college ..."



 

What Harvard's ongoing College Bound Culture looks like:
College field trips
Monthly Parent Prep workshops (hosted by Project Grad)
Weekly guest speakers ranging from local business leaders to Houston’s Mayor to discuss their college experiences and occupation
Activities designed to highlight college path
Classroom curriculum with college content
Posters in the classroom
Staff sharing their own college experiences
To reinforce the Expectation Graduation the PTA has sponsored six 5th Grade Scholarships
Participating in HISD College Week


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