GEAR UP Proposed Community Partnerships at Evergreen

Clover Park & Oakville School Districts

• Clover Park High School
• Lakes High School
• Lochburn Middle School
• Woodbrook Middle School
• Oakville Middle and High Schools

Community Partners

• Assembly of God
• Boys & Girls Club
• Centralia College-T/S
• Centro Latino
• Caring for Kids
• College Success
• Communities in Schools
• First Baptist Church of Lakewood
• Habitat for Humanity
• Junior Achievement
• Lakewood 's Promise
• MESA
• Monster.com
• National Assoc. of Black in Criminal
• NW Education Loan Alliance
• Office of Education Ombudsman/ Governor's Office
• Pierce College
• Pierce County Alliance
• Pierce County Careers Connection
• Pierce County Public Works
• Puget Sound Electric
• Sterling Silver Bank
• Thurston Group of WA State
• Youth for Christ
• The Michael Shawn Hines Foundation

Future Funding

We have recently resubmitted a second grant proposal in hopes of extending our current GEAR UP project for another six years. Our mission will be to significantly increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in post-secondary education and our objectives will be the following:

OBJECTIVE 1: Increase the academic performance and preparation for post-secondary education for GEAR UP students.

OBJECTIVE 2: Increase the rate of high school graduation and participation in postsecondary education through a systematic program of student academic and personal development.

OBJECTIVE 3: Increase GEAR UP students' and their families' knowledge of post-secondary education options, preparation and financing.

OBJECTIVE 4 : Expand the GEAR UP schools; network of community partners to sustain support services for college and career preparation.