What are you
going to do with your life after high school?
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COLLEGE
- COMMUNITY COLLEGE - TRADE SCHOOL - YOUR GUIDE TO FINDING YOUR PATHWAYS
TO YOUR FUTURE!
In other
words - What are going to do with you life after high school? Are
you going to college? A trade school? Community College? Want to start
your own business? Check
this out!!
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Become
a leader in your school !
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What
is a Student Leadership Conference? How can you participate? There
are two conference each year for students. One is for Middle School
students and the other for High School Students. Read about present,
past and future leadership conferences.
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GEAR
UP as a "Source for Scholarships"
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What
is unique about this program is that Merrill Lynch is providing support
beyond the scholarship monies,
encouraging students as young as seventh and eighth graders to envision
and prepare for college.
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Are
You up for an "Adventure"?
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This
is not "normal" Summer School. Several GEAR UP Networks
put together "Adventure Programs". What can you study? Take
an expedition down the Amazon. Study, with the help of a famous paleontologist,
"Dinosaurs" and how about "Math" expeditions?
All Summer Academies had field
trips, swimming fun, and art projects. Also, learn about our "Summer
Blast" programs for high school students.
Read about NEIU Summer Blast Program
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Joining
a GEAR UP Success Club
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A
challenge you may want to take!
Success Clubs let you plan ways
to learn more about professional careers, i.e. videos, guest
presenters, shadowing, volunteer work, field trips, and attending
local community and professional meetings and seminars.
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Accepting
Challenges that stretch your character
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You
have to read about these Team Building
courses to believe it. Each course is specialized for age groups,
from 6th grade up to High School. |
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Becoming
a Math Guru by watching Channel 21
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Count Down is a weekly television program available to Chicago
School children every Thursday night at 7:30 to 8:30PM. Exponents,
parallel lines, triangles, hi tech answers....this is the place to
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A
Rally to Beat all Rallies
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More
than 1,500 children in Chicago public schools participated in a Kids
at Hope Rally that was funded and supported by Ronald McDonald
House Charities of Chicago to officially kick-off the Chicago GEAR
UP Alliance.
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A
Challenge you want to take
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College
Bridge is aimed at qualified students who are seeking an academic
challenge in high school. Universities will open courses on
their campuses to GEAR UP Students as they reach their junior year
of high school.
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Welcome
to YOUR LIFE!
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Anything
is possible. The best time to begin planning for an education after
high school is in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. Think
College Early is here to help you take a look at your choices
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