$1M Upward Bound Grant

LMU Awarded an Upward Bound Grant for Westchester High School!

The US Department of Education awarded LMU an Upward Bound grant on May 11. The grant ($250k/per annum -$250,000 per year- over four years) will serve 50 students from WHS.

Upward Bound is a TRIO program funded by the US Department of Education to provide supportive services to low-income high school students whose parents have not earned bachelor’s degrees. The goal of the program is to prepare students to gain admission to and succeed in higher education. Funding begins September 1. (http://www.lmu.edu/Page30773.aspx)



Upward Bound...provides fundamental support to participants in their preparation for college entrance. The program provides opportunities for participants to succeed in their precollege performance and ultimately in their higher education pursuits. Upward Bound serves: high school students from low-income families; high school students from families in which neither parent holds a bachelor's degree; and low-income, first-generation military veterans who are preparing to enter postsecondary education. The goal of Upward Bound is to increase the rate at which participants complete secondary education and enroll in and graduate from institutions of postsecondary education.

Learn more here ==> http://www.ed.gov/programs/gtep/index.html.

TRIO
The Federal TRIO Programs are educational opportunity outreach programs designed to motivate and support students from disadvantaged backgrounds. TRIO includes six outreach and support programs targeted to serve and assist low-income, first-generation college students, and students with disabilities to progress through the academic pipeline from middle school to postbaccalaureate programs. TRIO also includes a training program for directors and staff of TRIO projects and a dissemination partnership program to encourage the replication or adaptation of successful practices of TRIO projects at institutions and agencies that do not have TRIO grants.