GEAR UP’ program prepares students in underserved communities for college

Providing college readiness services like test preparation, college visits, and career exploration, GEAR UP Connecticut was featured for the impact of the program across the state. Christina Lapierre, Connecticut’s project director for GEAR UP, explained, “We’re working with these students in what we call a ‘cohort model’ which is where we follow these students from starting in seventh grade. Right now they’re in ninth grade. Across the board, we will follow them each year they are in high school all the way through graduation and then we will be their advisors when they enter post-secondary first year of college…We want to make sure all of our students that we’re serving know that information and their parents that we’re here to help all of you together.” Read more here.