Waukegan to College
First-generation college success!
At Waukegan to College, we work to create brighter futures for students, families, and our community by preparing students to enroll in, and graduate from, college. We've intentionally developed our model to be holistic in nature and comprehensive in scope, not only by including the families of our students, but also by creating services that meet students’ needs through college readiness, college access, and college persistence programming until college graduation. We offer 1:1 tutoring, family workshops, mentoring, field trips, site visits, application assistance, SAT/ACT prep, 1:1 college advising, financial aid assistance, and more for students as young as 5th grade. We're proud to house a parent leader group and a parent peer-mentor program as well, ensuring grassroots connection, voice, and support to our families as a unit.
One of our key roles is removing barriers, thus releasing potential within students who otherwise don’t see college as a reality. Due to many social, cultural, and economic obstacles, we've found that our students feel locked out of higher education because of one of three reasons: Ignorance, not knowing how or why to even start the journey; Worth, as in feeling like, “I don't belong;” and Capacity, a sense of, “I don't have the grades or financial means.” We're dedicated to tackling obstacles together by providing information; being the mirror that they need, so that students believe in themselves and know that they deserve to go to college just as much as anyone else; and finally, by providing tools and resources to make college possible. We help students uncover their academic potential and discover their dreams, leading to a college degree and a more secure future.
Category: Education
Cause: Advocacy and Education
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