Getting a head start on college
Grant-funded program helps high school students prepare for college
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For many kids summer is the perfect time to relax, forget about school and lay around the house.
However, for 60 area students enrolled in the Summer Scholars program it has become the perfect time for learning.
Offered at Victoria College, the program helps juniors and seniors to strengthen their math and writing skills, prepare for the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills test, for college and the Texas Higher Education Assessment test.
“The teachers and interns show us new strategies to help us solve problems on the TAKS or THEA,” Alina Cervantes, 17 year-old senior at Memorial High School, said.
Cervantes and a few other students participated in the program last year and continued with the program to help prepare for college.
“It’s good because any questions we have get answered,” Sarah Apis, 16 year-old junior at MHS, said.
There is more teacher-student interaction and students are able to communicate if they do not understand a problem or have difficulty understanding a lesson, Sarah said.
“I’m more confident about my writing skills now,” Korrina Mayorga, 17-year-old senior at MHS, said. “It’s good practice.”
Korrina and other students who had difficulty passing the writing portion of the TAKS feel the training has prepared them for the test.
“This is good practice for college because the teachers are strict and expect a lot from us,” Randi Garcia, 17 year-old MHS senior, said.
Follow up sessions are conducted on weekend throughout the school year to assist students with any questions they have about the TAKS or THEA tests and college.
The program offers incentives for joining. Students receive $25 for signing up for the program, $100 for completion of the program, $25 for each follow up session they attend and gift cards for Target, Victoria College, and Speedy Stop gas cards.
Students are also offered dual credit courses and help with financial aid applications.
The four-week program, funded by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, started July 14 and ends Aug. 8. Sessions are from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday to Thursday.
Rubi Reyes is a reporter for the Advocate. Contact her at 361-580-6578 or rreyes@vicad.com.
How Summer Scholars Program Helps
Strengthen math and writing skills.
Provides information about college.
Provides free access to academic resources, college and career planning tools, scholarship information, and tutoring.
Prepares students for exit level TAKS and/or ...
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How Summer Scholars Program Helps
Strengthen math and writing skills.
Provides information about college.
Provides free access to academic resources, college and career planning tools, scholarship information, and tutoring.
Prepares students for exit level TAKS and/or THEA college placement exams.
Dual credits.
Students with a Math TAKS score of at least 2,000 but less than 2,200 (college readiness level) qualify.
Students with a English Language Arts score of at least 2,000 but less than 2,200 (college readiness level) with a writing sub-score of less than 3 qualify.
The Summer Scholars Program Director Danette Johnson can be reached at 361-582-2454. There is currently a waiting list for the program. The program is funded by a grant from Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Victoria College and the Victoria school district are partners for the grant. The Victoria school district also provides transportation for students, purchases supplies and pays for other program necessities.
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