GEAR UP EVENTS

Gear Up Liaison, Stephen Anderson, hosted "The Importance of Graduating High School" forum on October 17 at Roosevelt High School. Nearly 500 10th grade students were in attendance to lend an ear to guest speaker Michael Butler Sr., as he stressed the importance of receiving an education. The purpose of this activity was to promote the importance of graduating from high school and pursuing a post-secondary education.

Twenty Carnahan High School 10th graders, called “The Freedom Riders”, toured Washington D.C. on May 5-8. During their visit, students were able to tour the campuses of Howard

 

University and Georgetown University. In addition to the college tours, The Freedom Riders had a chance to visit the Holocaust Museum, Washington State Park, Arlington National Cemetery, National Archives, and the US Capital. To conclude their trip, The Freedom Riders had the distinct privilege of meeting Congressman WM. Lacy Clay (D) Missouri.

Teachers enjoyed the GEAR UP Math and Science Summit held on Wednesday, September 13th 2006, at the Missouri Botanical Garden. The event included several workshop presentations on technology, math and science resources available to teachers, Pathfinder and many more.

In an effort to encourage our students to think about post secondary education and what they need to know as they look forwad to their college years, GEAR UP organized a college tour at the University of Missouri Saint Louis this past summer. 

One of the campus tour we conducted with our GEAR UP students and their families was at the University of Missouri Kansas. This campus visit was a success, our students were excited to learn about UMKC and the different opportunities that are available to UMKC students.

This summer GEAR UP was one of the organization that was featured at the Missouri Black Expo in Saint Louis. Families, educators, students and our GEAR UP partners came together to participate at this event. Our panelist included a few local artists of the Saint Louis metropolitan area that were present with their parents or family members. The focus of the discussion was to show the influence that parents and family involvement has on student performance and their success.