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A VOICE FOR ALL STUDENTS - AN INTERVIEW WITH… MICHAEL ALDACO
Michael Aldaco is Assistant Vice President for Student Academic Preparation at the University of California Office of the President.  In addition to serving as the Principal Investigator for California GEAR UP, he oversees the MESA program, the Puente Project and the Early Academic Outreach Program and is also the Principal Investigator for a number of other private and public grant-funded programs.  
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Notes From the GEAR UP Director Shelley Davis

The primary focus of the California GEAR UP State grant is “To develop and sustain the organizational capacity of middle schools to prepare all students for high school and higher education through a statewide network of support for the adults who influence middle school students.” The realization of this goal requires significant investments from all levels of the community – local, statewide and national -- and a willingness to do the right thing for all students and families.

Through alliances and collaborative efforts, California GEAR UP is providing the tools to support and strengthen the middle school community. In this issue, we share information about initiatives to develop comprehensive and sustainable solutions, beyond the school site. With the School-Based Model as the foundation, the California GEAR UP Statewide Dissemination Model expands the program’s reach, promoting the college-going culture concept to a ...
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California GEAR UP: Building Alliances and Collaborations

GEAR UP is committed to maintaining the level of quality service to schools while reaching out to the broader P-16 community through local, statewide and national organizations and activities: (click "Read more..." to view details)

National Council for Community and Education Partnerships (NCCEP) Advisory Commission  

Middle Grades Alliance

The National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform

California League of Middle Schools

Superintendent’s California P-16 Council

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2005 GEAR UP Partnership Awards in California
 Local GEAR UP projects throughout California present a unique opportunity to develop a model of collaboration between the partnerships and state grant. These projects use a cohort approach, identifying students beginning no later than 7th grade and working with them through completion of high school.  Services are provided in collaboration with area colleges and community based-organizations and include tutoring, mentoring, academic and college counseling, family programs and other activities to bolster student achievement. 

In the 2005 Fiscal Year, partnership participants included eight University of California campuses; 15 California State University campuses; 20 community colleges, and four independent colleges. The first cohort of students graduated from high school in June, 2005, and relevant indicators are that partnerships are on track to meet project goals. Every partnership middle school was a participant in the California GEAR UP Program at one time.  We have taken this journey together and look forward to continued collaboration with the 2005 Partnership Projects.
 
Update: California GEAR UP Statewide Dissemination Model
The School-Based Model is designed to impact schools through an intensive and long-term process while the Statewide Dissemination Model is intended to expand the program’s reach and promote the college-going culture concept to a much wider audience. California GEAR UP has launched several projects to promote the importance of preparing all students for college:

BUSINESS NETWORK
The Business Network will be a statewide alliance composed of representatives from businesses, foundations, corporations, and community leaders concerned about the importance of all students being prepared for college and the workplace. The Network will support GEAR UP efforts to ...
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Newsletter Credits

Joann Zgonc - Publication Coordinator
Bernadette Ramirez - Executive Assistant
Tarik Assagai - ACS Digital Media

Regional Coordinators

Sandy Carpenter-Stevenson Vance Mills
Shirley A. Cunningham Gina Rodriguez
Frank Holmes Robert Van Zant
Donald Mar Joann Zgonc

In This Issue

A VOICE FOR ALL STUDENTS - AN INTERVIEW WITH… MICHAEL ALDACO
Michael Aldaco is Assistant Vice President for Student Academic Preparation at the University of C...

Notes From the GEAR UP Director Shelley Davis
The primary focus of the California GEAR UP State grant is “To develop and sustain the organizatio...

California GEAR UP: Building Alliances and Collaborations
GEAR UP is committed to maintaining the level of quality service to schools while reaching out to...

2005 GEAR UP Partnership Awards in California
Local GEAR UP projects throughout California present a unique opportunity to develop a model of col...

Update: California GEAR UP Statewide Dissemination Model
The School-Based Model is designed to impact schools through an intensive and long-term process whil...

Principals to Share Best Practices
The Principals’ Institute will focus on sharing best leadership practices for and by middle school...

GOVERNOR HOSTS PRESS CONFERENCE AT JACKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
On Thursday, January 26, 2006, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona,...

Thank You! Ahsante! Gracias! Merci! - GEAR UP Family Initiatives Project Supporters
The Family Initiatives Project (FIP) is greatly encouraged by the material and financial support...

Counseling Institute
“If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll probably have trouble getting there.” That is the b...

Forum, Burbank, February 14, 2006
“What I really like about GEAR UP is that this is not another program—this is doing better what we...

MAKING GOOD ON OUR PROMISE: “Once a GEAR UP School, Always a GEAR UP School”
GEAR UP looks to the Continuing Schools Project (CSP) for lessons in how to implement long-term st...

Facilitation Coordinators Receive Awards
In recognition of their GEAR UP facilitation development, Director Shelley Davis along with School-B...

DID YOU KNOW?
Since June 2005, 85,500 of the “Pocket Guide to California Colleges and Universities” have been dist...

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