National GEAR UP Week 2019 is
September 23-27
Celebrate at Your Schools!!
FOCUS ON STUDENT DREAMSNational GEAR UP Week is a great opportunity to ask students to articulate and share their college and career aspirations. This creates momentum for our work and provides formal and informal teachable moments. Create a dream wall where students post their dreams; or create a dream chain in classrooms that create connections between students.
LEVERAGE SCHOOL-WIDE ACTIVITIESHave a big, annual, school-wide event planned? Implement it during GEAR UP Week and get extra bang for your buck. Host a college pep rally; have a college scavenger hunt; or host a college trivia competition. Get teachers and administrators telling their stories and sharing their experiences!
EMPOWER THE STUDENT VOICEHelp students find the power in their stories. Create a school-wide #IHeartGEARUP campaign on social media; create a video competition about why college matters; have students write letters to their future-selves about what they hope to achieve in school, college and beyond!
FOCUS ON STUDENT DREAMSNational GEAR UP Week is a great opportunity to ask students to articulate and share their college and career aspirations. This creates momentum for our work and provides formal and informal teachable moments. Create a dream wall where students post their dreams; or create a dream chain in classrooms that create connections between students.
LEVERAGE SCHOOL-WIDE ACTIVITIESHave a big, annual, school-wide event planned? Implement it during GEAR UP Week and get extra bang for your buck. Host a college pep rally; have a college scavenger hunt; or host a college trivia competition. Get teachers and administrators telling their stories and sharing their experiences!
EMPOWER THE STUDENT VOICEHelp students find the power in their stories. Create a school-wide #IHeartGEARUP campaign on social media; create a video competition about why college matters; have students write letters to their future-selves about what they hope to achieve in school, college and beyond!
Creating a College-Going Culture in Maine.
Syntiro is thrilled to collaborate with the University of Maine at Farmington to enhance and support a robust college-going culture in Maine schools through the GEAR UP Maine grant. Our goal is to significantly increase the number of students who graduate high school and enroll and succeed in postsecondary education. We are excited to build upon the successes of Maine’s 2005-2011 GEAR UP grant and, with UMF and other partners, create outstanding opportunities for Maine's students!
GEAR UP Maine/FOCUS Student Leadership Institute
In July, students from our GEAR UP Maine Schools across the state, attended a 3-day Student Leadership Institute (lead by FOCUS Training) where they participated in workshops designed to strengthen student voice and build leadership skills for both school and CAT team work. The students expressed that this institute better prepared them for their upcoming school year as well as for their postsecondary aspirations.
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Upcoming Events |
NewsJanuary 1, 2017 - GEAR UP Maine App is Live on Android Devices!
April 13, 2016 - GEAR UP Welcomes College Transition Coordinator February 8, 2016 - GEAR UP Welcomes New Bookkeeper January 5, 2016 - RSU 10 community brainstorms ideas to guide students toward higher education | Sun Journal December 28, 2015 - Inspiring article about students living in poverty September 25, 2014 - UMF Receives $20M College Readiness Grant |
"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."
- Benjamin Franklin
- Benjamin Franklin
