The Maisin Scholar Award is awarded to 75 seniors in SFUSD high schools so that they can pursue a higher level of education and open doors to their dreams. Last week six First Graduate® students received the award and were honored at an award ceremony at Lowell High School. Congratulations to Tanusree, Daisy, William, Valeria, Maria, and Sarah.
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It’s our favorite time of year here at First Graduate – graduation season. Here are some highlights from the Mission High School graduation last night where First Graduate® students Alejandra, Tanusree, Sally, and Jian all received their diplomas. Congratulations to all our graduating seniors!
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Congratulations to the 30 First Graduate® seniors who are headed off to colleges and universities across the country this fall. We are so proud of all the hard work these students put in throughout the years to make this moment possible. Their college journey may have just begun, but we already can’t wait to see what great
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While our high school seniors were making their college choices earlier this month, our freshmen, sophomores, and juniors were busy cramming into vans and running up and down the California coast doing college tours. The purpose was to give our students a better idea of what campus life is really like, let them meet and chat with
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Exploring the Possibilities is an annual high school career exposure event. The goals of the event were (1) to expose students to a variety of industries (“possibilities”) that are available with a college degree, (2) to help students understand the educational background, skills, and experience necessary to pursue a career, and (3) to catch a
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By Jose Luis, Freshman at Wesleyan University One of the best parts about working in Social Media is the fast-paced and highly social environment that surrounds the whole atmosphere around communication. I enjoy the vitality and zest that it brings to many companies. Social Media allows so many people from different walks of life to communicate from around the world in
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At this year’s First Graduate® Summer Opportunities Fair, we invited 28 local organizations to set up tables and chat with 100 of our high school students about different summer internships, jobs, and learning opportunities available to them. The fair is the definition of a win-win situation. It’s a great way for our partner organizations to
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A big “thank you” to Manali Patel and all the folks at Funding Circle for hosting a special advisory session with our high school students. Manali reached out to First Graduate® and asked for ways to get more involved with our students (we love it when that happens!) and we were thrilled to link them up with
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First Graduate® piloted a new college program earlier this week that we’re calling “Coach 3.0.” What is Coach 3.0? Coach 3.0 is a new approach we’ve devised to help our college students get the assistance they need from volunteers with the ultimate goal of keeping their grade point average above a 3.0. How does it work? A select group
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This week our Emerging Scholars Team headed to Everett Middle School to introduce the 6th grade students there to First Graduate. The 166 students in attendance listened intently as our Program Director Amph! outlined how students can apply and what they can expect at each step of our 10-year program to help them become the first in
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