The High School Choice Workshop is an annual event here at First Graduate® where our 8th grade students and their families hear from a variety of public, parochial, charter and private schools in San Francisco. One of the goals of the 8th grade year is to learn how to make an informed decision about high […]
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16 students from FG12 and FG13 attended the Giants v. Dodgers baseball game at AT&T Park here in San Francisco on September 14. Youth Opportunity Scholarships (YOS), which offers up to $500 of scholarship for middle school students to pursue an extracurricular activity, sponsored the event and hosted a tailgate before the game. First Graduate®
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When did you first get involved with First Graduate? I’ve been volunteering with First Graduate for about 6 months now. What inspired you to get involved? I am retired teacher, having taught everything from phonics to physics. It has been almost a year since I moved from to the Bay Area from Maine. I was in search
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This week, our own Cassy Huang was profiled on the AfterCollege blog about what it’s like to work at a non-profit, what her role is here at First Graduate, and how she channels her inner Tim Gunn every day at work. AfterCollege is the largest career network for college students and recent graduates. They are working to eliminate unemployment among
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In his 2012 State of the Union address, President Obama said “higher education can’t be a luxury—it’s an economic imperative that every family in America should be able to afford.” But the hard truth is that it’s not. And it won’t be until we make some changes and view higher education as an investment in
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Over 250 people attended to celebrate our First In Family awardee, Sara Martinez Tucker, former CEO of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund and Under Secretary of Education, our third class of students to graduate from high school and enter college, and our eight years of work to help more students become the first in their families
Congratulations are definitely in order for the students of FG3, our high school seniors who will be heading off to college in the fall: Ananta Ahmed — Sonoma State Adriana Canchola — SF State Anjie Diaz — Barnard College Isidro Fajardo — UC Santa Cruz Maria Teresa Gallardo — SF State Oscar Luna — Cal
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Exploring the Possibilities, which took place on May 20, 2009, was an innovative career exploration event designed to provide students of low-income and non-college educated families with an opportunity to learn about how a college education opens up career opportunities. A collaborative venture of First Graduate® and the local alumni clubs of Harvard, Stanford and Georgetown
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In preparation for CAP & GOWN, First Graduate® students provided a light-hearted commentary on being the first in the world to accomplish something in this short two-minute video.
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