Earlier this month over 50 volunteers from DigitasLBi, a global marketing and technology company, spent the day providing our 8th grade students with a day of career and interviewing advice. Volunteers met one-on-one with students to provide first-account tips and insights as they prepare for their high school interview process. Thank you DigitasLBi for all your support
One of the biggest leaps our students will take during their 10+ year journey with First Graduate® happens soon after they graduate from high school – the leap from high school senior to college freshman. In order to help students be prepared for successful transition to college, we recently hosted an overnight retreat and a series of workshops designed to
This week our high school juniors took a day out of their busy summer schedules and spent the day visiting UC Santa Cruz. They were treated to a tour of campus, where they met and chatted with admission folks, students, and faculty. There was even a deer and raccoon, but no word yet on whether any banana slugs made
Impact Day is an annual world-wide day of service for Deloitte and its employees. For the past four years First Graduate® has partners with Deloitte to host the education-focused site for Impact Day here in San Francisco. Impact Day is primarily a career development event for First Graduate® high school and college students. Through interactive activities
Visiting a college campus for the first time can be a thrilling, scary, and overwhelming experience – sometimes all three at once. I remember being nervous when I stepped onto my first college campus. In fact, I was terrified. I was sure that my overly-excited parents, though well-intentioned, would be so caught up in their zeal
One of the first challenges First Graduate helps students and families overcome on their path towards a college degree is choosing and applying to high school. To help make the process a little less stressful, we held a High School Choice Fair last weekend that over 80 students and families attended. During the fair, students and parents heard
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.
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!
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
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
