Parents' Guide to Gear-Up!
What is Gear-Up?
Gear-Up
stands for Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate
Programs
The
GEAR-UP grant's goal is to make sure that our middle school and high
school children are being given every opportunity to be prepared for
college.
Fairmont
State College received one of 164 Partnership grants awarded throughout
the Untied States, and is one of two grants awarded in West Virginia.
Fairmont State College was awarded over $22 million dollars over a
5 year period of the grant.
How Does My Child Benefit
From GEAR-UP?
After
school turoring, mentoring, and other sopport services
Computers
and other classroom equipment
Enhanced
classroom materials
Computer
scholarships
Special events and speakers
College
tours
Educational feild trips
Career
and college information
FREE
summer camps
FREE
tickets to college events
Advanced
learning
What are the parent
benefits of GEAR-UP?
Parent
workshops about college planning and college requirements
Parent
workshops on financial planning for college
Special
topic workshops for parents to help address the needs of teens
GED
and Basic Skills brush-up courses for parents
Math,
computer, and other courses to help parents keep up with what is being
studied by children
FREE
tickets for parents to attend college event with their children
How much money does
each county get?
Based
on the number of students in each grades 7 - 11 each county anticipates
to receive this amount over the 5 years of the grant:
Barbour-
$1,193,431
Doddridge-
$646,766
Harrison- $2,173,330
Marion- $1,754,487
Monongalia- $1,192,789
Preston- $1,784,329
Randolph- $1,061,990
Tayor- $769,321
Tucker- $1,033,737
How were these counties
chosen?
The
counties are desgnated by the State as being in the Fairmont State
College service area.
Will every school in
the county receive GEAR-UP money?
...Only
the schools which met the 50% "Free or Reduced Lunch Program"
criteria as established by the Federal Government were eligible for
partnerships.
Who are the GEAR-UP
partners?
Other
state and local agencies also receive GEAR-UP funding to provide support
and activities for the schools. Along with the nine counties, partners
include:
America
Counts-America Reads
American Education Services
Clay Center
Fox46
HI-Y Leadership
HSTA
KIDS Count
NCWV Consortia for Math and Science
On-the-Edge
RESA VII
Time Warner Cable
Times West Virginia
VISTA
WVASFAA
WV Center for Professional Development
WV Dept. of Ed.
WVNET
WVU
WVU/NASA
Which grades are involved?
The
numbers of students served will increase as each new 7th grade class
is added.
2000/2001:
7th and 8th grade
2001/2002: 7th, 8th, and 9th grade
2002/2003: 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th grade
2003/2004: 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th grade
2004/2005: 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade
Gear-Up Middle &
High Schools
Barbour
County
Belington Middle
Kasson Middle
Philippi Middle
Philip Barbour High
Doddridge County
Diddridge County Middle
Doddridge County High
Harrison County
Gore Middle
South Harrison Middle
Lumberport Middle
Salem Middle
Washington Irving Middle
Lincoln High
South Harrison High
Liberty High
RCB High
Marion County
East Fairmont Junior High
Fairview Middle
Mannington Middle
Monongah Middle
Rivesville Middle
North Marion High
Fairmont Senoir High
East Fairmont High
Monongalia County
Westwood Middle
Clay Battelle Middle
Clay Battelle High
University High
Preston County
Bruceton Middle
Central Preston Middle
Rowlesburg Middle
South Preston Middle
Terra Alta/East Preston
West Preston Middle
Preston High
Randolph County
Elkins Middle
Harmin
Pickens
Tygarts Valley Middle
Elkins High
Tygarts Valley High
Taylor County
Taylor County Middle
Grafton High
Tucker County
Tucker Valley Middle
Davis-Thomas Middle
Tucker County High