Project GRAD Houston
3000 Richmond, Suite 400
Houston, Texas 77098
832-325-0325 (main)

Ann B. Stiles
Executive Director
832-325-0467
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Project GRAD Houston Helps Propel High School
from "Dropout Factory" to National Model

Jefferson Davis High School in Houston TX – the original GRAD site – has rocketed from last place in high school graduation rates to first among the district’s comprehensive high schools. The data, released this summer by the Houston Independent School District’s “Completion Status and Dropout Analysis,” records a dropout rate for Davis High School of 18% in 2006.  By 2010, that rate had fallen to 3.4%, the best among 23 comprehensive high schools in the region.  Few schools in the nation have seen those kinds of turnarounds. What happened?

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Where the Project GRAD 2011 high school graduates are going

Project GRAD high school graduates will attend many different colleges in the fall...

 

Mission

The Mission of Project GRAD is to ensure a quality public education for students in economically disadvantaged communities, so that high school and college graduation rates increase.

Facts

• Project GRAD reaches over 44,000 students in 64 HISD Schools.
• 73% of Project GRAD students are at risk.
• Over 90% of Project GRAD students are from low-income households.
• 97% of Project GRAD Students are either African-American or Hispanic

Project GRAD Houston's Impact:

• Student Demographics
• Graduation Rates
• Dropout Rates
• College Enrollment & Graduation

Project GRAD Houston is at work in five high school feeder patterns. Read more...

Project GRAD Houston Scholars

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News

GRAD Fine Arts program Participates in Houston PBS Channel 8 Pledge Drive

 

UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Each summer, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) hosts high school students who have been identified as being at risk for not completing high school, but who have expressed an interest in science. Read more...

Shell Advanced Math and Kenedy Foundation Liberal Arts College Institutes Inspire Reagan HS Student to Attend the University of St. Thomas

 

Students from Project GRAD Houston Fine Arts Program assist Mayor Parker as she officially opens ticket sales for Museum’s King Tut Exhibition

The world-class musicians of The Houston Symphony Orchestra take Project GRAD musicians behind the scenes:
Watch the Ch. 39 News story from our field trip on Friday to Miller Outdoor Theater
and...

the story from Fox 26. 

Fewer college grants, scholarships due to budget cuts
HOUSTON (KTRK)

Governor Rick Perry praised lawmakers Tuesday for making what he called tough choices to keep Texas living within its means. We look at just one of those tough choices -- big cuts to college financial aid. Read more...

Project GRAD Celebrates 20 Years of Helping Students Live College Dreams

More than $20 million in scholarships have been given out since program’s inception

Since Project GRAD-Houston gave out its first set of $4,000 scholarships to 82 Davis High School students back in 1992, the 20-year-old program has contributed more than $20 million to making HISD students’ college dreams come true. Read more...

Scholarships Encourage College Enrollment

Several hundred students from Houston Independent School District will be rewarded with scholarships to attend college after graduation. Select 2011 graduates from Davis, Reagan, Sam Houston, Wheatley, and Yates high schools will be recognized at an awards ceremony Monday evening at the Cullen Theatre in Wortham Center. Read more...

Nonprofit Takes Aim at Graduation Rate
by: Bill Stamps

Tens of thousands of Houston area 12th graders are just days away from graduation. Unfortunately, too many won't be walking down that aisle. Bill Stamps talked with one group that's aiming to change that.

Project Grad Houston is a nonprofit group that basically has one goal: to put as many local students in college as possible. They do it with scholarship money, but they also work with the schools and the students.

Irving Reyna is a senior at Reagan High School in the Heights. He says project grad worked with him going back to his first day as a freshman. "Even before school started they were already telling you to work hard so that way you can get your four year scholarship. They also helped me fill out scholarships (and) the application to the University of Texas. I probably wouldn’t have made it through if it weren’t for Project Grad." Read more...

Speak Up: Tell the Senate to save Pell Grants

Once again, the U.S. House of Representatives has voted to balance the federal budget on the backs of low-income Americans. Read more...

April 6th: Public Education: A Mid-Session Report

Join ChildBuilders, CHILDREN AT RISK, Collaborative for Children, Houston A+ Challenge, One Voice-Texas, Project GRAD Houston, and United Way of Greater Houston on April 6th at the United Way of Greater Houston for A Mid-Session Report featuring the latest budget news from Austin, how school districts are responding, and what it means for children and families in the Houston region. Read more...

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Children advocacy groups lobby legislators
By Shamoyita DasGupta, Daily Texan Staff

Members from Children at Risk collaborated with other organizations to give a voice to children who are too young to vote for themselves, group members said. The organization hosted Children’s Advocacy Day for the first time at the Capitol on Thursday to allow participants to meet with legislators and encourage them to make children a priority this legislative session. The organization hosted the event to educate the community about children’s health, education, food and nutrition, human trafficking and access to health care. Read more...

Texas Association of Partners in Education Honors Project GRAD Houston and its Innovative Partnerships with the Alley Theatre and Shell Oil
Partnerships Improve Educational Outcomes for Public School Students

The Texas Association of Partners in Education (TAPE) honoured Project GRAD Houston, the Alley Theatre, and Shell Oil as leaders in developing innovative partnerships serving students from low-income communities in Houston Independent School District (HISD). The GRAD/Alley Theatre and the GRAD/Shell Oil partnership were both Crystal award winners, the highest award level. Read more...

Joe Angel Babb, Alley Theatre Director of Education & Community Engagement and Ann B. Stiles, Project GRAD Houston Executive Director		Karen Labat, Shell Oil Social Investment Manager, Education and Ann B. Stiles, Project GRAD Houston Executive Director