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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

Fine Arts

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...

Teach Houston - Unlocking the Future

Mega 101 FM “Mi Comunidad”- Project GRAD Houston’s 7ma Convención Anual para Padres

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...

Project GRAD Houston Develops Mentoring Program for First Generation College-Going Students. Read more...

Project Graduation Really Achieves Dreams (GRAD)

Project GRAD works to provide a quality public school education to at-risk children in low-income communities with the goal of increasing high school and college graduation rates. In order to achieve this goal, Project GRAD works with students beginning in kindergarten and throughout college by focusing on five programs that are implemented within and outside of the classroom. Read more...

HISD Alumni to Host College Conversations at Five Local High Schools
Former students’ return is part of Project GRAD Houston’s annual college awareness push

Alumni from five HISD high schools will be returning to their former campuses this week to share stories of their experience at college with current district students. “College Conversations” are a part of Project GRAD Houston’s annual college awareness push, and they will take place at five high schools: Davis, Reagan, Sam Houston, Wheatley, and Yates. Read more...

Project GRAD Houston Hosts 11th Annual College Awareness Activities at Five HISD Schools
Former Students Return to High School to Share College Experiences

For the eleventh consecutive year, Project GRAD Houston is hosting college awareness activities at five Houston Independent School District (HISD) partnering high schools: Davis, Reagan, Sam Houston, Wheatley, and Yates. Developed to promote college going habits for students, College Week supports GRAD’s mission to ensure a quality public education for students in economically disadvantaged communities, so that high school and college graduation rates increase. Read more...

Project GRAD Students Learn Advanced Mathematics at Rice University

The Rice University SchoolMathematics Project conducted a three-week advanced mathematics institute during June on the Rice University campus for high school students attending Houston-area Project GRAD high schools: Davis, Sam Houston, Reagan, Wheatley, and Yates. Read more...

Project GRAD Institutes Giving Students a Glimpse of College Life
On-campus experiences include career-planning and academic preparation

More than 1,300 HISD high-school students are getting a closer look at college life this summer, thanks to Project GRAD's College Institutes. Read more...

HISD Students Receive $2.8 Million in Project GRAD Scholarships
700+ graduating seniors come from Davis, Reagan, Sam Houston, Wheatley, and Yates

More than 700 graduating seniors from five HISD schools (Jefferson Davis, John Reagan, Phillis Wheatley, and Jack Yates High Schools, as well as the Sam Houston Math, Science and Technology Center) walked away with $2.8 million in college scholarships from Project GRAD Houston this year. Read more...

HISD Students Receive $2.8 Million in Project GRAD Scholarships

Over 700 HISD Graduating Seniors are expected to receive $2.8 million in scholarships

Over 1,300 HISD High School students will get a glimpse of college this summer

KBR Mentors Provide High School Students with Life Skills

Project GRAD Houston’s 6^TH Annual Parent Convention: “Passport to College”

Target Free First Sunday theme is “Sail Away: Art and the Sea”

HISD High School Teachers Collaborate with College Professors to Explore Higher Education Alignment Strategies at 5th Annual Project GRAD Houston/ University of Houston-Downtown Symposium.

Dr. Laurie Ballering, Senior Director, Project GRAD Houston has graduated from the NSDC Academy for Staff Developers, a prestigious learning experience aimed at improving the quality of teaching and learning in all schools.

21 HISD Teachers to Receive Individual $1,000 Innovative Teacher Grants Through Project GRAD Houston, HISD, and GEAR UP Partnership

Project GRAD Houston Receives ARRA Grant to Fund Parent Empowerment Program

Mentoring gives high school students a hand

A few weeks into the school year, the Houston Independent School District’s new boss isn’t saying much about his plans to keep children in class.