KLAT 1010 AM La Tremenda (Univision Radio) La Voz Del Pueblo: Project GRAD

1010 AM La Tremenda KLAT Houston (Univision Radio) interviewed Project GRAD Houston’s Manager of Special Projects Javier Parra and Principal Liaison Miriam Medina on Project GRAD Houston in Spanish this morning from 9:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m. The 2-hour interview on “La Voz Del Pueblo” with talk show host Renzo Heredia interspersed commercial breaks with calls from listeners. One of the many callers, a Project GRAD Reagan parent, plugged the Scholarship Program, the Walk for Success, and the great time his son experienced at the Project GRAD Summer Institute. The successful interview with Javier and Miriam targets Hispanic listeners from the ages 18 thru 64 in the Houston area.

Give a listen to stories of these immigrant students
Courtesy Houston Chronicle

And you will grasp value of educating them in HISD

". . . And a partridge in a pear tree"
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Fine arts holiday concert sponsored by Project GRAD. Read More...

Yates, Davis, Wheatley students in need of mentors
By DSP ROSEN
Chronicle Correspondent RESOURCES

The organization has about 100 mentors available to call on, most of whom will work with Davis students. More are needed for the other schools, said Mary Catherine Sharman, who helps coordinate the Project GRAD mentor program. Read More...

Retirement can wait for the Ketelsens
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Jim and Kathryn Ketelsen have a different definition of retirement. The River Oaks couple squeezes in several rounds of golf, spend a few weeks at their summer home in Nantucket and take the occasional overseas trip. But mostly, the Ketelsens work. Read More...

CH 45’s (Univision) Nuestra Vida features Project GRAD Staff

On Saturday, October 2, 2004 at 9:30 a.m. CH 45’s (Univision) Nuestra Vida, a public community affairs program in Spanish with Beatriz De Alvarado as the host, will feature a pre-taped interview with Project GRAD Staff Member Miriam Medina and Davis High School Student Esmeralda Serna on an overview of the Project GRAD Houston Program and the upcoming Walk for Success. The focus of Nuestra Vida is to cover topics of interest to Houston’s Hispanic community, such as public events, the arts, education, and politics.

CNN Business News Highlights Project GRAD Houston

CNN Business News Anchor Fred Katayama featured the Project GRAD model on July 1, 2004. Katayama’s CNN Business Report highlighted Project GRAD as one of the most ambitious school reform programs backed by big business to get students at disadvantaged schools to graduate from high school and college. Ten years after Project GRAD Houston hooked up with Davis High School in Houston, the school’s rate of college-bound students more than tripled to 36%. The widespread success of the Project GRAD Program now serves 133,000 students in more than 217 schools nationwide.

It's about self-expression
Houston Chronicle

Danielle Valero, 11, sketches Thursday while attending a class at Marshall Middle School as part of Project GRAD 's summer program on visual and performing arts. Project GRAD is designed to help minority students complete high school and attend college.

KTRK CH-13 Viva Houston Features Success of
Project GRAD Houston

KTRK CH-13 Anchor Minerva Perez interviewed Project GRAD Houston Executive Director Roy Hughes on the success of the program and the impact on the community for “Viva Houston.” The pre-taped program aired Sunday, June 20 at 11:30 a.m. on CH-13. Project GRAD Parent Lupe Martinez and her son, Javier, were interviewed along with Roy on the impact Project GRAD has made on their lives.

Project GRAD Turns 10
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More than 3,000 parents gathered at the Brown Convention Center on May 25 to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Project GRAD (Graduation Really Achieves Dreams). Read More...

Project GRAD Honors its Success Stories
Houston Chronicle
by Nancy Martinez

Gilberto Pina wanted to go to college, but he didn't have the money. Read More...

Project GRAD Hosts Math Event
Houston Chronicle
Around the Community

On April 8, Project GRAD Houston (Graduation Really Achieves Dreams) hosted the first High School Math Challenge. Read More...

Project GRAD: Helping Students and Teachers Close the Achievement Gap in the Nation’s Lowest Performing Schools
The Education Innovator, U.S. Department of Education

Shockingly, the average 12th grade African-American student is reading and doing math at approximately the same level as the average 8th grade white or Asian student.  Read More...