Neighborhood Academic Initiative Grads Celebrate Year End at USC
May 30, 2012
USC's Neighborhood
Academic Initiative starts by putting sixth graders on the path to
college. This fall all of its graduates are headed to college, 26 to
USC on full-tuition scholarships
Contact: USC News at (213) 740-2215 or uscnews@usc.edu
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Saturday Academy – June 2, from 8 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. USC Kaprelian Hall and the Von Kleinsmid Center – More than 600 sixth- through 12th-grade students will gather for the last time this year for Saturday school at USC. Students and their parents come to USC's campus every Saturday for six years to get extra time learning science, math and English in order to be considered for a top-ranked university upon graduation from high school.
10th Annual NAI Walk-A-Thon – June 2, 2 p.m. at USC Loker Stadium and Cromwell Field - About 400 parents and students combine exercise and education as they raise money for the USC Neighborhood Academic Initiative.
NAI Academic Awards – June 6, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at USC Taper Hall of the Humanities – NAI graduating seniors will be asked to stand and wave pennants of their alma mater as it is announced which university or college they will be attending – this year that includes Harvard, West Point and USC. Academic honors and scholarships awards will also be awarded.
MORE: All 54 graduates of the University of Southern California's Neighborhood Academic Initiative (NAI) program, serving public school students from the university's neighborhoods, will enroll in college this fall.
Twenty-six of the graduates chose to attend USC on full-tuition scholarships, with others bound for other top universities around the country, including Harvard University, the United States Military Academy at West Point, Morehouse College and University of California campuses.
The program's students, many the first in their families to attend college, spent six years coming to USC's campus for early-morning tutoring during the week and daylong Saturday classes.
About the USC Neighborhood Academic Initiative
The USC Neighborhood Academic Initiative is a seven-year, pre-college, comprehensive, educational enrichment program operated by USC Civic Engagement. NAI prepares low-income, minority students living in the neighborhoods surrounding USC for success at a college or university. Those who complete the program, meet USC's competitive admission requirements, and choose to attend USC, are awarded a 4.5-year full-tuition scholarship.
Over the past 15 years, 99 percent of NAI graduates have enrolled in secondary education programs, with 83 percent enrolling as freshmen in four-year colleges. More than one-third of NAI graduates during that time attended USC.
NAI also includes a Family Development Institute that assists parents in supporting their college-bound student with workshops and training on issues including financial literacy and college retention.
Contact: USC News at (213) 740-2215 or uscnews@usc.edu
VIDEO/PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
Saturday Academy – June 2, from 8 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. USC Kaprelian Hall and the Von Kleinsmid Center – More than 600 sixth- through 12th-grade students will gather for the last time this year for Saturday school at USC. Students and their parents come to USC's campus every Saturday for six years to get extra time learning science, math and English in order to be considered for a top-ranked university upon graduation from high school.
10th Annual NAI Walk-A-Thon – June 2, 2 p.m. at USC Loker Stadium and Cromwell Field - About 400 parents and students combine exercise and education as they raise money for the USC Neighborhood Academic Initiative.
NAI Academic Awards – June 6, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at USC Taper Hall of the Humanities – NAI graduating seniors will be asked to stand and wave pennants of their alma mater as it is announced which university or college they will be attending – this year that includes Harvard, West Point and USC. Academic honors and scholarships awards will also be awarded.
MORE: All 54 graduates of the University of Southern California's Neighborhood Academic Initiative (NAI) program, serving public school students from the university's neighborhoods, will enroll in college this fall.
Twenty-six of the graduates chose to attend USC on full-tuition scholarships, with others bound for other top universities around the country, including Harvard University, the United States Military Academy at West Point, Morehouse College and University of California campuses.
The program's students, many the first in their families to attend college, spent six years coming to USC's campus for early-morning tutoring during the week and daylong Saturday classes.
About the USC Neighborhood Academic Initiative
The USC Neighborhood Academic Initiative is a seven-year, pre-college, comprehensive, educational enrichment program operated by USC Civic Engagement. NAI prepares low-income, minority students living in the neighborhoods surrounding USC for success at a college or university. Those who complete the program, meet USC's competitive admission requirements, and choose to attend USC, are awarded a 4.5-year full-tuition scholarship.
Over the past 15 years, 99 percent of NAI graduates have enrolled in secondary education programs, with 83 percent enrolling as freshmen in four-year colleges. More than one-third of NAI graduates during that time attended USC.
NAI also includes a Family Development Institute that assists parents in supporting their college-bound student with workshops and training on issues including financial literacy and college retention.
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