Posted 8:49 p.m. Thursday, July 5, 2012
[caption id="attachment_13260" align="alignright" width="500" caption="High school students in the Upward Bound program participate in a model rocket launch as part of a physics lab. From left are Dan Duong, Zak Jewell, Gao Lee and Gary Vang."]
[/caption]Before Upward Bound, high school student Zak Jewell’s attitude about academics was different.
“I screwed off in class,” he admits. “I didn’t study nearly as much.”
The program that aims to prepare high school students for college, kicked Jewell into high gear. Throughout the last two years, the program has provided him tutoring, lessons, labs and homework on the UW-L campus in preparation for his high school classes. During college visits, he has had an honest look at what college admissions staff want to see.
“It made me realize how much stronger my grades would need to be,” he says.
Today Jewell has his sights set on the geoscience program at [caption id="attachment_13263" align="alignright" width="500" caption="UW-L alumna Kay Dellemann, '10, instructs Holmen High School Senior Chai Yang on the effects of exercise on cellular respiration. They are using bromothymol blue as an indicator to detect changes in CO2."]
[/caption]South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Eventually he would like to become a field geologist. And, based on his current grades, he’s told he has a good chance of getting in.
Jewell is one of the 47 high school students who started the Upward Bound six-week summer program on campus June 13. The program focuses on academic, cultural and personal development and career planning. Area teachers, UW-L student tutors and other staff teach and supervise high school students living on campus.
On Tuesday morning, UB students were getting ready to launch model rockets made from kits. They videotaped them in air and used a computer program to measure the change in position per second — a hands-on way to study acceleration. Dan Duong, a high school senior who moved here two years ago from Vietnam, says they never did labs in school there.
UB has been a great place to not only do hands-on lessons, but also to improve her English speaking skills. When her family came to the United States in 2010, she went straight into regular high school classes. The extra practice through UB has been helpful, she says. She eventually would like to go to college for dentistry.
Thanks to a $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, 95 students a year for the next five years, will receive support from the UB program at UW-L. UB is one of the federal TRIO programs, outreach and student services programs designed to identify and provide services for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. In addition to the summer program, UB also provides academic support services through weekly advising and tutoring and through monthly Saturday meetings throughout the school year.
[/caption]Before Upward Bound, high school student Zak Jewell’s attitude about academics was different.
“I screwed off in class,” he admits. “I didn’t study nearly as much.”
The program that aims to prepare high school students for college, kicked Jewell into high gear. Throughout the last two years, the program has provided him tutoring, lessons, labs and homework on the UW-L campus in preparation for his high school classes. During college visits, he has had an honest look at what college admissions staff want to see.
“It made me realize how much stronger my grades would need to be,” he says.
Today Jewell has his sights set on the geoscience program at [caption id="attachment_13263" align="alignright" width="500" caption="UW-L alumna Kay Dellemann, '10, instructs Holmen High School Senior Chai Yang on the effects of exercise on cellular respiration. They are using bromothymol blue as an indicator to detect changes in CO2."][/caption]South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Eventually he would like to become a field geologist. And, based on his current grades, he’s told he has a good chance of getting in.
Jewell is one of the 47 high school students who started the Upward Bound six-week summer program on campus June 13. The program focuses on academic, cultural and personal development and career planning. Area teachers, UW-L student tutors and other staff teach and supervise high school students living on campus.
On Tuesday morning, UB students were getting ready to launch model rockets made from kits. They videotaped them in air and used a computer program to measure the change in position per second — a hands-on way to study acceleration. Dan Duong, a high school senior who moved here two years ago from Vietnam, says they never did labs in school there.
UB has been a great place to not only do hands-on lessons, but also to improve her English speaking skills. When her family came to the United States in 2010, she went straight into regular high school classes. The extra practice through UB has been helpful, she says. She eventually would like to go to college for dentistry.
Thanks to a $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, 95 students a year for the next five years, will receive support from the UB program at UW-L. UB is one of the federal TRIO programs, outreach and student services programs designed to identify and provide services for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. In addition to the summer program, UB also provides academic support services through weekly advising and tutoring and through monthly Saturday meetings throughout the school year.