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THE PROGRAM
The YMCA College Club program starts in the seventh grade and continues all the way through college.
The College Club provides on-going academic support, information and encouragement appropriate to participants at each grade level.
The YMCA College Club...
- develops an awareness in the student that it may be possible to attend college,
- provides academic guidance to assure that college preparatory classes are taken starting in the eighth grade,
- provides structure, information, encouragement, mentoring and guidance that may be otherwise lacking in the student's life,
- includes career counseling, academic counseling, peer mentoring, campus visits, and other field trips,
- presents community-based role models who are successful college graduates in various jobs and professions,
- includes group discussions on subjects such as choosing a career, selecting a college, and giving back to the community,
- encourages older students to be peer mentors to younger students,
- helps students identify and apply for college grants, loans, and scholarships,
- places students in positions of responsibility in order to gain leadership experience and develop self-confidence. Students take part in planning programs and field trips. Every student has a position with at least some responsibility toward the group,
- assists family members in providing at-home support to enable the student to increase academic achievement.
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"The YMCA is dedicated to improving the quality of human life
and to helping all people realize their fullest potential
as children of God through development of the spirit, mind and body."