NV GEAR UP Digest May 2022

Nevada GEAR UP Digest

May 2022

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Greetings!

Happy May!

May is such an exciting time in our GEAR UP schools and on our college campuses! The end of the school year is fast approaching and graduations are on the horizon! That means it is time for a major GEAR UP service - Summer Bridge programs! Summer Bridge programs are for 8th graders transitioning into high school and 12th graders transitioning into college. It doesn't get much more exciting than that!

BLOG POST

This month's blog was written by GEAR UP First Year College Advisor at the University of Nevada, Reno - Andrea Saavedra Nieto! You can read it here!

UPCOMING EVENTS

Summer Bridge Programs

The Summer Bridge season has started! Below are the dates for the various district offerings:

Bonanza: May 31 & June 1

Clark: May 31 & June 1

Durango: May 26 & 27

CCSD Middle Schools: June 6 & 7

PVHS/RCMS: May 19 & 20

Mineral - high school and middle school: May 9 & 10

Year 4 Kick Offs!

Yes! We are already planning for Year 4. August will be here before we know it! Student Success Agency will be joining us at each of the high school Kick Off events! They are bound to get the students excited about all things GEAR UP! Right now the Kick Off schedule looks like this:

PVHS: August 24 & 26. Parent Night - August 24.

MCHS: August 25.

Bonanza: August 25 & 26.

Clark: August 29 & 30 and September 1 & 2.

Durango: August 31.

CCSD Parent Night: August 25.

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More Spring Event Photos!

Southern Nevada College and Career Fairs!

It was a busy but awesome week during April when the entire GEAR UP team participated in four College and Career Fairs at each GEAR UP high school in southern Nevada. In most cases, the GEAR UP middle schools were also able to travel to the high schools and attend as well. These events were quite large as many community and business representatives joined in the fun! In addition to the NSHE colleges, students had an opportunity to meet with other career or trade schools, military representatives, and employers. Nevada GEAR UP State Director, Maxine Alex and Assistant Director, Javier Smith joined in on the fun too!

Treasurer's Office Presentations

Over the course of five weeks the Nevada Treasurer’s Office presented to Nevada GEAR UP students at each of our four southern Nevada high schools, either in person or virtually. Over 280 students learned about financial college readiness and the Millennium Scholarship. Huge thank you to Abraham Gomez, Troy Watts, Kristina Ramirez, and Evelyn Castro from the College Savings Division of the Nevada Treasurer’s Office for taking the time to educate and share resources with our Nevada GEAR UP students!

Parent College Knowledge Night

The NSHE GEAR UP team held a parent college knowledge night while staff was in Las Vegas for the College and Career Fairs. This event was hosted by Morgan Haynes, CSN FYCA on the CSN West Charleston campus. The FYCAs teamed up to present on one of three topics: Financial Aid, CTE and Dual Enrollment, and Senior Checklist. We did not have a huge turn out but those that did attend were able to get undivided attention and have all of their questions answered on the spot.

NCCEP National Conference

Shout out to Jana Burd, NSHE GEAR UP College Coordinator for being selected to present a breakout session at the national conference in DC this July. Her session is titled "Motivated to Survive: An Intersectional Analysis of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in the Time of COVID". If you will be attending the conference, please join the session. Jana is sure to appreciate your support.

Thank you for representing Nevada, Jana!

Wrapping Up Campus Visits!

As we wrap up the spring semester we had some of our last campus visits before the summer! At the end of April, 49 Pahrump Valley High School students visited the North Las Vegas Campus of the College of Southern Nevada where they got to hear from current CSN students and tour the amazing campus. In early May, students from Mineral County High School were able to visit the beautiful Truckee Meadows Community College campus in Reno, touring their Technology Center Campus, visiting their main campus, and eating lunch on campus. Also earlier this month, Hawthorne Junior High School 8th graders were able to tour the historic UNR campus. Shout out to our fantastic Nevada GEAR UP team for making these end-of-the-school-year visits happen: Jennifer Hagstrom, Destiney Duff, Yulissa Castillo, Morgan Haynes, Kristy Bekiares, Jairon Castellanos-Boteo, Andrea Saavedra-Nieto, and Emilly Borthwick-Wong!

Photos from Tech Trekker STEM Activity at DHS!

If not otherwise noted, questions regarding content in this Digest should be directed to:

Janet Stake, NSHE GEAR UP Director, Programming and Outreach

jstake@nshe.nevada.edu

Funded by USDE Nevada State GEAR UP Grant #P334S190009