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GEAR UP
Yearbook
2008
To ensure that Maine State GEAR UP
Gaining Early Awareness and improves the outcomes for Maine youth, GEAR UP
Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) schools are working to ensure:
is a U.S. Department of Education discretionary
grant program designed to increase the number of
All 8th grade students develop proficient
students from low income families who are
algebraic skills.
prepared to enter and succeed in post-secondary
education. All high school students take college courses.
All students have individual learning plans.
The Maine State GEAR UP program is funded through a grant
(reference #P3345050037; James Davis, Project Officer,) from All seniors complete their FAFSA before
the U.S. Department of Education to the Maine Department of March 1.
Education and is managed by the Maine Support Network. All parents are actively involved in their
Maine State GEAR UP Program
child’s education.
P.O. Box 390 Readfield, ME 04355
All seniors complete at least one application
1 (866) 291-0004
www.gearupme.org to attend a post-secondary school.
(c) 2008 All schools increase the number of rigorous
courses, including AP and college courses.
Project Director: David Stockford
Program Director: Kathryn Markovchick All schools promote high aspirations for all
Program Co-Director: Debbie Gilmer students by facilitating student engagement
Program Co-Director: Pam Flood
Program Coordinator: Emily Liebling and achievement in a supportive learning
Graphic Designer & Webmaster: Jenny Hartung environment.
www.gearupme.org
GEAR UP Districts
3. MSAD 04 9. MSAD 58 15. Union 103
Piscataquis Community High School Mt. Abram Regional High School Jonesport Elementary School
Piscataquis Community Middle Phillips Elementary School Jonesport-Beals High School
School Stratton Elementary School 16. Union 104
4. MSAD 14 Strong Elementary School Eastport Elementary School
East Grand School 10. MSAD 59 Shead High School
5. MSAD 19 Athens Elementary School 17. Union 90 (Greenbush)
Lubec Consolidated School Madison High School Helen S. Dunn Elementary School
6. MSAD 30 Madison Junior High School Old Town High School
Lee Academy 11. MSAD 70 18. Union 96 CSD 4 Flanders Bay CSD
Mount Jefferson Junior High Hodgdon Elementary School Ella Lewis School
7. MSAD 37 Hodgdon High School Mountain View School
Cherryfield Elementary 12. MSAD 74 Peninsula CSD School
Columbia Falls Elementary Carrabec Community School Sumner High School
Daniel W. Merritt School Carrabec High School
Harrington Elementary School 13. Portland Public Schools
Milbridge Elementary School Deering High School
Narraguagus High School King Middle School
8. MSAD 49 Portland High School
Lawrence High School 14. Union 102
Lawrence Junior High School Jonesboro Elementary School
Machias High School
Rose M. Gaffney School
GEAR UP Districts and Schools - Key to Map
Miranda Prior, center, receives GEAR UP award
1. CSD 9
and scholarship at National Conference in
Southern Aroostook CSD School Washington D.C.
2. Maine Indian Education
Beatrice Rafferty School
Calais High School
Indian Township School
Woodland High School
Brandon Tomah, 2006 GEAR UP Student of the Susan Gendron, Comissioner of Education,
Year, from Calais High School and Lee Academy. Abdi Ashkir, 2007 GEAR UP Student of with GEAR UP administrators Deb Gilmer,
the Year, from Portland High School. Corda Kinze, & Pam Flood at the
New England GEAR UP Conference.
Objective #1
Increase the academic performance and preparation for
1:
Objective post-secondary education of participating students.
Preparing GEAR UP Students for
College Academics
Objective #2
GEAR UP Students completing one or more math or science course
(where offered) in addition to Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry,
high school Biology and Chemistry.
100%
90%
70%
Objective #3
60%
30%
20%
“The content of college courses is doable for all kids in the 10%
0%
school. Twenty-eight students took the college math and all
Objective #4
School Year School Year
2005-2006 2006-2007
but 2 passed, and they could have. We are very demanding
regarding what we expect kids to take.”
- Colin Campbell, Principal, Madison HS
"At Janet's suggestion [our GEAR UP
Objective #5
Liaison], I'll be going to Lewiston next
week to look at their Aspirations Lab."
– Pam Swett, Principal, Lawrence HS
Objective #1
Increase the rate of high school graduation and participation
c t i v e 2:
O bje in post-secondary education of participating students.
In the 07-08 school year:
Objective #2
received
Objective #3
to attend
GEAR UP Students on a College Trip
26
Objective #4
“Seventy nine percent of our seniors have been accepted Different Maine Colleges
and said they are going to college. This is up from 40-50%
from 10 years ago, when I started here. Also, we've found “One third of high school students who take early
having local people as the financial 'experts' helps support college courses here eventually enroll at UMM. On
families [filing FAFSAs and engaging in financial average we have between 50-60 high school
planning] instead of bringing in an outside person. In the students taking early college courses each
Objective #5
last 8 years our high school has gone from offering no AP semester. One semester we had 80 students
courses available to offering 6 courses.” participating in an early college course.”
- Jeanne Tucker, Principal, Mt. Abram HS - Carol Wolf, GEAR UP Partner,
University of Maine Machias
Objective #1
Increase educational expectations for participating students
ive 3: and student family knowledge of post-secondary education
Object options, preparation, and financing.
Percentage of Seniors Who Filed a FAFSA
Objective #2
Photo courtesy of Brittany Woodbridge, Lubec Consolidated School Class of ‘08
from 2006-2008
Objective #3
National Low
Income Students
Objective #4
Lubec was voted one of America’s Best High Schools 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
in 2007 by US News
Many students and their families do not realize they are eligible
“We started student led conferences last to receive financial aid to support their college-going aspirations.
Guidance counselors report that once students realize they have
year. We were having a hard time getting this support they are more likely to apply and attend college.
parents in but after we started the student
led conferences that really changed. We now “The greatest benefit from student-led conferences is that
Objective #5
have 97% of parents show up to participate it gets parents in the school and gets them involved in a
in the conferences.” conversation about learning.”
- Mike Buckley, Superintendent, Lubec -Colin Campbell, Principal, Madison HS
Objective #1
To integrate the GEAR UP program into Maine’s existing
4:
Ob jective educational infrastructure.
Of the 21 GEAR UP high schools, 20 are served
by at least one other Upward Bound, MELMAC,
Objective #2
Early College for ME, JMG, or METS Program:
18
16
14
12
Objective #3
Data collected from cited program websites.
10
Objective #4
Keegan Qualey interacting with an Amy Stacey Curtis installation at Colby College. 0
Upward Bound
MELMAC
Early College
“Three years ago it felt like kids were being pulled in for ME JMG
METS
different directions without a cohesive plan; now we
“The planning grants for MELMAC have been a great
really have pulled everything together into a year-by-
springboard for schools to really think about their current
year plan for each student.”
college-going culture/structure and activities. The advisory
Objective #5
-Colleen Haskell, Superintendent & Principal,
meetings have provided an opportunity for staff to take
Jonesport-Beals HS
the time to plan with input from others outside the school.”
-Wendy Allen, Maine State GEAR UP Regional Technical
Assistance Coordinator
Objective #1
Anchor the use of Maine’s Learning Technology Initiative
:
Obje ctive 5 and distance learning networks into the GEAR UP program
strategies and activities.
Of the 138, 500 activity hours logged in
Objective #2
activities that have been identified to help
students get promoted from one grade
to the next...
Objective #3
Computer-assisted activities
Tutoring/homework/academic
enrichment
Counseling/advising/academic
planning/career prep
Cultural events
New England GEAR UP Conference Polycom Session, October 2007
Educational Fieldtrips
“We hosted the New England Regional GEAR UP Conference Other
Objective #4
in Rockport in October. More than 100 GEAR UP professionals,
staff, students, and families from across the region participated
in this exciting and fun learning event. Maine’s Commissioner of Data from Maine State GEAR UP 2008 Annual Performance Report
Objective #5
session provided the foundation for a valuable resource: Principals problems in the past with colleges saying 'No, we didn't get
Share 100 College-Going Strategies.” that,' but with ConnectEdu I will be notified exactly when
- Excerpt from Maine State GEAR UP Annual Performance the college receives each piece of the application."
Report, April 2008 -Ruth Ann Cowger, Guidance Counselor, East Grand HS
Maine State GEAR UP
The Maine Department of Education was awarded its second
six year GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for
Undergraduate Programs) grant in 2005. This award supports
18 partner school districts in further developing a college-
going culture for all of their students, with an emphasis on
students from low-income families. To meet this charge, the
Maine Department of Education secured the services of the
Maine Support Network to manage the project and to oversee
the implementation of supports to meet the project goal and
objectives. There have been many exciting developments as a
result of this project. The Maine Department of Education, and
Commissioner of Education Susan Gendron, are proud to share
some of our accomplishments in this first Maine State GEAR UP
Yearbook.
Project Goal:
The Project will leverage Maine’s advanced
technological infrastructure to create a
sustainable program that supports students
who are economically disadvantaged in
preparing for, accessing, and succeeding in
post-secondary education.