FKHS GearUP Program
These pages are devoted to the GearUP program which is located at Field Kindley High school. Here
you will find information about the program, and what success the program has had with students not
only at FKHS, but across the nation.

GearUP Mission Statement: The mission of GEAR UP is to significantly increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education.
GearUP Purpose: To give more low-income students the academic skills, psychosocial support services (such as counseling and mentoring), information, and financial assistance needed to enter, pursue, and succeed in postsecondary education .

What Is GearUP?

1. GEAR UP stands for Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs.
2. GEAR UP is a highly innovative program began by Congress in 1998 that already serves 1.4 million low-income children nationwide.
3. GEAR UP differs from other programs in that:
   • GearUP raises the academic aspiration of entire cohorts of low-income children not just selected individuals, and equips them with the necessary motivation, knowledge, and skills to succeed along the pathway to college
   • GearUP is a workign education partnership that enlists the involvement of parents, teachers, guidance counselors, and school administrators as well as community groups, business, labor, and places of worship. GearUP is based on the premise that if no child is to be left behind, none of us can stand aside: Everyone has work to do to help low-income students enroll and succeed in college.
   • GearUP is locally relevant and responsive. The program recognizes that parents and local school districts - not Washington burreaucrats - are best prepared to teach children.

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