UPWARD BOUND Kentucky State University ASB Room 519 400 East Main Street Frankfort, KY 40601

TUTORING November 13th-TBA Tuesday and Thursday 4:00-6:00p.m. Location: ASB Fifth floor

COLLEGE READINESS WORKSHOP, GOVERNOR SCHOLARS FOR THE ARTS PRESENTATION, AND FINANCIAL LITERACY WORKSHOP FOR PARENTS Saturday, December 1st 9:30-11:30 a.m. Location: Hathaway Hall

Date: Saturday, December 15th Time: 5:00p.m. Location: TBA

SERVICE LEARNING ACTIVITY Saturday, December 15th 9:30a.m.-12:00p.m. Location: Exum Gym

“We are Back!” The staff of the Upward Bound program is indeed grateful to our students, families, and community for their support during our grant rewrite process. We have been granted the opportunity by the Department of Education to continue to enrich our students and families for the next five years. Throughout the year, Upward Bound has been through a series of transitions. During the early part of the year we were in the process of rewriting our grant. During the summer period, we awaited a response from the federal government.

We are very optimistic about promoting TRIO and higher education to our Upward Bound family. As you may or may not know, TRIO consists of Upward Bound, Upward Bound Math and Science, Veterans Upward Bound, Educational Talent Search, Student Support Services, Ronald McNair Scholars, and Educational Opportunity Centers. It is a proven fact that TRIO works!

In the month of August, we received the grant award and are currently in the process of implementing our program. This has been a roller coaster of a ride; however, with much support from our KSU community, parents, students, and Frankfort community, we are back in action.

KSU Upward Bound staff will continue to provide college readiness resources as well as express the urgency of attending college. We will also strive to keep students and parents motivated towards achieving educational goals. We will join hands to overcome obstacles that may stand in the way of your progression.

During this current school year, we will be moving full steam ahead with servicing our students. We will continue to offer tutoring, workshops, college tours, mentoring, senior meetings, leadership development, etc. The Upward Bound staff is committed to impacting the lives of our participants. We have experienced much success during the last four years with the old grant. For the next five years, we will continue to go above and beyond to impact the lives of students.

My expectations are high for each person I am given an opportunity to impact. We may have to collaborate with parents and students to sail through procellous water. However, your efforts combined with our resources can provide the anchor you need to reach college.

I request that you mark your calendars for our upcoming activities and participate so we can achieve our short term goal of academic progress. We are fortunate to provide resources for both first generation and low income students on how to make it to college and succeed. Remember, we are here to aid you on the path to college and will equip you with the tools you need to stay there. Help us as we help you achieve your long term goal of college acceptance and college graduation.

Two of the greatest achievements of our program are the graduation of our seniors from high schools and their enrollment in college. This year, we had the opportunity to witness ten UB seniors graduate from high school. Out of the ten, eight of them enrolled in college and two enlisted in the military.

We are currently recruiting students at Franklin County, Western Hills, and Frankfort High schools. If you know of students or relatives who meet program criteria, please feel free to have them contact the UB office at 597-5525 or visit our web page at: http://www.kysu.edu/academics/continuinganddistanceeducation/upwardBound/. This year, we have seven seniors in our Upward Bound program. Each of them is strong academic students bound for greatness. Please continue to give these students your support as they matriculate through their senior year of high school. The names of the students are listed below.

"Learn from yesterday, live for today and hope for tomorrow." - Albert Einstein