Â鶹´«Ã½ TRIO Community Cleanup Day 2022
Â鶹´«Ã½ TRIO Programs partnered with Keep Paulding Beautiful for a Community Clean-Up Day at the Paulding Airport to serve their community and make a statement – the youth of Paulding and Polk are dedicated to the betterment of our community, our culture, and our future.
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TRIO Student Recieves Cobb EMC Internship
Kayla will receive an internship at Cobb EMC through their Youth Leadership Program! The Youth Leadership Program gives current high school juniors the opportunity to develop leadership and networking skills, learn about their electric cooperative and earn potential scholarships.
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TRIO Student Awarded 4 Local Scholarships!
Â鶹´«Ã½ TRIO Graduate, Noelia Escutia, was awarded The Michelle Ruper State Farm Scholarship, The Cedartown Exchange Club Scholarship, The Cedartown Junior Service League- Matthew Prather Memorial Scholarship, and The Cedartown Kiwanis Club Scholarship during Honors Night.
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TRIO Student Receives Black American Engineering Scholarship Award
Edward (Denzell) Dascanio, 2021 Summa Cum Laude Graduate of Georgia Highlands College, was accepted to the Georgia Institute of Technology to major in Engineering. To add to his major accomplishments, Denzell was awarded the Black American Engineering Scholarship Award!
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HUB Posse Foundation Finalists
Two of Hiram Upward Bound’s Students have successfully made it to the second round of the Posse scholarship becoming successful leaders and preparing themselves to move mountains in life. Posse’s goal is to help students ensure their collegiate success.
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Zy Harshaw NSLC Nomination
Rockmart High School Junior Zykarius Harshaw from the Â鶹´«Ã½y Rockmart-Cedartown Upward Bound Program has been selected to participate in the Council for Opportunity in Education’s 31st Annual National Student Leadership Congress.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ TRIO ACT Boot Camp
Â鶹´«Ã½ TRIO Programs are hosting an ACT Test Prep Boot Camp that aims to not only prepare
high school students for the big test that will determine their college entrance,
but they are also working to prepare students for life in the community.
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TRIO Students were part of a drone assembly class in a summer academy offered to students
in Â鶹´«Ã½ Upward Bound programs. Students were refining their drone-handling skills,
but they were also getting support in preparing for and succeeding in college.
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Drones and Workplace Skills
HHS Upward Bound Student, Jillian Rodriguez was a Delegate to the Congress of Future
Medical Leaders in Lowell, MA on June 23-25, 2019. The CFML is an honors-only program
for high school students who want to become physicians or go into medical research
fields.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ TRIO Delegate to CFML 2019
HHS Upward Bound Student, Jillian Rodriguez was a Delegate to the Congress of Future
Medical Leaders in Lowell, MA on June 23-25, 2019. The CFML is an honors-only program
for high school students who want to become physicians or go into medical research
fields.
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The Paulding County School District’s graduation rate climbed to 88.8 percent in 2019, an increase of 2.5 percentage points over last year and nearly seven percentage points higher than the state average.
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Feature in Investigator Spring 2019
Â鶹´«Ã½ Paulding Site Staff and TRIO Programs are featured in the Â鶹´«Ã½y Research Magazine, The Investigator, Spring 2019 Issue.
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Paulding Site's TRIO Grants
Â鶹´«Ã½y’s Paulding site recently was awarded three federal grants totaling more than $3.9 million in order to assist students in Paulding and Polk counties
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Paulding Site & Upward Bound
Â鶹´«Ã½y’s Paulding Site has a staff of three people, and that small group is making a significant difference for local high school students who want to attend college.
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TRIO's 1st Year of Success
Â鶹´«Ã½'s Paulding Site celebrates its' first year of success in 2019. In fall 2017, Kennesaw
State University made institutional history in external research funding. This article
in Â鶹´«Ã½'s research magazine, "The Investigator", details Â鶹´«Ã½ TRIO's first year on the
books.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ and Dallas Courthouse
In 2017, Â鶹´«Ã½ was approved to lease space in the Historic Dallas Courthouse for expanding
operations to provide information and financial opportunities for students.
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