What is Passport?
Passport is a faith-based college advising, mentoring, and academic enrichment program for high school juniors and seniors. Over the course of 18-months you and your Passport classmates will develop the skills, motivation, and determination to enter and complete college successfully. You will attend weekly workshops and activities from 4-6pm and 6-hours a week of SAT-prep classes. Below is an overview of key elements Passport address for each class year. NOW accepting applications on a rolling basis from current Juniors and Seniors for Fall 2010. Application deadline is September 30, 2010.
Junior Year
- Improve grades with academic support
- Research and visit colleges
- Advanced time management skills development
- Learn project management skills
- Self-exploration
- Experiential Learning
- Cohort group experience
- Meet weekly on Tuesdays beginning at 4pm at 62 Northampton Street, Fourth Floor.
- SAT-prep Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning at 6pm at 62 Northampton Street, Fourth Floor.
Senior Year
- Assistance with college application process
- Research and visit colleges
- Support with Financial Aid and Scholarship applications
- Polish project management skills
- Develop leadership skills
- Experiential Learning
- Cohort group experience
- Meet weekly on Thursdays beginning at 4pm at 62 Northampton Street, Forth Floor.
- SAT-prep on Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning at 6pm at 62 Northampton Street, Fourth Floor.
The goal of the Passport program is threefold: 1) help and support you in having a minimum GPA of 2.0; 2) support your character development; and 3) increase your chances of getting into and graduating from college.
