The Adrian Dominican School of Education’s (ADSOE) CARE Center has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the College Board Florida Partnership. The College Access and Readiness Experiences for Success (CARES) Grant was awarded to ADSOE’s College Reach-Out Program (CROP).
Proceeds from the grant will be used to carry out program activities that support the needs of minority and underrepresented students (grades 6-12) and ensure that students graduating from high school are prepared to succeed in college, increasing the number of young people who obtain a post-secondary degree with labor-market value.
The funding support from the College Board Florida Partnership allows ADSOE students to connect educationally and economically disadvantaged minority students to college success. This is accomplished through mentoring and college access and readiness programming. ADSOE mentors include Rafael Molina, Thalia Chavez, Breia Pierce and Marta Iglesias
“My daughter was failing classes and on the brink of repeating the sixth grade. Her self-esteem and self-confidence was at an all-time low. The CARE Center mentors and tutors in the College Reach-Out Program supported her and the entire family,” said Alice Waters, a parent of one of the mentored students. “Her math grade went from a D to a B; Spanish grade from D to an A. She entered and placed second for sixth-graders at her school and received the Silver of Excellence Award at the Miami Dade County Public School Science Fair. During spring break, my daughter spent a ‘day in the life of a College Student’ on the Barry University campus and was exposed to various career paths. Her teachers and I see a change in my daughter’s confidence. She walks with her head held high with a positive attitude. Most importantly, she is paying it forward by mentoring and inspiring her younger sister.”
“This mother’s testimonial is just one example of hundreds that illustrate the power of the CARE Center’s College Reach-Out Program (CROP) program,” said Dr. Jill B. Farrell, dean of the Adrian Dominican School of Education. “In addition to the countless opportunities for experiential education afforded to students in the Adrian Dominican School of Education, the funding from the College Board Florida Partnership for the CROP initiative has proven, time and again, the transformative potential it can provide to a child’s future.”