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• Flash Cards Are Back!!  Find out here how the Flash Card Program works.
• GEAR UP Flash Card Program- Participating Businesses  A GEAR UP listing of the local businesses who are participating in support of the Flash Card Program.
• GEAR UP Flash Card Student Pledge Student and Parent Pledge Documents.

GEAR UP Activities 

GEAR UP March 2010 Parent Night

Andrew Gemondo and Mark Jefferies pose with

at the March GEAR UP Parent Night.

Fairmont State GEAR UP Quiz Bowl 2008-2009

GEAR UP Competition Winners

The computer winners were: Chloe Boyles, John Paul Reese, John Stanley, David Mawn, Leanna Shaw, David Parsons, Alicia Cottrill and Autumn Lance.

The Gear Up T Shirt contest winners were:

1-Cody Sheme

2-Chelsea Coleman

3-Andrea Price and Chloe Boyles

The Career/College Poster contest winners:

1-Paige Haning

2-Morgan Richards

3-Andrea Price

GEAR UP Tutoring

Gear Up tutoring is every Monday thru Thursday after school in the computer lab. All 10^th and 11^th grade students are encouraged to attend. Time is 3 to 5. Students need to have a ride home promptly at 5.   Also, there will be a few Fairmont State University students coming in the school during the day to tutor in some 10^th & 11^th grade classes and AAs. Any teacher who would like to use one of these tutors should see Mrs. Boyles.

 Gear Up is offering morning tutoring on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings from 7 to 7:35 in Room 128. Anyone who wants to attend morning tutoring in Mrs. Payton’s room should stop by office and pick up a tutoring pass to use in the mornings.

GEAR UP Go Center

All 10^th & 11^th grade AA’s are welcome to the visit the GO CENTER sponsored by Gear Up during AA. The center is located in the corner of the AD office – our liaison, Mrs. Jett, will be available every M-W-F during AA to help students in the center. Teacher can send students down with a note stating they are allowed to visit during AA after attendance has been taken. Mrs. Jett will initial the note stating the students have been there.

Go Center G-Force Team:

• Mark Jefferies
• Kacie Murray
• Andrew Gemondo
• Joey Simmons

Parent Resource Page

21st Century Community Learning Centers
A Compact for Learning   An Action Handbook for Family-School-Community Partnerships
Think College Early
Think College
How To Get The Most Out Of Your Child's School: 60 Questions Parents Ask Teachers
Dealing with Teenage Years  

The Federal Mission of GEAR-UP is to significantly increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in post secondary education.

IPEDS College Opportunities On-Line

• College Search
• List of Internet resources for current and prospective students

CampusTours.com

• Virtual campus tours
• WebCam broadcasts

The College Board Online

• Online SAT registration
• Online college applications
• Information for high school and college counselors, administrators and faculty

CollegeNet

• Online access to admissions and application materials at hundreds of colleges
• Online bookstore
• Test preparation information 

The Princeton Review

• College admissions and financial aid information
• Vocabulary word of the day (skill building for SAT, GRE, etc.)
• SAT, GRE, and TOEFL information

Jesuit Colleges and Universities

• List of Jesuit institutions
• Information about the Jesuit Distance Education Network
• Additional resources related to Jesuit education

National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities

• List of independent colleges and universities in the United States

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U.S. Dept. of Education Internet Safety