1. GET THEM READY Manson School District’s Post-Secondary Plan Get Them Ready Get Them In Get Them Through

2. GET THEM READY “College isn’t a dream, it’s a plan!”  Manson School District knows that helping students earn a high school diploma fulfills only part of our mission of “Continuous Student Learning.”

3. GET THEM READY Who Are We?  Manson is located on Lake Chelan Seven miles up lake from Chelan  Farming and tourism based economy  Approximately 600 students in 2 schools 80% Free/Reduced 70% Hispanic

4. GET THEM READY We’ve Changed The Perception  Students and families in Manson believe: 1. All students can attend college 2. Money is a barrier that can be overcome 3. Post-Secondary education/training = a better life

5. GET THEM READY How Did We Do This?  GEAR UP – got us started  A consortium of schools partnered with CWU and received a Federal “GEAR UP” grant

6. GET THEM READY Tools We Use  After School Programs  Evening/Weekend Study Club  School to School Tutors

7. GET THEM READY How Did We Do This? 1. All students can attend college  Broaden your students’ horizons Build an expectation…

8. GET THEM IN How Did We Do This?  $ a barrier that can be overcome  Financial aid (FAFSA) Grants, loans, work based programs  Intense scholarship pursuit  Family assistance/planning GET Program College Bound

9. GET THEM IN Senior Classes Leadership and Career Choices

10. GET THEM READY How Did We Do This?  Convinced students and families that post- secondary education/training = a better life  “Over a lifetime, a college graduate will earn about $1,000,000 more than someone with only a high school diploma.”

11. GET THEM IN Alumni Publications  Millennium Gates Scholars  5 in 10 Years

12. GET THEM READY How Do You Prepare Students for College?  Knowledge is power

13. GET THEM READY Rigorous Courses in Manson  College Prep Advanced Placement Honors College/Dual Credit

14. GET THEM READY,IN, THROUGH How Do You Afford This?  The better question is how can you consider not budgeting for this?

15. GET THEM READY,IN,THROUGH Sample Budget  Estimated Annual Budget  Post Secondary Coordinator Salary$30,000  Benefits$ 12,500  Sub Total $42,500  Pre-6th Expenditures  5th grade Biz Town visit$ 1,500  6th Grade Expenditures  CWU visitation $ 1,000  7th Grade Expenditures  WVC visitation$ 250  8th Grade Expenditures  NCW Skills Center visitation$ 250  9th Grade Expenditures  EWU, Spokane CC, ITT Tech visitation$ 1,500  College and Career Fair – host supplies$ 500  10th Grade Expenditures  Pre-SAT testing$ 300  UW, Shoreline CC, Seattle Art Inst. visitation$ 1,500  11th Grade Expenditures  WSU visitation$ 1,700  SAT prep course – instruction$ 300  Family visitation incentive – gas cards$ 500  12th Grade Expenditures  Mock interview – host supplies$ 300  Senior presentations venue and supplies $ 2,000  13th Year (Post High School)  Coordinator visitations to campus$ 500  Sub Total $ 12,100  Grand Total $ 54,600

16. GET THEM THROUGH Get Them Through  HS Graduation rate 94% (five year average)  College Enrollment Rate 2009 Graduates 67% 2010 Graduates 67%

17. GET THEM THROUGH Next Steps For Manson  Improve Communication/Connections with Higher Education Reapplying for GEAR UP Networking – Rural Alliance