Newsletter | April 2022
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GEAR UP 4 LA
Building Powerful Futures
GEAR UP 4 LA aims to significantly increase student success in high school, persistence in college, and preparation for career and life-long learning. Under the motto “Building Powerful Futures,” our dedicated and passionate team of Equity Warriors have built strong futures for over 24,000 first-generation students and their families since 2011, building relationships with each while providing wraparound supports – including counseling, mentoring, college visits, and workshops – to students starting in sixth and seventh grade through their first year of college.
What's Happening at GEAR UP?
Families Lay Foundation for Lasting Success During Hybrid Summit
Nearly 200 students and parents/guardians participated in GEAR UP 4 LA’s second hybrid Parent Summit on April 2, when they learned how to set short- and long-term goals, explored college… Read more
GU4LA Grads Reconnect, Rebuild Resilience for Post-pandemic Success
As society inches closer to a new normal, GEAR UP 4 LA is providing recent graduates the social-emotional support they need to heal from the impacts the pandemic had on… Read more
GEAR UP 4 LA At a Glance
I am a high school student and my counselor helped me understand my options. This is how I fell in love with my future major. I want to be an entrepreneur. I want to own my own business, make a platform for myself, and have people know who I am.
I am so happy that other students get to experience what I did, because personally, I don’t think that I would be where I am today if it wasn’t for GEAR UP.
GEAR UP understands us as parents. They know what we need, they know what we fear. They work with us so we can work more effectively with our children.
GEAR UP changes families, it changes generations, and that’s what I love to do!