Programs - Rope
Program Mission: Rites of Passage Encounter (ROPE) high school program prepares youth for post-secondary advancement by providing academic support, preparation for college, personal guidance and pathways to achieve their life goals.
ROPE strives to revitalize students' attitudes towards education, increase students' grade point averages, motivate students to pursue post-secondatry educational opportunities, increase respect for diversity, and promote self-empowerment. Each year over 100 high school students participate in college prep and SAT review classes, individual and group tutoring sessions, financial literacy classes and HOLA's Youth Leadership Council. In 2008, 23 ROPE seniors graduated from high school and all 23 of these students are going to college!
Program Goals:
- Achieve 90% rate of high school graduation
- Increase grade point averages by at least one letter grade in Math and English
- Increase SAT scores by an average of 10%
- Achieve at least a 75% annual rate of admission to and retention in, 4-year universities, colleges and trade schools.
Maria Jose Segura
Rope Director
Joey Segura holds a B.S. degree in Psychology earned from California State University, Los Angeles. She will begin a college counseling credential program at UCLA extension in fall 2010 and plans to attend graduate school shortly there after. She comes from a professional background of social work for 7 years; having been a social work investigator at law firms operating out of the dependency court justice system. Her passion lies in working with underserved adolescents as seen by prior participation with non-profits which serve teenage foster youth where she had been a board member and program director.
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