Start the school year off right with a GEAR UP Week with the theme What’s YOUR plan? at your school! It’s an opportunity to kick-off the year with fun and exciting activities (but without a lot of energy on your part!) that encourage a college-going culture in your school and community. Schools across the country will be celebrating National GEAR UP Week from September 10-14, but you can use these materials at any time that works for you. This toolkit has everything you need—instructions, posters (for editable posters, e-mail dana_beck@ous.edu), announcements—to put on a week of programs designed to get the word out about GEAR UP and the importance of going on to college. Choose to do them all, or just some of the activities—or create your own (maybe a Friendraiser - or some of these 10 ideas?)!
One activity we HIGHLY encourage you to do with your students is write postcards about their plans and the impact of GEAR UP that can be sent on to your elected officials. You will be receiving postcards in the mail soon for students to use.
We will be posting photos, videos, and quotes from students about their plans for after high school during the week of September 10-14 that were taken at our Student Leadership Event.
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