GEAR UP Kentucky

UK President welcomes GUK students to campus
Published April 18, 2013 - No Comments
On April 12, nearly two hundred GEAR UP Kentucky 7th and 8th graders joined “Scratch”, the University of Kentucky mascot, for a day of campus tours and hands-on learning activities for GUK’s Career Discovery Day @ UK, the state’s flagship university. Students started off the day in ...
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Hey GEAR UP Kentucky 8th Graders: TAKE THIS SURVEY!
Published April 16, 2013 - No Comments
If you are an 8th grader at a GEAR UP Kentucky middle school, this survey is for you! GEAR UP Kentucky is partnering with ACT, Inc. to find out more about your experience with GEAR UP at your school. The survey asks about whether or not you have a mentor and how your mentor has [...]
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2013 GEAR UP Parent Survey available online
Published April 16, 2013 - No Comments
If your child is a 7th or 8th grader in a GEAR UP Kentucky middle school, this survey is for you! As a requirement of the program, GEAR UP Kentucky is required to conduct a brief parent survey. The survey is only twelve simple questions and may be completed on paper or online. The purpose ...
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Career Discovery Day @ NKU highlights STEM fields
Published April 5, 2013 - No Comments
GEAR UP students had the opportunity to get up close and personal with college professors in science, technology, engineering and mathematics during the inaugural GUK Campus Discovery Day at Northern Kentucky University. Nearly 200 seventh grade students from Holmes Middle School, Bellevue ...
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Operation Preparation deploys in GEAR UP Kentucky schools
Published April 5, 2013 - No Comments
March was Operation Preparation month in Kentucky and GEAR UP schools across the state participated in a variety of ways to engage and advise students about college and career readiness. Operation Preparation, a joint effort with the Kentucky Department of Education, is designed to bring ...
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GEAR UP Kentucky School Districts Plan for Transition to High School
Published April 5, 2013 - No Comments
As a next step in GEAR UP Kentucky’s School Improvement Services, GUK 3.0 hosted a series of regional Transition Workshops in March. Nearly 100 school administrators and staff from 40 GUK middle and high schools came together in district teams to prepare for transitioning from middle to ...
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GEAR UP Gazette offers college planning and preparation tips
Published March 26, 2013 - No Comments
The GEAR UP Gazette is a 4-page insert in the Lexington Herald-Leader written specifically for the GEAR UP community and distributed to all of our GEAR UP schools monthly September – April. Through our partnership with the Herald-Leader’s Newspapers in Education program, we pro ...
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Dr. Aaron Thompson is featured speaker at 2013 national GEAR UP workshop
Published February 11, 2013 - No Comments
Dr. Aaron Thompson, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, addressed more than 1,200 GEAR UP professionals at the 2013 NCCEP Capacity Building Workshop in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 5. Offering the Tuesday morning keynote ...
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GEAR UP-2-Success coming to GUK middle schools
Published November 1, 2012 - No Comments
GEAR UP Kentucky is rolling out its second strategy for direct services to students and families this fall – GEAR UP-2-Success. GEAR UP-2-Success is the strategy that provides technical assistance and college coaches to help schools adopt and implement a whole school advising and mon ...
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GEAR UP Kentucky celebrates 2012 National GEAR UP Week
Published September 19, 2012 - No Comments
GEAR UP Kentucky schools and staff celebrated National GEAR UP Week in a variety of ways. Some schools created a Our GEAR UP Dreams wall while others had a College Spirit day for teachers and students to sport their college gear. Check out the National GEAR UP Week Photo Gallery to see som ...
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What is GEAR UP Kentucky?

Downoad the What is GEAR UP? fact sheet. GEAR UP Kentucky 3.0 (GUK 3.0) is a six-year grant program that is funded by the U.S. Department of Education 2011-2017. GEAR UP stands for Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs. The GUK 3.0 program serves 30 middle schools and their corresponding high schools in 22 counties in [...]

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Latest Articles

UK President welcomes GUK students to campusPublished April 18, 2013 at 8:49 pm
Hey GEAR UP Kentucky 8th Graders: TAKE THIS SURVEY!Published April 16, 2013 at 6:45 pm
2013 GEAR UP Parent Survey available onlinePublished April 16, 2013 at 6:07 pm
Career Discovery Day @ NKU highlights STEM fieldsPublished April 5, 2013 at 7:57 pm
Operation Preparation deploys in GEAR UP Kentucky schoolsPublished April 5, 2013 at 6:49 pm
GEAR UP Kentucky School Districts Plan for Transition to High SchoolPublished April 5, 2013 at 5:49 pm
Dr. Aaron Thompson is featured speaker at 2013 national GEAR UP workshopPublished February 11, 2013 at 3:21 pm
2013 Transition Workshops Planned for MarchPublished January 22, 2013 at 3:44 pm

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