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Gateway to
College Program
At
Montgomery College
An MC/MCPS
Partnership Initiative |
The Gateway to College© program
at Montgomery College serves at-risk youth, 16 to 20 years old, who have stopped
attending Montgomery County Public High Schools and for whom high school
completion is at risk. The program gives students the opportunity to earn a high
school diploma while transitioning to a college campus. Students may
simultaneously accumulate high school and college credits, earning their high
school diploma while progressing toward an associate degree or
certificate.
Gateway to College students learn how to succeed in an educational setting,
under the guidance of a caring team of instructors and student support
specialists with experience and commitment to at-risk youth. In their first
term, students learn in a cohort (cohorts are groups of students who take
classes together). The cohort experience builds their academic and personal
skills, preparing them for college courses with the general student population.
In addition to reading, writing, and math, cohort students take a career
development class to help focus their academic goals, and a college survival and
success class, to learn how to take effective notes, study for tests, and juggle
school, work, and family life.
The Gateway program is changing lives. Students who had little chance of
graduating from high school are earning their diplomas and succeeding in
college. They are pursuing four-year degrees and challenging careers. In short,
they are reinventing themselves for their future.
The Gateway to College program was developed at Portland Community college, who
selected Montgomery College as one of the first two community colleges
nationwide to replicate the Gateway to College program. The program is funded by
the Montgomery College/Montgomery County Public Schools partnership, by the
College, and by the Montgomery County Council.
Here is what
Montgomery College
students are
saying about the Gateway to College Program...
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