White Plains CitizeNetReporter - Pace, Youth Bureau to Graduate First Students of College SAT Prep Class Tuesday

WPCNR CITY HALL TICKER. From Melissa Lopez, The Mayor's Office. August 11, 2007: Mayor Joseph M. Delfino is pleased to announce that the first class of White Plains "Lets Get Ready" program will graduate sixty students on Tuesday, August 14th, 7:00 p.m. at Pace University in White Plains. The program is a collaboration between the White Plains Youth Bureau, White Plains High School, PACE University and Let's Get Ready. The program was paid through a donation given by Wellesley-in-Westchester, the Westchester County alumni group of Wellesley College.

The program helps youth who cannot afford the SAT prep classes necessary to keep up with the new standards for college admission. Participants in the program pay a $25 deposit fee which is refundable if they miss three or fewer classes.

Students meet at Pace University twice each week on the corner of Martine Avenue and Bank Street. Students are grouped based on students' diagnostic SAT scores. On Tuesdays, groups of four to six students review verbal for two hours. On Thursdays, the students review math with a different math specific coach.

For one hour on both days, students review the College Choice curriculum - a special curriculum created by Let's Get Ready with activities relating to college admissions.

College coaches help support the program providing tutoring and mentoring. The coaches are college students from Syracuse University, Columbia University, New York University, Pennsylvania University just to name a few of the universities. The program has a 1 to 5 ratio of coaches to students.

The program has also offered college tours this summer. Students have visited Columbia University, New York University and the University of Albany.

Mayor Delfino says that having a Lets Get Ready program in White Plains will go a long way to help students in their preparation for college.


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