AT&T Recognizes USC Program | La compañía AT&T premia un programa de la USC

NAI guides local students into top colleges | El programa USC NAI conduce a estudiantes locales hacia las mejores universidades
Every 26 seconds another high school student drops out—1.2 million in all each year. That’s about a third of all students and half of all African American, Hispanic and Native American.
But something else is going on at the USC Neighborhood Academic Initiative. Begun in 1991, the initiative has a 100 percent high school graduation rate—and 96 percent of those kids go on to enroll in higher education.
AT&T noticed the contrasts of the national statistics with those of the USC community program and decided to award the initiative a $70,000 grant.
“They were looking for programs that have a great track record in keeping high school students interested in staying in school and moving forward to higher education,” said Kim Thomas-Barrios, the initiative’s director.
Karime Bradvica, AT&T area vice president and USC graduate, noted that the company’s program was started this year and that the competition for the grants was fierce. “The program at USC rose above all the rest,” she said.
The USC initiative is not a quick fix—it’s about hard work. Students join the program in the seventh grade to begin a long journey to acquire the skills, knowledge and prerequisites needed to get into top-tier universities. They are required to attend math and English classes at USC every morning before returning to their school. In high school, they attend USC NAI Saturday Academy.
When they graduate from high school, if they make the grades and pass the tests to enter USC, the university guarantees grants and other financial aid to pay for their college education. Of the 489 graduates, 163 attended USC, while others selected other universities.
Students from Foshay Learning Center, Manual Arts and Adams Middle School are eligible to participate in the program. For more information, visit www.usc.edu/nai or call 213-740-6313.


Cada 26 segundos un estudiante de secundaria abandona sus estudios: 1.2 millones en total cada año. Se trata de una tercera parte de todos los estudiantes, y la mitad de los alumnos afroamericanos, latinos y nativos americanos, del país.
Pero algo muy distinto está ocurriendo con el programa Iniciativa Académica del Vecindario de la USC (USC NAI). Fundado en 1991, esta iniciativa disfruta de un índice de graduación del cien por ciento. Y el 96 por ciento de estos jóvenes se matriculan en estudios superiores.
La compañía AT&T se dio cuenta del contraste entre las estadísticas nacionales y el programa comunitario de la USC y en diciembre decidió conceder a la iniciativa una ayuda de $70,000.
“Buscaban programas con un gran historial en cuanto a mantener a estudiantes de secundaria interesados en no abandonar sus estudios y avanzar hacia la educación superior”, explica Kim Thomas-Barrios, directora de la iniciativa.
Según Karime Bradvica, vice presidenta de área de AT&T, y antigua alumna de la USC, el programa de la compañía se inició este año y la competición por las ayudas financieras fue intensa. “El programa de la USC superó a todos los demás”.
La iniciativa de la USC no es una solución inmediata ni un apaño rápido, sino un proceso que requiere mucho esfuerzo. Los estudiantes se incorporan en el programa durante el séptimo grado y entonces inician un largo viaje para adquirir habilidades, conocimientos y prerrequisitos necesarios para poder ingresar en una universidad de primer nivel. Los participantes asisten a clases de matemáticas e inglés en la USC cada mañana, antes de regresar a su escuela. Durante los años de secundaria, todos asisten a la Academia de USC NAI los sábados.
Cuando se gradúan de la escuela secundaria, si cuentan con las notas académicas y los resultados de pruebas preuniversitarias que se exigen para ingresar en la USC, la universidad les garantiza las becas y otros tipos de ayuda financiera para pagar su estudios universitarios. De los 489 graduados, 163 han asistido a la USC, mientras que los demás se decidieron por otras universidades.
Los estudiantes del Centro de Aprendizaje Foshay, Escuela Secundaria Manual Arts y Escuela Intermedia Adams pueden participar en el programa. Para más información, visite www.usc.edu/nai o llame al 213-740-6313.

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