Upward Bound Student Requirements
Meet 100% of the weekly contact requirement – minimum one full hour per week
Attend 100% of the Student Academy sessions during each semester and attend entire time. Student must sign in at the beginning of each class.
Upward Bound Eligibility Requirements
Participants must be low-income and/or first generation college student (see definitions below) and meet the eligibility requirements listed below.
Low-Income
Students whose family's taxable income for the preceding year did not exceed 150 percent of the poverty level amount established by the Census Bureau.
First Generation College Student
(A) An individual, both of whose parents have not completed a baccalaureate degree; or (B) In the case of any individual who regularly resides with and receives support from only one parent, an individual whose only such parent has not completed a baccalaureate degree.
Citizenship
Must be a U.S. Citizen or a legal Permanent Resident.
Academic Need
Must demonstrate the need for academic assistance through current report cards, transcripts, standardized test scores.
Target Schools
- Saddleback HS
- Santa Ana HS
- Valley HS
