Graduation weeks and commencement ceremonies are wrapping up around the country. What better way to celebrate this momentous time, than hearing from an actual student we’re commending? RaiseMe Ambassador Jasmine, a 2019 graduate of Judson Early College Academy in Texas, reflected on her time in high school befor
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It’s the end of the year. You’re feeling exhausted, itching for summer, and trying to stay focused. While it’s easy to let your thoughts drift to the summer break ahead, you know you have to bring your mind back to the task at hand — acing your finals. But how do you stay on top […]
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RaiseMe is proud to announce our Ambassador Class of Summer 2019! 115 Ambassadors were selected from a pool of applicants across the country to join our summer program. Each student demonstrated an embodiment of our mission at RaiseMe: to empower all students to discover and realize their goals in college, and beyond.
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Summer break can be a great opportunity for students to reset and reflect on their aspirations for the coming school year. It can also be a time to lay the foundation for habits that will set them up for success when their academics resume in the Fall. We’ve prepared a lesson plan for current 9th-11th […]
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As we grow up and dream about college, we think of independence, self-discovery, meeting new people and learning new things. We hear the stories from older friends or our family, and see college life in the movies and TV. But as college creeps closer in high school or community college, other realities set in. SATs, [&hellip
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It’s been over a week and we are still smiling. On May 1st, RaiseMe had the opportunity of joining Michelle Obama, Usher, John Legend, and many other celebrities at College Signing Day at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion, where we gathered to celebrate the tremendous success of graduating high school seniors and transferring commu
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From building lesson plans, to meeting with students one-on-one and keeping them on-track for college, to getting them to begin discovering their best-fit schools, and everything else in between, we know that life can get hectic for high school educators. That’s why we’re excited to announce that high school educ
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“SMC consciously strives to provide support services and resources to help our students transfer to great institutions like LMU; the RaiseMe platform compliments our efforts so it just made sense for SMC to help pilot the program in Southern California,”-Janet Robinson, Transfer Center faculty leader, Santa Monica Colleg
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At RaiseMe, we are committed to helping students realize their goals in college and beyond. Money — where we get it, what we think about it, and how we manage it — is one of the foundational pillars to get you there. That’s why we are giving you our Back to the Basics Budgeting piece, […]
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Lesson Plan: Pathways to Higher Education Click here to download the lesson plan deck In light of April being National Community College Month, as well as the timeframe in which many of your senior students will hone in on their post-graduation plan, we’ve created a lesson plan that outlines some of the pathw
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