update December 2010/January 2011

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Tutoring! Regular UB tutoring starts during the week of January 31 but we have tutors available to call as needed and a couple of extra tutoring sessions in Wimberly Hall on the UW-L campus over the break!

Saturday events! Watch for specific mailings with more details. January (dates by school) - ACT practice test February 12 (afternoon) - Pre-College Fair for students and parents (planning and preparing for high school and college success!) April 2 - UB Community Service FRIDAY, May 6 - UB end of the year potluck for students and parents

College visits! Be sure to get yourself signed up by February 4!!! Viterbo University (Saturday, February 26) UW-Madison and Engineering Expo (Friday, April 15) UW-La Crosse (Friday, April 29)

FAFSA assistance! UB seniors should plan to attend UB�s FAFSA workshop on Friday, February 18 (see separate mailing)

Optional events! Signups will be circulated at tutoring for ATP, Peking Acrobats, LASO Fiesta, ISO Banquet and DRACULA!!!

December 2010/January 2011 2 UB Update

An estimated 60 students, alumni, staff, and supporters attended the fifth annual Upward Bound Volley-ball Tournament on Tuesday, December 28 at the REC at UW-La Crosse. The event has grown every year, with UB students past and present jumping at the chance to compete, cheer, or just hang out for an afternoon.

This year, seven teams turned out for some friendly competition. After two or three games of round robin play, each team was seeded based on their record. The ensuing single elimination tournament played out with few upsets, as first seeded Hai Cha successfully defended their 2009 title with a close win over second seed The Avengers. Third ranked We Are Alums defeated the Badgers for third place overall.

Upward Bound would like to say thank you to all who showed up, nice playing to all teams who partici-pated, and congratulations to this year�s champions, Hai Cha. See you all again next year!

Champions: Hai Cha Ann Vang Kabao Yang Tou Long Vue Hai Va Yang Cheng Vang Tong Vang Vang Yang

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Runners-Up: The Avengers Yer Lor Mai Se Xiong Chang Vang Joseph Vang Peter Vang Avon Lor

Third Place: We Are Alums Isaiah Vang Mai Xiong John Lor Pa Zau Yang Jack Vang AB Vang

PaKou M (2-11) Blair M (2-12) Dana M (2-12)

Miranda A (2-19) Michelle H (2-21) o Siesha M (2-22)

Samantha A (3-6) o David W (3-6) o Katherine W (3-9) Sabrina B (3-11) o Jason H (3-18) PaChoua L (3-20)

Yer L (3-22) o Katelynn B (3-27)

UB Update 3 December 2010/January 2011

Gao Seng Y (Logan) was inducted into NHS in November! Tanshanita R (Logan) earned a letter in tennis! Kaitlyn B (Sparta) was recognized for November Academic Excellence in Music! Zach K (Sparta) was recog-nized for November Academic Excellence in History!

Kudos! UB perfect attendance for first semester: Sabrina B, Alex H, Yer L, Whitney T, Pang Jee Y Shue Shiane Y,

Logan HS 1st quarter honor roll: Sabrina B, Jason H, Sou Thee H, Gao N L, Bobby L, Nhia L, Pa Kou M, Atyanna R, Kiswana R, Lakysha R, Van N, Ethan T, Erin T, Yer V, Meagan W

The Sparta HS Academic Decathlon team advanced to January regionals. UB students Katelynn B, Sara R, and Skye W are members of the team!

Holmen High stduents on the honor roll for first term: Mengmor James L, PaChoua L, Yer L, Whitney T, Ann V, Fong V, Mai Khoua V, Mai Zoua V, Katherine W, Larry X, Fue Y, Tou Y

YES!!! UB seniors ROCK! That UB summer Senior Seminar has really paid off with many UB seniors already accepted for fall 2011!!! Congratulations!

Miranda A: UW-Eau Claire, UW-La Crosse and UW-Milwaukee

Sabrina B: University of Minnesota, UW-Madison

Kaitlyn B: UW-Eau Claire, UW-River Falls, and UW-Stevens Point

Sou Thee H: UW-Green Bay, UW-La Crosse, UW-Madison, and UW-Oshkosh

Bobby L: UW-La Crosse and UW-Madison

Nhia L: UW-Green Bay, UW-Milwaukee, and UW-Oshkosh

PaChoua L: UW-La Crosse and UW-Stevens Point

Kiswana R: UW-Eau Claire and UW-Milwaukee

Maurena T: UW-Oshkosh and UW-Platteville

Ethan T: UW-Milwaukee and UW-Stout

Fong V: UW-La Crosse and UW-Madison

Mai Khoua V: UW-Stevens Point and UW-Stout

Sheng Y: UW-Eau Claire, UW-La Crosse, UW-Milwaukee, UW-Stevens Point, and Winona State University

Tou Y: UW-La Crosse

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Pending approval from the Department of Education, Paul Krause will take over as Director of Upward Bound. Cathy Van Maren will be Student Services Coordina- tor. Lisa Yang and Ben Penlesky will be UB advisors. Michelle Fuentes, who worked for UB during summer 2010, will join the program in February as advisor.

We�ll keep you posted if there are any other changes!

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UB has been serving students in our area since 1979! We try to follow up on as many of the 300+ UB grads and others (those who were dropped from UB, withdrew from UB or moved from our service area before high

school graduation) every year.

For students who stay in UB through high school graduation, postsecondary graduation rates are higher than those for all students and much higher than those for low-income students. Our most recent rates:

2000 graduates - 11 of 12 UB grads graduated from college and/or technical college with certificates or degrees (92%)

2001 - 74% of UB grads have certificates or degrees

2002 - 64% of UB grads have certificates or degrees OR are still enrolled

2003 - 75% have graduated or are still enrolled 2004 - 70% have graduated or are still enrolled 2005 - 67% have graduated or are still enrolled 2006 - 71% have graduated or are still enrolled

UB can and does help students prepare for college success, but in the end, it�s up to individualsb to take the right classes, get good grades, turn in applications on time, make college performance a priority, and ask for help from UB or others when it�s needed.

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the December 2010 unemployment rates were highest for those without a high school diploma (15.7%), high for those with a high school diploma (9.8%), better for those with some college or an associate�s degree (about 8%) and best for those with at least a four year college degree (about 4.7%).

www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t04.htm

TRIO DAY February 21, 2011 * 3 to 5 p.m.

Ward Room, Cartwright Center, UW-L

Celebrate Upward Bound, Student Support Services and the Ronald E. McNair

Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program

Meet TRIO students, graduates and staff! Learn more about TRIO programs!

TRIO students & graduates - please attend! TRIO students & graduates - please attend!

TRIO DAY

UB Update 5 December 2010/January 2011

Thank you UB grads!

Amy Lee (Logan �10), who is a UW-L student was our keynote speaker at the UB Scholarship Workshop in November! Thanks, Amy!!!

Thank you, Tou Yang (Central �05), a graduate of UW-La Crosse who works for City Brewery and Bekky Mayfield (Tomah �04), a graduate of Winona State University who works for Girl Scouts of the USA - Riverland Council! These two UB grads donated their time on Saturday, November 6 to talk to UB students and parents at our annual CAREER DAY event!

Whoo-hoo! More graduates to report on!

Tanya Becker (Logan �95) has earned a second Bachelor�s degree from the University of Wisconsin- La Crosse (her first was from the University of Minnesota)!

Katrina Jaworski (Holmen �06) earned a Bachelor�s degree from Viterbo University in December!

Sue Vang (Logan �04) earned a diploma from Western Wisconsin Technical College!

Kayla Martin (Tomah �08) earned her Associate of Applied Science degree from Western Technical College!

Tou K Yang (Central �05) earned a Bachelor�s degree from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse!

Adam Vang (Onalaska �06) graduated in December from the Electrical Worker Apprenticeship Program at the Alaska Job Center!

Song Vang (Logan �04) earned a Bachelor�s degree from the University of Wisconsin - Madison in 2009. She now works in the food safety/quality control field!

In a major Blast from the Past, we recently heard from Tammie (Stallman) Jax (Mauston �95). She earned certificates and degrees from Western Wis-consin Technical College and from Barton County (KS) Community College. She recently earned a Bachelor�s degree (with honors) from Ashford University (IA) and is pursuing a graduate degree in education! CONGRATULATIONS, Tammie!!

Kim Leitner (Holmen �07), a student at the Univer-sity of Wisconsin-La Crosse, is starting an internship in recreational therapy at Winona Health!

We�ve finished our Annual Performance Report for 2009-2010. Overall, we did pretty well:

* We served 86 students (funded for 85)

* We reported 88% of students continuing in the program from one year to the next (our goal: 77%)

* We exceeded our goal of having at least 70% of each cohort start college the fall after hs graduation (that includes, for each hs graduating class, students who graduated through UB and those who were in but dropped, moved or withdrew before high school graduation) For the class of 2010, 77% enrolled.

* We exceed our goal of having 80% of those who did start in the fall after high school graduation continue into their second year (for the 2009 cohort, at least 84% are still enrolled).

Our one difficutly is meeting the �proficiency� standard. While many states require a 12th grade test, in Wisconsin, the last state test through which proficiency is measured is given in 10th grade. So, we must use 10th grade WKCE scores to report whether or not our students are meeting state profi-ciency standards. Our goal (perhaps too rigorous) is that 80% of each cohort will be proficient, but our cohort average is only about 65%.

While we have missed this goal, our college-going and persistence (and graduation) rates are good. We will just have to see how missing this goal will affect our past performance points this summer and fall when we write our new grant for funding beyond 2012.

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NTSNTSNTSNTS Why Summer UB?

UB summer paperwork is in the mail! We�ve even started receiving some paper-work back in our office. Students who have completed UB summer paperwork in

the UB office by February 12 and who attend the UB summer program will earn a $50 bonus stipend. Please help and encourage your student to get her/his paperwork returned by

that deadline! Why should your student attend?

* Summer UB is an important part of the entire Upward Bound program! During the academic year, UB provides tutoring, skills development and college visits to help students stay at the top of their academic game. But during the summer, those who don�t use their academic skills often lose them! With the classes, workshops, mentoring and tutoring provided during summer UB, your student will retain important math and language knowledge and develop and sharpen important academic skills.

* Summer UB helps students keep, build and strengthen their academic and personal skills! Summer UB students get a head start on their fall math, science, language arts and world language classes. Our teachers are great and our classes are small. UB staff work with students to help them learn study skills, time management, goal setting, and test taking plus leadership and personal skills that will help them throughout their lives.

* Summer UB helps students focus on their future! Summer UB students are surrounded by caring professionals and successful college students. In addition, summer UB students visit colleges and learn about careers. During summer UB students focus on being successful in school and learn how that translates into success in college and careers.

* Summer UB helps students prepare for college! College isn�t easy - only about two-thirds of all students who start college ever graduate. For low-income and first generation students (those served by Upward Bound), that rate is lower. Upward Bound has a track record of success. Nationwide, UB students are four times more likely to earn a college degree than their non-UB peers. This is not an accident! Time and again, our graduates have told us that summer UB was the most important part of preparing them to be successful in college.

* Summer UB helps families prepare for college! For many families, letting go of their students is a hard and heart-wrenching experience. Summer UB helps students and their families prepare for this positive separation. Students live on campus from Sunday evening through Friday afternoon for five weeks but they are home on the weekends. There is a trip during the sixth week, but students are able to spend all of August with their families.

* Summer UB is FREE! Many parents spend thousands of dollars every summer so their students can attend academic camps that will help them get ready for life success. Summer Upward Bound is free - meals, room, teachers, tutors, school supplies, transportation, field trips, college visits and career exploration are all included as benefits of participation in the program. Students even earn stipends (up to $10 per week).

SUMMER UPWARD BOUND 2011 TENTATIVE DATES

Wednesday, June 15 - students move into the residence hall during afternoon/evening Friday, June 17 - students go home for weekend at 6 p.m. (every Friday at 6 p.m. except July 1) Sunday, June 19 - students return to campus at 6 p.m. (every Sunday except July 3) Friday, July 1 - students go home at 12:30 p.m. for long holiday weekend Sunday, July 3 - Monday, July 4 - NO UB Tuesday, July 5 - NO UB CLASSES - students return to campus at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 20 - students move out of the residence hall in the afternoon/evening Sunday, July 24 - Upward Bound summer graduation and leave for Milwaukee trip Wednesday, July 27 - students return from Milwaukee trip and go home

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Upward Bound 176 Murphy Resource Center UW-La Crosse La Crosse, WI 54601 608 785-8539 UpwardBound@uwlax.edu www.uwlax.edu/upbound

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

Upward Bound at UW-La Crosse

Paul Krause, Director 608 785-8760 krause.paul@uwlax.edu

Ben Penlesky, Advisor 608 785-8527 penlesky.ben@uwlax.edu

Lisa Yang, Advisor 608 785-8763 yang.lisa@uwlax.edu

Cathy Van Maren, Student Services Coordinator (editor) 608 785-8539 vanmaren.cath@uwlax.edu

UPWARD BOUND at UW-La Crosse is a U.S. Department of Education program that helps eligible high school students develop the academic skills necessary for success in postsecondary education.

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, founded in 1909, is one of 13 four-year campuses in the University of Wisconsin System. UW-L has hosted the Upward Bound program since 1979. The Upward Bound program and the University are committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunity regardless of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, disability, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital and parental status.

For information call 608 785-8539, email UpwardBound@uwlax.edu or visit www.uwlax.edu/upbound

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