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ROPE High School
Program Mission: Rites of Passage Encounter (ROPE) high school program prepares youth for post-secondary advancement by providing academic support, preparation for college, personal guidance and pathways to achieve their life goals.
ROPE strives to revitalize students’ attitudes towards education, increase students’ grade point averages, motivate students to pursue post-secondary educational opportunities, increase respect for diversity and promote self-empowerment. Each year, over 150 high school students participate in college prep and SAT review classes, individual and group tutoring sessions, financial literacy classes and a variety of enrichment classes that include graphic design, entrepreneurship, mixed media, leadership, screen printing, sewing/fashion design, fine arts, sports conditioning, creative writing, photography, computer repair, exploring relationships, film appreciation and ceramics. Last year, 48 ROPE seniors graduated from high school and all 48 of these students are now going to college! Cumulatively, over the last two years, HOLA has maintained a 100% graduation rate and 94% of these students matriculated to college.
Program Goals:
- Achieve 90% rate of high school graduation
- Increase grade point averages by at least one letter grade in Math and English
- Increase SAT scores by an average of 10%
- Achieve at least a 75% annual rate of admission to and retention in 4-year universities, colleges and trade schools.
NEWS
HOLA Students Visit St. Barnabas Senior Center
HOLA middle and high school students visited residents of the St. Barnabas Senior Center
High School Juniors Visit Colleges in San Diego
Martin Luther King Day might have been a day off for most of us, but not for our high school juniors and our dedicated ROPE staff. Early in the morning, HOLA’s ROPE Director and Alumni Director headed down the 405 with 26 students to visit the University of California, San Diego and the University of [...]
Visit to City Hall
During the summer, 18 incoming high school freshman participated in HOLA’s Transitions Program, a program aimed at helping orient middle school students to the demands of high school. The Transitions Program pairs younger students with older student mentors in an effort to ensure the success of our Bridges students in high school. The group participated [...]
HOLA Celebrates Our 2011 High School Graduates
On August 1, HOLA staff feted our 2011 high school graduates with a send off fit for college bound young men and women. As we are sure you know by now, but it never hurts to repeat it, this year, 48 HOLA seniors graduated from high school and each and every one of them is [...]
Another HOLA student receives a full ride!
HOLA Student Sean Liu brought in chocolate cake today, plopped it on my desk and began handing out slices. “What’s the cake for? Is it your birthday?” I asked Sean. His response: “No, I just got an email from UCLA that I’ve been offered a full ride all four years. I wanted to come celebrate [...]
The Topic is College
A first-hand look at College Prep 2011 by Maria-Jose Segura, ROPE High School Director: Attention is grasped, eyes are focused and hands are in the air for questions. It always amazes me how attentive these kids are considering the topic of our conversation. It’s not about shoes, Facebook or the latest movies coming out; the [...]
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Timothy: I saw the Bolivars at HOLA on Monday and both the Bolivars and the kids were inc...