Upward Bound

Serving as Evergreen's only pre-college program, our mission is to support low income high school students in becoming the first in their family to obtain a college degree.

Upward Bound Students
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Upward Bound Clover Park Upward Bound Shelton Upward Bound Tacoma

Creating Pipelines to College

Our programs are successful because of the dedicated and constant support we provide our students. Each school is staffed daily with Upward Bound professionals who meet with students regularly providing academic advising, assisting with college and scholarship applications and leading after school tutoring and workshops. This level of support keeps our students on track for college success.

Grants

Our program holds five, five-year Upward Bound Grants which are currently funded from 2017 through 2022:

  1. The Tacoma Upward Bound Classic Grant serves 105 students who attend Lincoln and Mount Tahoma High Schools in the Tacoma School District. This grant is funded at $490,000 per year, totaling $2.45 million over the course of five years.
  2. The Tacoma Math-Science Program serves 60 students who attend Lincoln and Mount Tahoma High Schools in the Tacoma School District. This grant is funded at $275,000 per year, totaling $1.37 million over the course of five years.
  3. The Clover Park Upward Bound Classic Grant services 60 students who all attend Clover Park High School in Lakewood. This grant is funded at a quarter of a million dollars annually, totaling $1,250,000 over the course of five years. All of this funding is used to support our students graduating from high school, being accepted into a college, winning the scholarships and grants to finance their education and graduating from college.
  4. Clover Park Math-Science
  5. The Shelton Program

Six-week Summer Program

Each program hosts students for six weeks during the summer which consists of a residential component on the Olympia campus.

We focus on increasing resiliency, sense of self and preparing for college level work.