We’ll be holding our next Open House on Thursday, September 2nd! Come over to the Mission Graduates main office at 3040 16th Street @ Mission on Thursday, September 2nd from 4:30pm-5:15pm

We’ll give you an overview of Mission Graduates, meet board and staff, and then walk half a block to Kid Power Park and our Tutoring Center to meet some of the youth we work with.

Hope to see you SEPTEMBER 2nd!

Check out our new job opening: Director of Programs!

**8/27/2010 Update: 1st round interviews in process**

Mission Community Market launches Thursday, July 22nd 4-8pm. Check it out HERE.

We’re excited to announce that all 15 students of our second College Connect cohort are off to four-year universities. Ranging from Mills College in the East Bay to Colby Sawyer in New Hampshire and back to Cal Berkeley in the bay area our second cohort of students are off to great universities across the US. Not only are students starting to leave next month, but they’re leaving with generous scholarships and grants! Below is a list of college choices and a list of scholarships which were awarded!

College Decisions
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
California State University, Humboldt
San Francisco State University (4)
San Jose State University
UC Berkeley
UC Davis (2)
UC Los Angeles
UC San Diego
UC Santa Cruz
Colby-Sawyer College
Mills College

Scholarships (in no particular order)
Meritus (4) $12,000
Education First $9,000
826 Valencia (2) $5,000 and $10,000
SF College Access Center (3) $6,000
Comcast $1,000
Maisin (3) $8,000
Save Me a Spot in College $500
Latin American Teachers Association $1,500
7 Tepees $500
ACE Mentor Program $1500
PG&E Asian Employees Association $2500
Incentive Award — Full-ride to UC Berkeley

Total Scholarships for Cohort 2 = $204,500

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We’ll be holding our next Open House on Thursday, August 5th! Come over to the Mission Graduates main office at 3040 16th Street @ Mission on Thursday, August 5th from 4:30pm-5:15pm

We’ll give you an overview of Mission Graduates, meet board and staff, and then walk half a block to Kid Power Park and our Tutoring Center to meet some of the youth we work with.

Hope to see you in a few weeks!

Our spring appeal has brought in $4,600 towards our $5,000 goal. Help us reach $5,000 by July 15th!

Your dollars are being matched/doubled by Quest Foundation! Click here and help us reach our goal and help send another youth to college!

Gateway to College is a program at City College of San Francisco that serves students between 16-20, who have dropped out of high school in San Francisco or may not graduate.

Students take courses that help earn credit towards their high school diploma and a college degree or certificate at the same time.

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More Employers to Require Some College, Report Says

By JACQUES STEINBERG

The report makes clear that some education after high school is an increasing prerequisite for entry into the middle class. In 1970, for example, nearly three-quarters of workers considered to be middle class had not gone beyond high school in their education; in 2007, that figure had dropped below 40 percent, according to the report.

“High school graduates and dropouts will find themselves largely left behind in the coming decade as employer demand for workers with postsecondary degrees continues to surge,” write the report’s authors, led by Anthony P. Carnevale, the center’s director.

And yet the report further underscores a trend evident in recent years in reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: sometimes a certificate in a particular trade, a two-year associate’s degree or just a few years of college may be as valuable to one’s career (and income) as a traditional bachelor’s degree.