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    • Participating schools
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  • Student Success Society members at Van High School discussed their ideal workspaces and shared tips on how they keep distractions to a minimum, a skill that will certainly come in handy in college! Great work. #GEARUPWorks
  • Check out these Renegades! Student Success Society members participated in a project that will help ensure area children have presents to open this holiday season. Great work, Westside! #GEARUPWorks
  • Seniors at Westside High School who filed the FAFSA were recognized with these signs and candy bars! If getting FREE $ for college isn't incentive enough, have a candy bar as well! #GEARUPWorks
  • As part of their College Application & Exploration Week celebration, Westside High School took a tour of Marshall University! They visited the new engineering department and participated in a hands-on physics project. #CollegeBoundWV
  • Juniors and seniors at Meadow Bridge High participated in leadership development and team-building activities today with Seeds Training! #GEARUPWorks
  • Congratulations to these students, who each won a $1,000 #scholarship to attend @admissionsatwlu!
  • Congratulations to Dr. Paul L. Hill on being named the 2018 West Virginia GEAR UP Champion! Thank you, Dr. Hill, for your continuous support for West Virginia's students - and for the WV GEAR UP program. #GEARUPWorks
  • This is what 1,400 GEAR UP students look like! Incredible. #GEARUPworks
  • Topper from @admissionsatwlu is one popular bear this morning!
  • We are all smiles this morning at the Student Leadership Academy! #GEARUPWorks
  • Topper and Brenda King from @admissionsatwlu pose with Ikie and Taylor from our WVGEARUP team!
  • Within the hour, 1,400 GEAR UP juniors are going to pack the Clay Center to hear @ejcarrion speak! #GEARUPWorks
  • 'Tis the season for college fairs all across the state of WV! Our GEAR UP students have been active participants during this year's fairs. Here are snapshots from the Fayette County College Fair and the Nicholas County College Fair. (That's 6 GEAR UP schools!) #GEARUPWorks
  • Last week, Chancellor Tucker from WVCTCS spoke with our students at Wirt County HS about just a few of the postsecondary pathways available to them as #WV students. #GEARUPWorks #WVGEARUPWorks
  • How do we know that #WVGEARUPWorks? Because we've seen our alumni, like @IkieBrooks41 and @tayraebay_, beat the odds, graduate, and go on to do amazing things - like give back to their communities. We are so proud of the wonderful things our students accomplish! #GEARUPWorks
  • Want to know 30 reasons why #WVGEARUPWorks? Look no further than this photo! We are so fortunate to have some of the most dedicated, smart, talented, caring, kind (...we could go on) educators on our team to improve college access opportunities for #WV students. They are why #GEARUPWorks!
  • At the end of the day, helping students find the postsecondary pathway that is perfect for them is why #WVGEARUPWorks - and why #GEARUPWorks across the country!
  • GEAR UP site coordinator Holly Woods (who arguably has the coolest name ever) shares how she knows that #WVGEARUPWorks! Helping students increase their college knowledge is a goal across the entire #GEARUPWorks community.
  • Happy National GEAR UP Week! Some of our students wrote to us this week to tell us what GEAR UP means to them. Here are just a few of the comments we received. #GEARUPWorks #WVGEARUPWorks #GEARUPappreciationwall
  • It's never too early to foster a college-going culture in our schools. That's exactly why #GEARUPWorks! #WVGEARUPWorks

Program updates

  • News Release: West Virginia ‘GEAR UP’ partners with West Liberty University to award $1,000 scholarships to West Virginia high school juniors
  • News Release: West Virginia students celebrate national initiative that helps them plan for life after high school

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