Strengthen Teens And Reach Inner City Vital Environments

STRIVE OFFERS A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS DESIGNATED TO TAILORED TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS IT SERVES. EACH PROGRAM FOSTERS ACCOUNTABILITY, INDEPENDENCE, AND CREATIVITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO A BRIGHTER FUTURE AND HAS SERVED MORE THAN 4,500 STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE GREATER NEWARK AREA OVER THE LAST DECADE. LAST YEAR, THE RIGHT TRACK ENRICHMENT (RTE) COLLEGE AND CAREER PROGRAM HELPED STUDENTS GET INTO TOP COLLEGES OF THEIR CHOICE. FOUR STUDENTS RECEIVED FULL RIDES TO NJ UNIVERSITIES (NJIT, MONTCLAIR, KEAN & TCNJ). ONE STUDENT WAS ACCEPTED INTO 3 IVY LEAGUES SCHOOLS (HARVARD UNIVERSITY, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY AND DARTMOUTH UNIVERSITY. STUDENT ACCEPTANCES TO OTHER PRESTIGIOUS SCHOOLS INCLUDE STANFORD UNIVERSITY, DUKE UNIVERSITY, DUKE KUSHAN, EMORY UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND SPELMAN UNIVERSITY. FOUR STUDENTS WERE ACCEPTED INTO HBCU'S - HAMPTON UNIVERSITY, LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, FLORIDA A&M, N.C. A&T, BOWIE UNIVERSITY, AND DELAWARE STATE. SEVERAL STUDENTS ARE RECIPIENTS OF NOTABLE SCHOLARSHIPS, THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS: JACK KENT COOKE SCHOLARSHIP, FORDHAM UNIVERSITY DEAN'S SCHOLARSHIP, AND FINANCIAL READING SCHOLARSHIP, MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP, DANFORTH SCHOLARSHIP, AND RUTGERS HLLC SCHOLARSHIP, GRINNELL FOUNDERS SCHOLARSHIP