Press Pass Mentors
Write Your Way To CollegePress Pass Mentors is a writing-focused program for inner-city high school juniors and seniors who want to attend college. We pair each student in a one-on-one mentor relationship with a professional journalist and offer students behind-the-scenes field trips to places only accessible with a press pass, like the White House, The Kennedy Center and an NBA locker room.
We launched in the fall of 2011 with mentors from The Washington Post and now serve 15 students from charter schools in southeast Washington, D.C. Mentors guide students through a curriculum that prepares them for the major writing assignments on the road to college: the SAT, college applications and scholarship essays. We also award each of our graduates with a financial scholarship to cover some college costs.
Our non-profit program is a collaborative effort, and we need your help. Are you a prospective donor? An interested student or teacher? A potential mentor? We can’t wait to hear from you. Please explore the site and contact us at info@presspassmentors.org for more information.
More than two-thirds of jobs in the United States now require at least some post-secondary education. But, among low-income students in urban areas, only 40 percent of ninth graders finish high school and fewer than 10 percent graduate from college.
Today’s high school students need your help now. Your donation will go directly to support our events and fund our scholarships. Better yet, you will have the opportunity to witness the impact of your contribution through email updates about our program and a blog that showcases student work.
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