college access coaches

EvCC Awarded Grant for College Access Coaches for K-12 Students

Press Release

Release Date: June 26, 2014

Contact: Jerod Grant, Director, EvCC Outreach, Diversity & Equity Center, 425-388-9040; jgrant@everettcc.edu

EvCC Awarded Grant for College Access Coaches for K-12 Students 

EVERETT, Wash. – Everett Community College has received an $18,500 grant from Washington Campus Compact for a program that encourages low-income students from two Snohomish County high schools and four middle schools to attend college.

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Everett Community College has received an $18,500 grant from Washington Campus Compact for a program that encourages low-income students from two Snohomish County high schools and four middle schools to attend college. The grant pays for two AmeriCorps members to recruit and train EvCC student volunteers to serve as college access coaches at Weston High School in Arlington, Mountain View High School in Marysville, Marysville Middle School in Marysville, Totem Middle School in Marysville, North Middle School in Everett and Evergreen Middle School in Everett.