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About Us
CollegePath LA is a community organization of volunteers who help public high school students explore careers, apply to college and thrive once they get there. We are developing a model project at John Marshall High School, an urban school in the Los Angeles Unified School District. |
News & Events
Do you remember what you were doing on Tuesday afternoons in the fall of 2019? If you are a CollegePath LA volunteer, chances are you were in the Marshall High School library, peering with a student over a college admissions essay. Over 25 volunteer tutors ... more... |
Projects
March was SAT prep month at John Marshall High School. CollegePathLA’s mission was to introduce students to nonprofit education company Khan Academy’s online study tools. On four consecutive Saturday mornings, CollegePath LA volunteers oversaw ... more... |
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Plaudits
Elvia Perez, a 2018 Marshall High School graduate, is a sophomore at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in March 2020, she realized that helping others was the best way to cope with her own distress. Using computer skills she honed at Marshall, she created an information website aimed at people struggling with medical, economic, or other consequences of the virus. more...
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Volunteer Opportunities
Here’s what we know: Los Angeles public schools are scheduled to start fall classes on August 18. Marshall High School juniors are depending on our support to write their college essays. They are a determined, aspirational group. We will help them!
Here’s what we don’t know: What that help will look like or when Marshall’s campus will reopen. We don’t know the future of SAT testing, or college requirements for the test. The answers will come in time, tied to the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Please stay tuned! We will let you know as soon as we know. If you have any questions, please contact Susan Philips. |