College Lift
Empowering Families, Activating Opportunity
College Lift exists to empower students and their families with comprehensive academic and social supports, activating equitable economic mobility through postsecondary attainment.
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College Lift provides students in area Title I schools with a comprehensive set of supports designed to propel them to postsecondary success. Over the course of their seven-year journey from 6th grade through high school graduation, College Lift students participate in up to 12 additional hours of instructional programming per week; this academic rigor is complimented by a full family engagement program, social and emotional interventions such as counseling, summer enrichment activities, and more. Upon high school graduation and completion of program requirements, College Lift students, who would be among the first in their family to attend college, are able to attend partnering institutions of higher education tuition free.
Our Scholarship Partners
Essential to the success of College Lift is the promise that students will be able to attend participating colleges and universities debt-free, thanks to scholarships. Thanks to the generosity of equity-minded colleges and universities, scholarships are available specifically for College Lift students to a growing list of partner institutions.
Our Service Partners
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools
College Lift relies on close collaboration both with Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools as a whole, and with individual schools within the district such as Mineral Springs Middle School, East Forsyth Middle School, Philo Hill Magnet Academy, and more.
Crosby Scholars
With a view towards providing maximum support, all College Lift students are required to enroll and remain in good standing with Crosby Scholars. The Crosby Scholars Community Partnership helps students in public middle and high schools in Forsyth County prepare academically, personally, and financially for college admission and other post-secondary opportunities best suited to each student’s goals, abilities, and needs.
Data Sharing Project
The Data Sharing Project is a collaboration between Forsyth Futures, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, and the Forsyth Promise to provide select local agencies with data on the efficacy of their interventions and consultation on continuous improvement. College Lift has received data and evaluation services from the Data Sharing project since 2018.
“College Lift is putting our commitment to being a catalyst for equitable economic mobility into action. There is no better way to help individuals provide a new future of possibilities for themselves and their families than education. College Lift makes educational access possible for those with the largest barriers stacked against them.”
Dr. Janet N. Spriggs, President, Forsyth Tech
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Saturday Academy hours per year
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Family Accompaniment Sessions annually
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Afterschool tutoring hours per year