Welcome! Please view the events, opportunities, photos and other content on this page.
Enjoy! College Coach: Karen Rosales

Get Involved
It is important you get involved with something you love or are interested in. Here are some ideas:
* Help out at your school
*Help out friends and neighbors
*Find opportunities at the Volunteer center of Southern Arizona
Volunteer in Arizona

2009-2010 Workshops
This school year workshops will be delivered afterschool to any interested GEAR UP student. Location on campus is still to be determined. Don't miss out!
The topics for the fall are:
1. SMART Goals
2. Self Monitoring & Communicating with Teachers
3. Admission Requirements
4.Personal Essay Part 1

Writing Center
Need help with your school work? Now you can get help from your peers during Ecap/Advisory in Ms. Wakamatsu's classroom.

Fresh Ink Makes the News
Check out the following story published by the Arizona Daily Star on this cool after school club that meets at both SUSD high schools.
Fresh Ink

Congratulations to GEAR UP students
I am extremely proud to announce the Desert View High School winners
of the 14th annual Tucson Poetry Festival Statewide High School Poetry Contest.
2nd place Amelia Marglon, Freshman, for “Swerves”
Honorable Mention:
Jalina Vidotto, Freshman, for “Bamboo Leaf”

Congratulations to the winners of the University of Arizona Poetry Center’s 2009 Corrido Contest!
2nd Place Winner—“El Corrido de la Familia Jiménez” written by Desert View High School student Nancy Jimenez. Nancy was sponsored by English teacher and Department Head Ms. Maria Elena Wakamatsu.

Desert View student poet takes second place in writing contest

Desert View High School student Selena Padilla took second place in the 9th & 10th Grade Category of the 2009 Polly Rosenbaum Writing Contest, hosted by the Arizona Educational Foundation. Selena will be presented with a prize package, including a certificate from Governor Brewer, at a special event on February 12. Her language arts teacher is Maria Elena Wakamatsu. Congratulations to her!!

Fresh Ink
Fresh Ink, an initiative of the Tucson GEAR UP Project, will showcase the writing and art of first generation college bound ninth-graders on Wednesday, March 25 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Sunnyside High School Auditorium as part of Pima Community College's Discovering Southern Arizona lecture series. Follow the link below for more details.
Sunnyside Fresh Ink event

Tucson GEAR UP Project

Pima Community College Field Trips
2008 PCC Field Trips


Math Support
Need math help or support, then Check out the following link created by GEAR UP Math Specialist Crystal Bartales.
GEAR UP Math

Digital Work
Thinking about getting hi-tech with your family, then check out the following link.
Digital Family

GEAR UP students You can enter different contest and WIN money to pay for College. Check out the following links but please be Aware of Scams, Never pay to get more information or get a prize:

Federal Trade Commission Beware of Scams
Be Aware of Scams

FAFSA

Hispanic Scholarship Fund

Latino College Dollars

College Board

Fast Web

MEC Regional College Access
Center

College sport Scholarships

200 Free Scholarships for Minorities

Lincon for a Lincon

Tution Tales

Ilustrators of the Future
With Words

Teen Ink Contests

Writers of the Future

Various Writing Contest

Unusual Scholarships

Orators

Stuck at Prom

RedVinesContest

Christophers

Tucson Poetry Festival

Poetry Competitions Nationwide

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