{"id":3496,"date":"2007-09-14T10:52:32","date_gmt":"2007-09-14T14:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/v3\/?p=3496"},"modified":"2008-09-11T10:53:38","modified_gmt":"2008-09-11T14:53:38","slug":"area-students-complete-upward-bound-program-at-saint-francis-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/?p=3496","title":{"rendered":"Area students complete Upward Bound program at Saint Francis University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/10287_upward-boundw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3497\" title=\"10287_upward-boundw\" src=\"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/10287_upward-boundw-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/10287_upward-boundw-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/10287_upward-boundw.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Two area high school students participated in Upward Bound\u2019s 42nd annual summer program at Saint Francis University.<br \/>\nThey include Felicia Fisher, a rising senior at Tyrone Area High School, and David Ralston, a rising senior at Bellwood-Antis High School.<br \/>\nFrom June 17 through July 27, participants resided on the campus of Saint Francis University, attending five classes a day. Course selection during the 2007 Summer Program ranged from Geometry, Forensic Science, America\u2019s Camelot: The Kennedy Administration, Gothic Drama, and Anatomy and Physiology to Calculus, The Canterbury Tales, Physics, The Legend of King Arthur, and SAT Writing.<br \/>\nIn addition to a challenging curriculum, students participated in a variety of activities, including a production of Camelot at the Benedum Theater, a Living Wax Museum, and a college fair at Penn State University.<br \/>\nAt the conclusion of the summer program, the students attended a performance at Medieval Times in New Jersey before enjoying a day at Six Flags \u2013 Great Adventure.<br \/>\nCreated in 1965 as part of President Lyndon Johnson\u2019s \u201cWar of Poverty,\u201d Upward Bound\u2019s mission is to generate in eligible high school students the skills and motivation necessary for success in college.<br \/>\nOriginally funded in 1966, the Saint Francis University Upward Bound Program has provided services to more than 2,000 students from Blair, Cambria, Huntingdon, Indiana, Lancaster and Somerset counties; currently, the program serves 85 students from Blair and Cambria Counties. On average, 93 percent of program graduates pursue a postsecondary degree; by contrast, only 51 percent of target area seniors pursue a postsecondary degree. After completing high school, 76 percent of Upward Bound graduates earn a college degree within five years. Nationally, only 19 percent of low income students earn a bachelor\u2019s degree, while just 27 percent of first generation college students are expected to earn a bachelor\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two area high school students participated in Upward Bound\u2019s 42nd annual summer program at Saint Francis University. They include Felicia Fisher, a rising senior at Tyrone Area High School, and David Ralston, a rising senior at Bellwood-Antis High School. From June 17 through July 27, participants resided on the campus of Saint Francis University, attending [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area","category-excerpts-from-the-tyrone-daily-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}