AIM Institute actively partners with several area high schools to help students not only succeed in high school but to visualize a bright future beyond graduation. Our programs are geared towards students who have shown the potential to improve their school performance and become the first in their families to attend college.

We have made this opportunity possible by procuring 100 percent of the funding through grants from the U.S. Department of Education's Upward Bound program. Known locally as College Bound Clubs (CBCs), AIM provides technical support and manages the development, implementation, and evaluation of the CBC programs.

How do the CBC programs operate? Students participate in the following activities throughout their high school career:

• Participate in weekly support groups
  
• Receive academic assistance
• Attend after-school college-prep hour
  
• Have access to technology-based learning
• Work with teacher mentors
• Develop community contacts
• Visit colleges and universities
• Attend leadership seminars

College Bound University

As a capstone to each CBC year, students get a taste of college life and invest in their future by attending a minimum of three week-long sessions on local college campuses. Learn More... 

During the CBC's eight-year history, not only have 95 percent of participating students gone on to college, but with their increased motivation and the assistance of the CBC site coordinators, they have done so with significantly more scholarship money.

View our College Bound Club website at aiminstitute.org/upwardbound. This website was created to support CBC students academically and to assist them in their career and college research.   

Participating High Schools 

AIM manages CBC programs at the following area high schools:

• Papillion - LaVista School District – Upward Bound Grant

Papillion - LaVista High School
Site Coordinator: Pam Linke, (402) 898-4816, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  

Papillion - LaVista South High School
Site Coordinator: Angela Higgs, (402) 829-4600 ext. 4676, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  

• Council Bluffs Community School District - Upward Bound Grant

Thomas Jefferson High School
Site Coordinator: Ashley DeVrieze, (712) 328-6493 ext. 144, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

The opportunity to improve academic and social skills and to further one's education and reach a brighter future is available to all CBC students. For more information about the College Bound Clubs, contact:

Jennifer Kessler Stutte
Educational Grants Manager
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(402)345-5025 ext. 146