CARPE Archives

Warren High School — CARPE Story of Impact

How was Warren High first in the state for financial aid submissions three years in a row? Watch how they did it

Southwest High School — CARPE Story of Impact

“We want to make a change in our community, in our people, in ourselves.”

Lynwood High School — CARPE Story of Impact

Ana Gonzalez became Principal at Lynwood High with the goal to change the college going culture schoolwide

How Gladys Velazquez supported staff to cultivate college access

Dr. Gladys Velazquez talks with Garett Brownleee Plantz and Alec about sustaining a college going culture at Warren High

At ISLC, Data + Relationships=100% FAFSA Completion

Garett Brownlee Plantz talks to Alison Murray and Antonia Guzmán to find out how International Studies Learning Center (ISLC) achieved its extraordinary 100% FAFSA completion rate.

Getting to Great

He hesitated, “In general, I think anyone can do what they set their mind to do as long as they know they are not alone in doing it,”

“Optional is not equitable”

Sofia Tannenhaus talks to High Tech High International’s College Advisor, Erik Castillo, about how his team makes sure no student slips through the cracks

C3 Mobility: Increasing College Success

Last year, 14 high school seniors took part in C3 Mobility DAO, a summer program created by the High Tech High Graduate School of Education’s CARPE Collaborative with a very specific goal: to help students from underrepresented populations navigate the transition from high school to community college, and then from community college to a four year university. To achieve this, the DAO used a secret weapon: college students