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GEAR UP partnership programs throughout Washington

 

Eastern Washington University GEAR UP Program
Contact information:

Nancy Thomas, Director
213 Martin Hall
Cheney, WA. 99004
509 359-4658
nancy.thomas@mail.ewu.edu
The following school districts are served:

  • Columbia School District
  • Curlew School District
  • Cusick School District
  • Mary Walker School District
  • Northport School District
  • Republic School District
  • Selkirk School District
  • Wellpinit School District
The Evergreen State College GEAR UP Program
Contact information:

Kimberly Lees, Ed.D.
Director, GEAR UP
The Evergreen State College
2700 Evergreen Parkway NW
Sem I, Annex F-109
Olympia, Washington 98505
Email: leesk@evergreen.edu
Office: 360.867.5136
Fax: 360.867.5802
http://www.evergreen.edu/gearup/

The following schools are served:

  • Lochburn Middle School
  • Woodbrook Middle School
  • Clover Park High School
  • Lakes High School
  • Oakville Middle School
  • Oakville High School
Okanogan Valley GEAR UP Project
Contact information:

Director: Julie Blohm Grinolds
CWU - Wenatchee
1300 5th Street
Wenatchee, WA 98801
509-963-3961
grinoldj@cwu.edu
www.okanoganvalleygearup.com
The following schools are served:

  • Brewster middle and high schools
  • Bridgeport middle and high schools
  • Chelan middle and high schools
  • Manson middle and high schools
  • Omak middle and high schools
  • Oroville middle and high schools
  • Tonasket middle and high schools
University of Washington GEAR UP Partnership
Contact information:

Office of Minority Affairs
3240 Fort Road
Toppenish, WA 98948
(509) 865-8670
ljohnson@u.washington.edu
http://twovalleys-onevision.org/
The following school districts are served:

  • Burlington-Edison School District
  • East Valley School District
  • Goldendale School District
  • Grandview School District
  • Granger School District
  • Mabton School District
  • Mt. Adams School District
  • Mt. Vernon School District
  • Sunnyside School District
  • Toppenish School District
  • Union Gap School District
  • Wapato School District
  • Yakama Nation Tribal School
  • Zillah School District
Washington State University GEAR UP “Harvest of Hope” Partnership and Washington State University GEAR UP “One Vision” Partnership
Contact information:

Washington State University Tri-Cities
Genoveva Ledesma Morales
2710 University Drive
Richland, WA 99354-1671
509.372.7298
FAX 509.372.7187
gmorales@tricity.wsu.edu
http://www.earlyoutreach.wsu.edu/
The following school districts are served:

Harvest of Hope Partnership:
  • College Place School District
  • Moses Lake School District
  • Prescott School District
  • Soap Lake School District
  • Touchet School District
  • Walla Walla School District
  • Warden School District

 

One Vision Partnership:

  • Clarkston School District
  • Columbia-Burbank School District
  • Endicott/St. John School District
  • Ephrata School District
  • Finley School District
  • Glenwood School District
  • Kiona-Benton School District
  • North Franklin School District
  • Pasco School District
  • Paterson School District
  • Walla Walla School District
 
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