Castleton Upward Bound Students Place Second at Scholars Bowl
Students in the Castleton Upward Bound program recently took second place at the 12th annual Green Mountain Scholars Bowl, out of fifty students and a total of ten competing teams.
The annual event, which took place on Saturday, March 12, was held at Johnson State College and aims to bring together Upward Bound students from across Vermont and New York. Castleton Upward Bound competitors included Skylar Alger, Calvin Brooks, Zachary Caraballo, Kayla Purinton, and Eliza Tooley, whose win earned the program additional scholarship money.
Upward Bound is a federally funded TRiO program at Castleton that offers challenging pre-college experiences to students of high school academic ability from Fair Haven Union High School, Mill River Union High School, Poultney High School, Rutland High School and West Rutland High School. The goal of the program is to generate the skills and motivation necessary for success in high school and college through a six-week semester residential program and an academic year component.
ABOUT THE CASTLETON UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM
Castleton Upward Bound, established in 2003, has served more than 200 local high school students. It is a federally funded TRiO program that serves students who are the first in their family to pursue a college education or have a modest family income. Since its inception 75 percent of Castleton Upward Bound students have enrolled in college immediately following high school graduation, compared to just 35 percent of low-income Vermont high school graduates.