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<AUTHOR>Andrew Hooker</AUTHOR>
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Upward Bound is a federally funded program whose purpose according to the Federal Department of Education is to provide fundamental support to participants in their preparation for college entrance. The program provides opportunities for participants to succeed in their precollege performance and ultimately in their higher education pursuits. Upward Bound serves: high school students from low-income families; high school students from families in which neither parent holds a bachelor's degree; and low-income, first-generation military veterans who are preparing to enter postsecondary education. The goal of Upward Bound is to increase the rate at which participants complete secondary education and enroll in and graduate from institutions of postsecondary education. The program was started by Lyndon Johnson in the 1960's to make sure that low income and first generation high school students had the information and assistance they would need in order to be prepared for success when they enter college.

Lake Superior State University has an Upward Bound program, hidden away in the basement of Brady Hall, next to the old black box theater and WLSO offices. They provide tutoring and academic and career counseling to qualified students at Pickford, Rudyard, Brimley, and Sault Area High School. Students are required to attend tutoring between one and three times a month, depending on their Grade Point Average. They are also required to attend one group session (either on a Saturday morning or a Wednesday night), complete an academic and a career assignment each month, and submit a progress report with grades from their teachers. 

Students who complete all the requirements each month receive a cash stipend of $25 as a reward. Also, each activity they complete gives them points towards the Spring Break Trip. In March, the students who have the most points (and no failing grades) are given the opportunity to go to a major city, which in the past have included Chicago, Washington D.C., and Toronto. This year, the program took 30 students to New York City, the first time they've made this trip since Spring of 2001. While in New York City students took in a variety of cultural events, including a visit Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum, a Broadway Musical, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Students also took a visit Tuesday morning to The Early Show Plaza where they could be seen with signs representing their high schools and a LSSU flag and banner. 

As part of the program, students are also required to participate in a summer session. Participants live in Brady Hall for six weeks of the summer, and attend classes in Humanities, Latin, Study Skills, English, Science, and Math. College students are hired to work as Tutor/Counselors, living in the dorms, assisting the teachers in class, and planning activities. 

For More Information on the Upward Bound Program, call them at 1-906-635-2590.
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