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Students in our College and Bridge Program Program visited Bronx Community College on Wednesday to go through the direct admissions process. This was the unofficial college signing day for students in our College and Career Bridge. Congratulations to our students starting at BCC in the fall!  

Students in our College Program made a campus visit to our neighbor Hostos Community College this week. Rafael Quiles, Nicole Flint, and Patricia Mabry from the Hostos Admissions Office were kind enough to give us a tour of the campus and talk about some of the ins and outs of beginning college at Hostos, which

Things at GO heated up last week with the arrival of Kelsey Minton from Hot Bread Kitchen! Kelsey came to speak to the current group of HSE students about a fantastic program, Bakers in Training, that provides free baking and culinary training to women in NYC. GO students were excited to learn about this great

Last Friday, members of the Grace Outreach team attended the 2018 Women’s Resilience Conference at Hostos Community College. The event was held as a part of Women’s History Month, and was sponsored by the New York Women’s Foundation and the Center for Bronx Non-Profits. The morning started out with a networking breakfast, then moved to

Last week, Grace Outreach’s Junior Board organized a Mock Interview Day for the current cycle of high school equivalency students.  About thirty-five women were able to take advantage of this fantastic event and hone their interviewing skills.  They put on their most professional clothing, printed their resumes and practiced their introductions in preparation for the

Students enrolled in our Spring College Program at Grace Outreach made a campus visit to BMCC this week. Three of our students have listed BMCC as their first choice campus, and the visit only served to reinforce their preference . All of our students enjoyed seeing the campus, including the great views of the Hudson River

Our High School Equivalency teacher, Ms. Peggy makes sure to involve students in experimentation, demonstration, and presentation as they prepare to take the Science portion of the TASC exam. “Science projects are important because students love them! And when a student is actively involved in a project, she learns and retains more,” she says. This

Last week, Grace Outreach students attended a presentation from Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW). NEW graduate and ambassador, Nora Vega, shared information about the empowering programming offered at NEW and her own experiences as a woman working in the typically male dominated field of construction. NEW offers women free preapprenticeship training that provides them with

Our College Prep class made a campus visit to Hostos Community College earlier this week. Marsha Milan-Bethel and Tani Santiago were kind enough to give us a tour of the campus and talk about some of the services and mentoring program offered by the Strive for Success program. The campus tour was led by a

Welcome to fall! I hope that the start of school and transition to a new season are going well for you and your family. I am writing today to ask for your support of our family – the amazing women of Grace Outreach. Many women in our community lack employability, literacy and technology skills, and