GEAR UP COLLEGE CONNECTION
JOIN GEAR UP TUTORS WITH VIDEOS CREATED JUST FOR YOU
YISD and UTEP have partnered to provide 6 years of information and services to help prepare students for higher education after high school. GEAR UP programs and counseling are available to your child each year, beginning in grade 6 and continuing through high school graduation.
This is the first in a series of postcards that will be mailed to you each year, so together, you can help your child understand the importance of staying in school, graduating on time from high school, and investigating careers and education opportunities for their future. We urge you to review these postcards with your child and keep them handy for quick reference.
El Distrito Escolar Independiente de Ysleta (YISD) y la Universidad de Texas en El Paso (UTEP) están colaborando para proveer información y servicios para ayudar en la preparación de los estudiantes y que ellos continúen con sus estudios universitarios al terminar la preparatoria. Los servicios del programa GEAR UP están disponibles para su hijo(a) desde el 7mo. grado hasta su graduación de la preparatoria.
Esta es la primera de una serie de postales que se le enviarán por correo a usted cada año, juntos podemos ayudar a su hijo(a) entender la importancia de continuar en la escuela, graduar de la preparatoria a tiempo y sobre la búsqueda de diferentes carreras y oportunidades educativas para su futuro. Los invitamos a que repasen estas postales con su hijo(a) y las mantengan a la mano para fácil acceso.
Week 6: Biology
- Fernando Serrano - Intro to Community Ecology
- Iris Herrera - Formation of the Earth and Early Life
- Simon Garcia - Population Genetics
- Roberto Lopez - Intro to Population Ecology
- Luis Martinez - Radiometric Dating
- Aldo Pizana - Diversification of Life
- Alejandra Palma - Intro To Ecology
- Cesar Armendariz - Intro to Ecosystems
- Vivian Cigarroa - Biogeography
- Ruben Del Rio - Speciation and Evolutionary Trees
- Mario Arzaga Garcia - Intro to Photosynthesis
- Natalie Sotelo - Evolution and Natural Selection
- Julia Valles - The Calvin Cycle
- Ricardo Soto Intro to Cell
- Litzy Chavero Light - Dependent Reaction
- Victoria Badillo - ATP and Reaction Coupling
- Estefania Torres - Photosynthesis
- Cesar - Escajeda Introduction to Enzymes
- Fernanda Silva - Photorespiration
- Matthew Gonzalez - Osmosis and Diffusion
- Yudith Nogami - Prokaryoticeukaryotic
- Cinthia Barrera - Cinthia Barrera The Cell Membrane
- Janeth Arredondo - Introduction to Cells
- Alyssa Arriaga - Energy in Metabolism
- Luis Rodriguez - Free Energy
- Marissa Velasquez - Kinetic and Potential Energy
- Bianca Estrada - Bianca Estrada Phospholipids 2
- Joe Smith Biology - Macromolecules
- Valeria Perez - Biology Macromolecules
- Ramon Gamez - Elements Atoms
- Emolynn Pena - Acids and Bases
- Alejandro Alarcon - Biology Macromolecules
- Melissa Deleon - Electron Shells and Orbitals
- Ivan Ibarra - Biology Macromolecules
Week 5: Math Review
Riverside
- Cesar Armendariz - Factoring Quadratics with Difference of Squares
- Alejandra Palma - Multiplying Binomials
- Vivian cigarroa - Multiplying Monomials by Polynomials
Indian Ridge/ Desert View
Parkland
- luis Jurado - Intro to Factoring
- Litzy Chavero - Special Products of Binomials
- Ricardo Soto- Factoring Binomials
- Fernanda Silva - Factoring Quadratics with Difference of Squares
- Gabi Regalado - Multyplying mononomials by polynomials
- Estefania Torres - Factoring quadratics intro
- Mario Arzaga - Strategy in factoring Quadratics
- Julia Valles - Factoring by Grouping
Eastwood
Ysleta
- Simon Garcia - General Sequences
- Luis Martinez - Modeling with Sequence
- Aldo Pizana - Intro to Arithmetic Sequences
Del Valle
- Valeria Perez - Solving Equations and Inequalities
- Joe Smith - Solving Equations and Inequalities
- Ivan Ibarra - Solving Equations and Inequalities
- Alejandro Alarcon - Solving Equations and Inequalities
Bel Air
- Sara Herrera - Intro to Variables
- Ramon Gamez - Evaluating Expressions with 2 Variables
- Melissa Deleon - Combining Like Terms
- Nathania Garcia - Simplifiying Equations
- Emolynn Pena - Equivalent Expressions
Rio Bravo
Week 4: 8th Grade Math Refreshers
- Mario Arzaga Garcia Intro Slope Intercept Form
- Jose Perez Pythagorean Theorem And Distance Between Points
- Soraya Anchondo Dilations and Scale Factors
- Luis Martinez Exponent Properties Intro
- Estefania Torres Functions
- Ruben Del Rio Exponents With Negative Basis
- Garcia Nathania Systems Of Equations
- Ricardo Soto Recognizing Functions
- Joe Smith Solving Equations With One Unknown
- Cesar Armendariz Scientific Notation Intro
- Valeria Perez Solving Equations With One Unknown
- Sara Herrera Systems Of Equations Pt 1
- Anaid Cisneros Reflections
- Melissa Deleon Systems Of Equations Word Problems
- Emolynn Pena System Of Equations Substitution
- Robert Lopez Arithmetic With Numbers In Scientific Notation
- Fernando Serrano Negative Exponents
- Victoria Badillo Angles Between Intersecting Lines
- Aldo Pizana Approximating Irrational Numbers
- Julia Valles Graphing Slope Intercept Form
- Yudith Nogami Rotations
- Cinthia Barrera Congruent & Similarity
- Alyssa Arriaga Triangle Angles
- Bianca Estrada Geometric Transformations
- Matthew Gonzalez Property & Definitions
- Janeth Arredondo Translations
- Alex Alarcon Equations With One Unknown
- Vivian Cigarroa Exponent Properties
- Cesar Escajeda Pythagorean Theorem
- Luis Jurado Slope Intercept Equations
- Alejandra Palma Scientific Notation With Word Problems
- Litzy Chavero Linear And Non Linear Functions
- Ramon Gamez System of Equations Elimination
- Iris Herrera Square Roots & Cube Roots
- Marissa Velasquez Volume
- Gabrielle Regalado Slope
- Natalie Sotelo Irrational Numbers
- Fernanda Silva Intercepts
Week 3: College Advantages and Disadvantages and Human Capital
Riverside
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- Karen A Munoz - Trinity University
- Cesar Armendariz - University of Houston
- Cesar Armendariz - Baylor University
- Roberto Lopez - Texas A&M
- Roberto Lopez - Rice University
- Alejandra Palma - University of Texas at San Antonio
- Alejandra Palma - University of Texas at El Paso
- Fernando Serrano - Texas State University
- Fernando Serrano - Our Lady of the Lake University
- Vivian cigarroa - Texas Tech University
- Vivian cigarroa - University of Texas at Austin
Human Capital Skills and Talents
Indian Ridge/ Desert View
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- Luis Rodriguez - Eastern Wyoming College
- Luis Rodriguez - College of Southern Idaho
- Cesar Escajeda - University of Wyoming
- Cesar Escajeda - Montana State University
- Marissa Velasquez - University of Montana
- Marissa Velasquez - Boise State University
- Victoria Badillo - Carroll College
- Victoria Badillo - Lewis-Clark State College
- Alyssa Arriaga - Idaho State University
- Alyssa Arriaga - Montana University Northern
Human Capital Skills and Talents
Parkland
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- luis Jurado - University of California at Santa Barbara
- luis Jurado - San Fransisco State University
- Litzy Chavero - California State University, Chico
- Litzy Chavero - California State University, Los Angeles
- Fernanda Silva - St Marys College of California
- Fernanda Silva - Santa Clara University
- Mario Arzaga - University of California at Los Angeles
- Mario Arzaga - Pepperdine
- Estefania Torres - California Institute of Technology
- Estefania Torres - University of California at San Diego
Human Capital Skills and Talents
Eastwood
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- Yudith Nogami - Central Washington University
- Yudith Nogami - Lewis and Clark
- Soraya Anchondo - Big Bend Community College
- Soraya Anchondo - Portland Community College
- Matthew Gonzales - Western Oregon University
- Matthew Gonzales - Seattle Pacific University
- Janeth Arredondo - University of Oregon
- Janeth Arredondo - Lower Columbia College
- Bianca Estrada - Portland State University
- Bianca Estrada - Seattle University
- Cinthia Barrera - University of Washington at Seattle
- Cinthia Barrera - Oregon Coast Community College
Human Capital Skills and Talents
Rio Bravo Ysleta
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- Ruben Del Rio - Snow College
- Ruben Del Rio - College of Southern Nevada
- Natalie Sotelo - Utah State University
- Natalie Sotelo - University of Nevada at Las Vegas
- Iris Herrera - The University of Utah
- Iris Herrera - Sierra Nevada College
- Luis Martinez - Western Nevada Colleget
- Luis Martinez - Utah Valley University
Human Capital Skills and Talents
Del Valle
Human Capital Skills and Talents
Bel Air
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- Northern Arizona University - Emolynn Pena
- St John's College - Emolynn Pena
- Melissa Deleon - University of Arizona
- Melissa Deleon - Prescott College
- Sara Herrera - University of New Mexico
- Sara Herrera - Grand Canyon University
- Natania Garcia - Arizona State University
- Ramon Gamez - University of Advanced Technology
- Ramon Gamez - New Mexico State University
Human Capital Skills and Talents
Week 2 Videos Explore: My College
Riverside
- Karen A Munoz - Trinity University
- Karen A Munoz - University of Texas at Dallas
- Cesar Armendariz - University of Houston
- Cesar Armendariz - Baylor University
- Roberto Lopez - Texas A&M
- Roberto Lopez - Rice University
- Alejandra Palma - University of Texas at San Antonio
- Alejandra Palma - University of Texas at El Paso
- Fernando Serrano - Texas State University
- Fernando Serrano - Our Lady of the Lake University
- Vivian cigarroa - Texas Tech University
- Vivian cigarroa - University of Texas at Austin
Indian Ridge/ Desert View
Parkland
- luis Jurado - University of California at Santa Barbara
- luis Jurado - San Fransisco State University
- Litzy Chavero - California State University, Chico
- Litzy Chavero - California State University, Los Angeles
- Fernanda Silva - St Marys College of California
- Fernanda Silva - Santa Clara University
- Gabi Regalado - California Institute of the Arts
- Gabi Regalado - California State University, Sacramento
- Estefania Torres - California Institute of Technology
- Estefania Torres - University of California at San Diego
Eastwood
Rio Bravo Ysleta
- Ruben Del Rio - Snow College
- Ruben Del Rio - College of Southern Nevada
- Natalie Sotelo - Utah State University
- Natalie Sotelo - University of Nevada
- Iris Herrera - The University of Utah
- Iris Herrera - Sierra Nevada College
- Luis Martinez - Western Nevada College
- Luis Martinez - Utah Valley University
- Simon P. Garcia - Southern Utah University
- Simon P. Garcia - Nevada State College
- Aldo Pizana - Brigham Young University
- Aldo Pizana - University of Nevada, Reno
Del Valle
- Ivan Ibarra - University of Wyoming
- Ivan Ibarra - Colorado College
- Valeria Perez - University of Northern Colorado
- Valeria Perez - University of Colorado, Boulder
- Alejandro Alarcon - Northwestern College
- Alejandro Alarcon - Colorado State
Bel Air
Week 1 Videos: Explore: Your Career
Riverside
- Karen A Munoz - French Education
- Cesar Armendariz - Economics Education, Postsecondary Career
- Roberto Lopez - Computer Science Proffesor
- Alejandra Palma Special Education
- Fernando Serrano Art, Drama, and Music Teaching
- Vivian cigarroa - Elementary School Teacher
Indian Ridge/ Desert View
Parkland
- luis Jurado - Industrial Engineering
- Litzy Chavero - Aerospace Engineering
- Ricardo Soto- Civil Architect
- Fernanda Silva - Marine Architect
- Gabi Regalado - Fire Protection and Prevention Engineer
- Estefania Torres - Electrical Engineering
Eastwood
Rio Bravo Ysleta
Del Valle
- Valeria Perez - Producers and Directors
- Joe Smith - Radio and Television Announcer
- Alejandro Alarcon - Agricultural Design Engineer