building tomorrow’s leaders today
College is a real and attainable goal for all Pacific Island students. PICED is a bridge to higher learning for young elementary and high school students in American Samoa and the city of Carson, CA. An education resource center, PICED provides the necessary educational foundation that students need not only to successfully navigate the college application process but to one day graduate from an accredited university of their choosing.
Are you currently a middle school or high school student of Polynesian descent? Then Friday, May 1st is an important day for you. May is Asian Pacific Heritage month and in honor of the occasion, we are hosting an important conference on higher education at Cal…
NY Times columnist and cultural commentator David Brooks wrote an excellent piece last week—click here to read it. Brooks, I think, gets to the heart of the debate over closing the academic achievement gap. He cites a recent study reporting “enormous” gains in academic achievement by…
Roooooaadtriiiiiiiip! Along with three other chaperones, I had the pleasure of accompanying a group of seven Carson High juniors and seniors to San Francisco over the weekend to attend an education conference hosted by APAHE, which stands for Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education. For 20…
