History

In academic year 1999-2000, as the Sweetwater Union High School District (SUHSD) prepared for its WASC Accreditation Site Visit, several education-reform ideas were suggested to stimulate higher academic performance by students.  One of the driving issues that was at the core of these initiatives was the low college and university going rate among graduates.

Ed Brand the Superintendent of the SUHSD and San Diego State University President Stephen Weber met to chart a course that would bring these two educational institutions together to create Compact for Success.  The goal of the program was to provide education reform that would involve the teachers of SUHSD to work with the faculty at SDSU to examine the rigor and alignment of math and English course offerings and to design a school curriculum that would be directly related to the A through G requirements for college admissions.  In effect, the Compact for Success Program focused on Five Benchmarks:

• Maintain a 3.00 GPA through the senior year of high school
• Complete all of the A-G course requirements
• Must have been enrolled in the SUHSD since the 9th grade
• Satisfy both the ELM and EPT placement tests
• Take SAT or ACT exam

The initial contact with the SUHSD student is made at the seventh grade.  Students are informed about the requirements that need to be met in order to be admitted to a CSU or University of California campus.

Over the past seven years, the University has worked extensively with the Sweetwater District to plan and host signature events and outreach activities, facilitate faculty-to-faculty collaboration for teachers and counselors, and design a program that would utilize the best resources that each institution has to offer to support students on the road to higher education.

The Compact for Success has successfully been implemented in all of the eleven high schools in the district. In addition, all the junior and middle school have also been fully involved. 

 

 

 

 

  This page last updated on 03/04/2008

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