UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM (website)

The Voorhees College Upward Bound Program is designed for first generation college bound students from low income families. The program encourages students in the ninth through twelfth grades to develop skills necessary for success in higher education. Voorhees College offers this program to the students enrolled in the tri county public schools. Upward Bound is a federally funded program designed to enhance the academic and college readiness skills of high school students so that they may successfully complete high school and enroll/succeed in post-secondary institutions. Since 1985, Voorhees has enrolled a record number, eighty-five percent (85%), of its Upward Bound participants into the regular college program.

Through this program, academic services are provided for high school students from the surrounding Bamberg and Barnwell Counties (Denmark-Olar High, Bamberg-Ehrhardt High, Barnwell High, Blackville-Hilda High, and Williston-Elko High). Services also include the provision of instructional skills and individualized tutoring sessions in math, English, reading, computer skills, foreign languages, and counseling.