Twenty-two Treasure Valley schools will get more than $700,000 in Go On Schools grants from the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation to encourage students to continue education after high school. The program is designed to set high expectations, help students make a plan for postsecondary learning and offer students counseling about financial aid and scholarships to help pay for higher education.
The Albertson Foundation launched the Go On campaign in 2009, offering $11 million in scholarships at Idaho colleges to help student afford their education.
"Idaho is ranked among the bottom 10 states when it comes to students going on to some sort of postsecondary education after high school,” says Jamie MacMillan, the foundation's executive director. “We’ve learned that schools, students and parents face a lot of barriers when it comes to helping kids go on, so we wanted to give schools and communities the resources they need to support, counsel, guide and mentor all students to go on to education or training beyond high school.”
Here are the 22 schools that received grants:
Caldwell (Seventh-day) Adventist Elementary School, Caldwell: $26,100
Canyon Springs High School, Caldwell: $40,000
Canyon Owhyee School Services Agency, Wilder: $40,000
East Junior High, Boise: $25,000
Emmett High School, Emmett: $40,000
Emmett Middle School, Emmett: $35,046
Fairmont Junior High, Boise: $40,000
Hillside Junior High, Boise: $24,000
Homedale High School, Homedale: $40,000
Horseshoe Bend Middle/Senior school, Horseshoe Bend: $18,550
Idaho Arts Charter School, Nampa: $34,650
Idaho Distance Education Academy, statewide-$37,850
Kuna High School, Kuna: $30,040
Lowell Scott Middle School, Boise (Meridian School District): $28,140
Middleton High School, Middleton: $33,774
New Plymouth High School, New Plymouth: $40,000
North Junior High, Boise: $40,000
Parma High School, Parma: $15,252
Saint Paul’s Catholic School, Nampa: $14,194
South Junior High, Boise: $30,000
Vallivue High School, Caldwell (Vallivue School District): $40,000
West Junior High, Boise: $40,000
