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MAKING A DIFFERENCE... in the Lives of High School Students at Risk of Dropping Out Student self-efficacy is the backbone of Charitable Fund, recently awarded to Drs. relationships, identifying and enhancing high school completion. The dropout rate Mike Scheel and Gina Kunz through CYFS personal strengths, developing purpose for in Lincoln, Nebraska, is approximately at UNL, the Building Bridges Program will school, monitoring progress, and connecting 25%. One program, the Building Bridges have the additional support needed for the with home and the classroom. Glathar Through Relationships: A School Dropout next two years to maintain its presence at added, “The counseling/mentor design of Prevention Program, is offering hope for Lincoln Northeast and begin a similar service the Building Bridges program keeps the students at risk to drop out when they at Lincoln North Star. academic focus of Northeast High School enter high school. Through this program, Through the Building Bridges Program, while assisting students with individual high-risk students entering 9th issues and counseling needs.” “The grant grade are given an opportunity to will allow us to refine the model that we This program keeps the academic focus be assigned a counselor who helps have developed and extend our services of Northeast High School. ensure academic success in the short to students at Lincoln North Star,” said Kurt Glathar, Principal of Lincoln Northeast High School term and offers hope for future life Scheel, “doubling the number of students success. Students who participate impacted and increasing the quantity of in this program are given a fresh useful information we collect to refine start when they enter the 9th grade, and graduate students in the Counseling the program.” they are given the tools they need to feel Psychology Program at the University of The far-reaching impact of this program confident that they can succeed in school. Nebraska-Lincoln provide support related has prompted area schools to see the Over the past four years, “this program to academic motivation and student importance of intervention during critical has harmonized well with our overarching engagement directly to the students transition points. One main priority for emphasis on raising graduation rates and identified as at risk. Participating high schools is addressing the issue of dropfinding success for all students,” said Kurt school students gain a sense of support out rates. Through this award, the Woods Glathar, Principal of Lincoln Northeast High and feeling of belonging to the school Charitable Fund has demonstrated their School. through the work with their UNL counselor. commitment to transforming potential dropWith a $100,000 grant from the Woods The model consists of fostering caring outs into successful high school graduates.