Texas Scholars Program

http://www.texasscholars.org/programDescription.php

Texas Scholars – High School and Beyond is an initiative of Texas Business and Education Coalition (TBEC).  It is an inexpensive community-based initiative through which volunteers and educators, working together, motivate students to take a more purposeful approach in high school, and to plan for and work toward a career of their choosing after high school. The project is supported financially by TBEC and participating school districts, with contributions also from foundations and corporations.

Beginning with the 8th grade class of 2005-06, to graduate as a Texas Scholar, students will be required to: 1)Graduate from high school having completed at least the Texas Recommended High School Program, 2)Achieve a Texas Ready standard on at least one of several standardized tests, and 3)Develop and carryout a High School and Beyond plan for their four years of high school and transition to college, the workplace, the military, or some other endeavor of their choosing. To read more about the program, click on the picture above.