PHUTURE PHOENIX BASICS

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

To encourage at-risk students, starting at the fifth-grade level, to complete high school and attend college, thus boosting the percentage of NE Wisconsin graduates who continue onto college
To provide positive role models for at-risk students and allow UW-Green Bay students the opportunity to perform community service
To create a relationship between the community, university and area youth.
To provide fifth graders an opportunity to visit and experience their public university
To increase the number of pre-teens and young teens who view education as a path to a brighter future
To provide scholarships for Phuture Phoenix students who graduate from high school and attend UW-Green Bay

UW-Green Bay college students serve as role models to 5th graders.
5th grade students from the Green Bay Area Public School District Title I, West De Pere and Oneida Nation Turtle Schools are involved in the program.
Outreach program with the following school districts: Bonduel, Bowler, Menominee Indian, Oconto, Oconto Falls, Sturgeon Bay and Suring.
Each new 5th grade class will continue to have contact with the program through 12th grade.

The 5th grade experience consists of:
A pre-visit - the role models visit students at the Elementary schools
Tour day - 5th graders come to the UW-Green Bay campus to experience higher education under the leadership of a UW-Green Bay role model
A post-visit - the role models return to the Elementary schools to follow up with the tour day event
Contacts - the role models contact their students by visits, letters and phone calls
Beyond the 5th grade - the program continues to serve these students through the 12th grade and offers continued encouragement to finish high school and pursue higher education.

This program was designed because Northeast Wisconsin has a lower percentage of students in the state graduating high school and going on to higher education.
The purpose of this program is to encourage students and to provide some of the support and tools necessary to graduate high school and to pursue higher education. Higher education options could include college, university, technical college, military service, trade school, etc.
This program benefits the entire community, from the students in the program, to the UWGB role models, the faculty and staff, the community leaders, business owners and volunteers.
To provide scholarships and financial assistance to students who have participated in the program and show an interest in higher education at UW-Green Bay.

This program was founded in the Green Bay area.
Program sites include all Title I schools in the Green Bay Area Public School District, the West De Pere School District, Oneida Nation Turtle School and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

A new group of 5th graders enters the Phuture Phoenix program each fall.
Phuture Phoenix is ongoing throughout the year. Role models are in contact with their students on a regular basis.