Program Services
What we offer students and parents...
Students admitted into Upward Bound will engage in two academic enrichment components: academic year programming and a six-week summer program.
Academic Year:
- Individualized advisement with UB staff
- After school tutoring services at WAHS
- Saturday Sessions with focused topics including career exploration and planning, SAT/ACT prep, academic enrichment, the college admissions process, financial aid workshops, professionalism, and more
- Cultural community field trips
- Career-oriented field trips
- College campus visits
- College Fairs
![Student sitting at a desk in a classroom](/Departments-Offices/S-Z/UpwardBound/Images/IMG_2737.jpg)
Summer Academy:
- 6-weeks over the summer to enhance students' academic performance the following school year or bridge to freshman year of college
- 5 weeks at WAHS:
- Mentorship from UB staff, content area teachers, and college student tutor-counselors
- Daily teambuilding activities, games, and group projects
- Weekly field trips to visit and tour area colleges
- Book club
- 1-week residential stay at Kutztown University:
- Students stay in dorms, take meals at dining halls, explore campus buildings, and experience college life
- Attend faculty lectures
- Presentations from KU Financial Aid, Admissions, Student Involvement, Athletics, Career Development Center, and more
- Personal and professional development workshops
- Daily outdoor recreation
- Planetarium laser light show
- Movie night
- Semi-formal dance and awards ceremony banquet
*These services and others are provided free of charge to students admitted to Upward Bound. Additionally, students who participate in Upward Bound are under no obligation to attend Kutztown University.
![Closeup of three students in class, discussing a worksheet on the desk of the female student in the foreground.](/Departments-Offices/S-Z/UpwardBound/Images/IMG_2709.jpg)
Kutztown University Camp Week
Students work together in different activities during there week at Kutztown University
![Five students holding their awards at summer award ceremony](/Departments-Offices/S-Z/UpwardBound/Images/IMG_2737.jpg)
Summer Academy Banquet
Summer instructors present a student with an award
![Upward Bound students smiling in a group at their award ceremony](/Departments-Offices/S-Z/UpwardBound/Images/IMG_2736.jpg)
Kutztown University Camp Week
Upward Bound students receive awards
![Circle of students and a tutor sitting in a circle and playing a board game](/Departments-Offices/S-Z/UpwardBound/Images/IMG_2704.jpg)
Building Lasting Relationships
A student and tutor counselor bond during a game at an open activity period.
![Closeup of three students in class, discussing a worksheet on the desk of the female student in the foreground.](/Departments-Offices/S-Z/UpwardBound/Images/IMG_2709.jpg)
![Five students holding their awards at summer award ceremony](/Departments-Offices/S-Z/UpwardBound/Images/IMG_2737.jpg)
![Upward Bound students smiling in a group at their award ceremony](/Departments-Offices/S-Z/UpwardBound/Images/IMG_2736.jpg)
![Circle of students and a tutor sitting in a circle and playing a board game](/Departments-Offices/S-Z/UpwardBound/Images/IMG_2704.jpg)
KU Upward Bound 2019 Summer Academy Video
This short video features our students' experiences from the 2019 Summer Academy!