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GEAR UP Jefferson County

December 2020-January 2021

2021 Happy New Year
Welcome to a NEW YEAR with GEAR UP JEFFERSON COUNTY! While it is a new year on the calendar, our goals remain the same. GUJC is continuing to do everything we can to provide services to our schools. We are proud of the resilience and dedication educators demonstrated over the past year, and continue to show today. If 2020 taught us anything, it was that without the efforts of many, services would not happen for any.  

What are the goals of GUJC?


Goal 1 – to increase the successful academic performance, educational expectations and preparation for/participation in post-secondary education.
Goal 2 – to increase student and family knowledge of post-secondary education options, preparation and financing.
Goal 3 – to increase the rate of high school graduation and participation in post-secondary education for GEAR UP students.                                                  
 
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How can GUJC help?
 
During these most challenging times, GUJC is here to help your school. Please reach out to your area facilitator for your school, or any one of them if you are unsure, to see how we can partner to accomplish common goals. GUJC is eager to do all that we can for your school, faculty, students, parents and community. 
Justin Williams
Welcome Justin Williams to the team! 

Justin received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Montevallo in the spring of 2020. He is currently pursuing his master’s degree in public administration from The University of Alabama. Justin is an alumnus of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Fall 2019 Internship Cohort where he worked in the office of Robert C. “Bobby” Scott, chairman of the Education and Labor Committee. Justin will serve as the grant’s accountant and he is an excellent addition to the GUJC team!
 
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ABOUT US

Principal Investigator: Dr. Alvin Taylor

Co-Principal Investigators: Dr. Cassie Raulston, Dr. Amy Samuels, Dr. Greg Samuels 

Project Director: Jenny Ceesay

Administrative Assistant: Laura Howard

Accounting: Justin Williams 

Area Facilitators: Chrystal Tolbert Abernathy, Demetrius Castleberry, Tiffany Dukes, Shay Traywick and Jacques Watkins

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