Throughout the 2018-19 academic year, College Possible Philadelphia is profiling four students thanks to a grant awarded by NRG Gives, a charitable-giving program sponsored by the NRG Retail Charitable Foundation. The grant awarded by NRG Gives will support more students in the greater Philadelphia area get to and persist through to college graduation. Preparing for her senior year at Penn State Harrisburg, West Philadelphia native Kheyana Murray is excited for the opportunities that lay ahead after graduation. A 2016 graduate and…

College Possible senior speaks in support of diverse teachers. Sherry Xiong, a Washington Technology Magnet High School senior, didn’t think testifying at the Minnesota State Capitol about the importance of hiring and retaining diverse teachers was a big deal, but we do. At a hearing in March on House File 824, a proposal that would bolster policies and programs in-tended to increase the number of teachers of color in Minnesota, Sherry and another student from Washington Tech shared thoughts on…

On June 15, College Possible Philadelphia hosted Launch! 2019, an annual end-of-year student celebration for high school juniors and seniors at the Howard Gittis Student Center on Temple University’s campus. Launch! 2019 kicked off with a program featuring remarks from College Possible high school coaches, swag give-a-ways donated from colleges and universities across the country, and prizes awarded to students for best attendance, biggest SAT score increase and most scholarships applied to. The highlight of the program came when Toastmasters…