{"id":6386,"date":"2015-11-12T09:09:02","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T15:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gnof.org\/?p=6386"},"modified":"2015-11-12T09:12:59","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T15:12:59","slug":"kipp-supports-its-graduates-all-the-way-through-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/gnof\/kipp-supports-its-graduates-all-the-way-through-college\/","title":{"rendered":"KIPP Supports Its Graduates All The Way Through College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/232747417&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nNew Orleans has ten KIPP schools serving grades Kindergarten through 12th. KIPP New Orleans also has a program called KIPP Through College, which supports KIPP middle school and high school alumni on their path to and through college.<\/p>\n<p>Alumni talk with an alumni advisor at least twice a month to check in on financial aid, grades and other aspects of college.\u00a0Alumni advisors help students access existing resources on their campuses. Finally, KIPP Through College helps students cover unexpected costs such as winter clothes, books, and transportation back home for out-of-state students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo last time when we talked you\u2019d just gotten a calculus quiz back that you weren\u2019t so happy about,\u201d says KIPP Through College\u2019s Scarlett Feinberg. \u201cYou said there was going to be another one on Tuesday. How\u2019d that go?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat went great,\u201d answers Randy Caldwell, an 18-year-old freshman at Xavier University. \u201cBecause I put it in my calendar that that quiz was next Tuesday. I was ready for it. I studied day before, the hour before. I ended up doing great on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Caldwell is studying business finance at Xavier, and before college, he attended two different KIPP New Orleans schools for 6 \u2013 12 grades.<\/p>\n<p>Feinberg and Caldwell have known each other for years. Feinberg worked at Caldwell\u2019s high school, KIPP Renaissance, and now she\u2019s his Alumni Advisor which is part of KIPP Through College. The program sounds pretty much like what it is: support for KIPP alumni to see them through their entire college career.<\/p>\n<p>Feinberg and Caldwell get together a few times each month. Today, it\u2019s in a booth inside Xavier\u2019s University Center. Feinberg looks over her notes from their last meeting and asks Caldwell what helped him get a better grade on his most recent calculus test.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat helped me be prepared for that quiz was I actually put it in my calendar,\u201d answers Caldwell. \u201cJust because, you know, I felt I had to be aware of it. Cause I knew if I didn\u2019t put it in there, I would have forgotten about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreat. You also said, last time we checked in, that you were going to calendar out important dates and that worked out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat worked out,\u201d Caldwell replies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat else have you calendared out?\u201d asks Feinberg. \u201cTell me about your organization system. How\u2019s it working?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Caldwell talks, Feinberg takes notes on her computer. Then she looks closely at his calendar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have on here to ask accounting tutor about tutoring sessions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you\u2019re adding all that on your calendar too?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes ma\u2019am.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that\u2019s working out?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo this is\u2026?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is like\u2014solid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Feinberg looks over her notes. \u201cSo check: calculus quiz went up. Check: we\u2019re using a calendar on our dates. And then the other thing I had on here from last time that I was a bit concerned about was balancing working at\u00a0Popeyes and school.\u00a0 How\u2019s that balancing act going?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Caldwell tells Feinberg that working at Popeyes <em>and<\/em> going to school at the same time left him tired and drained. He got a D in Calculus and an F in English. Caldwell says he took the job because he knew he\u2019d have expenses in college, like books, but now that he has a little money saved, he quit his job. He says: school comes first. But Feinberg wants to make sure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you think we need to revisit that later on and see how money is going or do you feel like you\u2019ve got that under control?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got it under control,\u201d replies Caldwell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOkay.\u00a0 Did you get any refund check from your Financial Aid?\u201d asks Feinberg.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still need to check on that. I have been not as concerned with it because I\u2019ve been so caught up with schoolwork. But I need to check on that ASAP.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Knowing how to deal with these kinds of things \u2013 like the financial aid office and balancing your workload\u2013 are a part of college many people are unprepared for. Yet if a student puts off dealing with these things, it can mean the difference between graduating and not graduating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we look at why students weren\u2019t persisting and graduating, it was those kinds of intangible things,\u201d says Larry Murphy, the director of KIPP Through College in New Orleans. \u201cLike these conversations seem like conversations that might not be necessary for the lay person, but for our students, they can very often be the difference between staying in school and leaving the next semester.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KIPP Through College helps their alumni with other tricky things. Say you need to buy books, but your financial aid hasn\u2019t come through? They can help with a short-term loan. Or you go to college up north and suddenly need something called a winter coat? They can help with that too. And if you are in college outside of New Orleans, get ready for Skype and phone call advising.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Feinberg says she spent \u201ctwo and a half hours yesterday putting together 15 care packages for our out-of-state students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Inside the care packages? Zapp\u2019s potato chips, pralines and, of course, some KIPP New Orleans swag.<\/p>\n<p><em>Written by Eve Abrams for the Community IMPACT Series and produced by WWNO in partnership with the Greater New Orleans Foundation. Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kippneworleans.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">KIPP New Orleans<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Orleans has ten KIPP schools serving grades Kindergarten through 12th. KIPP New Orleans also has a program called KIPP Through College, which supports KIPP middle school and high school alumni on their path to and through college. 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