Acecharter.org Website Review

every student has the potential to attend college and succeed.. by middle school, many low-income students of color in san jose’s poorest neighborhoods have been tracked into a vicious cycle of. failure, having fallen well below grade level and lacking the support they need to overcome their disconnect from school.. ace is wholly focused on these children and works diligently with them and their families to show them that college is possible. we focus all. of our outreach on the most struggling and disengaged students and families.. the ace student body is 92% low-income, 50% english learners, 93% first-generation college students, and 20% students with special. our alumni have transformed their lives and the lives of their families.. our alumni and their families have experienced a long, sometimes arduous, sometimes joyful journey at ace. children who come to ace. lacking self-confidence and grade-level skills become hard-working college students with a vision of a better future for themselves, showed up, ate chips and the teacher wouldn’t say anything - i had a 0.075 gpa in 6th grade and yet somehow i went to 7th grade. it was different at ace. i was always expected to do the work. my teacher always pushed me and believed in me. now, i am on the dean’s list and the first semester i got a 4.0. i feel proud to be who i am, to be from where i come from. there aren’t so many like me at a wasn’t really on my mind. honestly, i didn’t realize how far i could go. ace gave me a new standard for how i want to live. ace made me believe in myself. ace showed me that the goals i had, i could meet them and surpas* them. now, college is something i’m living and did not take my education seriously. i just came to school because it was the law. i wasted a lot of time not believing in myself. i was tired of being a “f” student, and i wanted to be a better person. my teachers at ace were my inspiration. they had gone through similar experiences like i was going through, so it really helped me relate to them. if they could do it, then i could too. regardless of my