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Milwaukee College Preparatory School Chooses ''Success Highways'' to Help At-Risk Students Take Academic Initiative

Posted on: Wednesday, 27 September 2006, 09:01 CDT

ScholarCentric announced today that Milwaukee College Preparatory School

has adopted its innovative program, "Success

Highways," to help engage students fully at a

critical time in their academic careers -- the

middle school years. "Success Highways,"

which helps students build personal skills that motivate them to stay in

school and achieve at the highest possible levels, will be integrated

into the curriculum for 280 fifth- through eighth-graders.

"Our teachers were integrating academic

success and life skills into the curriculum to varying degrees, but 'Success

Highways' really systemized our approach,"

said Robert Rauh, principal, Milwaukee College Prep. "The

lessons are presented in a way that is appealing and powerful to the

students, and the program supports our goal of helping students take

charge of their own learning."

Developing proactive learners is a key part of the education process at

Milwaukee College Prep. Several local business executives created this

innovative and award-winning charter school for middle school students,

to help narrow the wide achievement gap between black and white

students. When Milwaukee College Prep students move on to high school,

teachers and administrators want them to be confident about setting and

achieving goals on their own, without relying on close adult supervision.

"Taking initiative is something many at-risk

students have never done before -- they simply

haven't been in an environment where they

could develop these skills," said Steven

Weigler, president and founder, ScholarCentric. "That's

why a program like 'Success Highways'

can be so successful at Milwaukee College Prep. Outstanding teachers and

a challenging curriculum are supported by a program that gives students

the tools to overcome the obstacles that may have kept them from

academic success in the past."

Based on more than 15 years of research at the University of

Wisconsin-Milwaukee, "Success Highways"

was developed by V. Scott Solberg, associate professor of educational

psychology, who began with the thesis that students have to become

emotionally invested in learning before they can reach their potential.

For more information, visit www.ScholarCentric.

About ScholarCentric

ScholarCentric™ is a

K-12 educational publishing company focused on helping students succeed

in school and life. The company's flagship

product, "Success Highways,"

is an innovative, teacher-driven program designed to put middle and high

school students on the right track for academic success. With "Success

Highways," students stay in school, score

higher on achievement tests and prepare for future education. The

research-based program is aligned with state standards and was developed

from the results of 15 years of research at the University of

Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a seven-year pilot in an urban school district.

For more information, visit www.ScholarCentric.

Source: Business Wire

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