A non-profit 501(c)(3) college access organization in Newark, OH, we partner exclusively with the Newark City School District.  Working closely with the guidance staff and teachers across the school system, building principals and the superintendent’s office, A Call to College services impact hundreds of Newark students and parents each year. From introducing second graders to the vocabulary of college to helping seniors complete their Free Application For Federal Student Aid, the staff and an army of community volunteers focus intensely and efficiently on promoting education beyond high school. Accomplishments include:

• Awarding over two million dollars of college scholarship aid to qualified Newark High School graduates over the past twenty years;
  

• Increasing ACT test completion rates for juniors twenty fold since the inception of the A.C.T. Now program in 2007;

• Forming an innovative partnership with Central Ohio Technical College, Denison University and The Ohio State University at Newark to begin a comprehensive early college awareness program in the Newark elementary and middle schools;

• Receiving the 2009 Thomas L. Conlan Award, sponsored by the KnowledgeWorks Foundation, in recognition for excellence and creativity in inspiring students to pursue post-secondary education.