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The tuition-free New Jersey SEEDS College Preparatory Program (CPP), established in 2007, prepares academically motivated high school students for admission to selective four-year colleges. CPP provides academic enrichment, ACT preparation, cultural enrichment, leadership retreats, exposure to a variety of top-tier colleges and universities, and assistance with the college admissions and financial aid processes. Currently, approximately 90 students from our partner high schools – Orange High School (Orange) or Trenton Central High School Main and West Campuses (Trenton) – participate in this program.
Throughout high school, CPP students participate in classes held every Saturday during the school year. Each summer, the students attend a residential program held at Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Geneva, NY).
We are grateful to the following individuals, corporations and foundations for supporting the College Preparatory Program in FY12:
Barclays; C.R. Bard, Inc.; Community Chest of Englewood; Paul and Elizabeth DeRosa; HAPI Foundation; Horizon Foundation; JPMorgan Chase Foundation; Brian and Sandra Maher; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation; Novo Nordisk, Inc.; NRG Energy, Inc.; Orange Orphan Society; Overdeck Family Foundation; and Prudential Foundation.
"SEEDS Saturday classes were no joke. While my friends slept in and watched Saturday morning cartoons, I studied Algebra and prepared for the SSAT. But it was fun too - I met the amazing peers who inspire me and would become my support system...Through thick and thin, good and bad, happy and sad, I always knew that SEEDS genuinely cared for not only my academic well-being and success, but my personal well-being. SEEDS is a family."