Beginning with the first Project GRAD Knoxville Class of 2005, Alumni Scholars are making changes, making names for themselves, and most importantly becoming the faces of leadership in the city of Knoxville Tennessee in 2021. As we stroll down memory lane with each class, we find several PGK Alumni Scholars have not only stayed in […]
Serving in a Pandemic: GRAD College/Career Success Team makes contingency plan
The world has been in pandemic mode for over a year and a half. The virus continues to spread at a slow burn, and intermittent lockdowns have become our new norm. This year, Success Coaches were looking to resume established ways of maintaining strong connection with our postsecondary scholars. With the numbers of positive […]
Congratulations, Postsecondary Class of 2021
Congratulations, Class of 2021, you made it! We know that your senior year has brought you all a lot of joy, tribulations, transitions, heartaches, and celebrations. As each of you close out this chapter in your life and begin a new one, remember this message from your College/Career Success Coaches, The Janette Team (Ms. Annette […]
Academic Intervention Yields Positive Results
The Project GRAD Knoxville College and Career Success Team was created to assist our postsecondary scholars in many ways. It is our passion to do just that. We have learned over time, and especially during the past year of COVID, that academic intervention plays a key role in scholar success. There is an old joke: […]
Recognizing Postsecondary Excellence
We would like to acknowledge several monumental accomplishments of our Project GRAD Knoxville scholars and alumni. One of our alumni stars, Jeneve Blake-Johnson, won the Tennessee Virtual Academy Counselor of the Year Award in 2020. Jeneve was recognized on February 4, 2021, at the Tennessee School Counselor Association gathering. Jeneve is an alumnus of Fulton […]
College Success Thanks You for Your Support
The Project GRAD Knoxville College/Career Success Team would like to sincerely thank all our donors for your contributions to the 2018 Scholar’s Bucket Fundraiser. Your donations helped the GRAD Success Team purchase essentials our scholars need while pursuing their postsecondary degrees. Everything we share with the scholars – from shampoo to laundry detergent to classroom […]
