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One Word: Perseverance

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I can sum up the month of April here at Austin-East High School in one word, Perseverance. Without question, we have learned to persevere through so much during this year and especially throughout this month. Despite tragedies, sadness, and protests, the A-E GRAD team stayed on point and focused. We have been present virtually and […]

K-8 College and Career Day: COVID Style

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March was amazing for Project GRAD supported K-8 schools. College and Career Day has always been a big part of what we do for our scholars. It is a way for young people to learn more about the many different opportunities that are available to them when they grow up. However, we could not open […]

#2800MADE

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A special blog by GRAD alum Jasmine Siler The incredibly hard time that Austin-East has experienced over the past few months, is beyond belief. As some of you may know, I am an Austin-East graduate, class of 2008, “#2800made.” I did not attend Austin-East for all of my 4 high school years. I was a […]

Priority One: Supporting our Students and Families

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Spring is always busy in our schools and communities. Recently, a new initiative was created! Grandparents as Parents (GAP) contacted Project GRAD at Fulton and requested assistance with a new program. GRAD Fulton was asked to identify grandparent led households that could be gifted boxes of food. In addition to finding families, we were also […]

Celebrating Our Stars with Hope and Optimism!

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2021 GRAD Scholarship Recipients will be acknowledged April 18 The challenges of COVID-19 continue to impact large gatherings, including many graduation traditions, yet creative thinking has produced new ideas. This month we will celebrate the 17th cohort of Austin-East and Fulton high school graduates who are on track* to earn the Project GRAD Knoxville $4,000 […]

Academic Intervention Yields Positive Results

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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: […]

K-8 College and Career Day: COVID Style

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Collaborate, collaborate, collaborate…the month of March has once again brought Project GRAD K-8 together with community partners to encourage college and career awareness within our students in the most creative new ways.  Together with our community partners, GRAD has facilitated events within our respective feeder schools that highlight future possibilities for our young scholars as […]

We Have Your Back

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The communities served by Project GRAD Knoxville have faced several challenges over the last year. COVID-19, civil unrest and community violence has interrupted our normal activities. Compounded barriers have been distracting. Students and their families often lean on Project GRAD for support. The PGK staff have been diligent in continuing to “have their backs”. The […]

Building Her Strong Future- Trailblazers in Trades

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She can do it! The Women’s Fund of East Tennessee (WFET) has announced the launch of Strong Women Strong Futures. The campaign is driven by eight nonprofit Strong Women Strong Futures Network partners: Boys & Girls Club of Elizabethton/Carter County; Boys & Girls Clubs of the TN Valley; Centro Hispano; Children’s Center of the Cumberland; […]

Service to All: Focus on Juniors

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As this semester began, I found myself standing in the hallway just happy to see my Roadrunners back in the nest. Although we are still experiencing the pandemic of Covid-19, political unrest and social injustice, nothing inspires like the smiling eyes of our students. My small Roadrunners have grown to become medium Roadrunners, and my […]