New Settlement Apartments' College Access Center

Are you or someone you know looking to apply for college? New Settlement is here to help!

This holiday season, join me + give the gift of ACCESS * New Settlement is committed to ensuring that Bronx families have access to education, health & wellness, community organizing, and employment opportunities that have been withheld for generations. DONATE TODAY https://newsettlement.org/donate

SENIORS! Tomorrow is the big day for your college/career counselors at New Settlement to celebrate you and your post-secondary decisions at SENIOR COACHELLA! Please RSVP + arrive at 4:15pm at the New Settlement Community Center. We will be raffling a laptop and gift cards & we will have snacks, dinner and gifts for everyone! See you tomorrow! 👩🏽‍🎓👩🏻‍🎓👨🏿‍🎓👨🏼‍🎓👏🏽🎉

INCOMING COLLEGE FRESHMEN 🚨 We are happy to announce that New Settlement’s Scholarship for Excellence is now open. Please ask your College/Career Advisor for the application link. Get this $$ for school! 🤑💸 Deadline: May 20th

Hello IG Family👋🏽 We are saddened by the fire that has tremendously impacted our Bronx community. Please reach out to us if you or your family has been directly impacted.

Please share these resources! 🚨

11th and 12th Graders - Please join us for our College Representative Visits! This is the perfect way to learn more about the school, what they have to offer, their application process, scholarships and other opportunities. You also get to ask questions and directly connect with the Admissions Counselor, who will be the person reading your application! DM me for the links!

New Settlement’s Young Adult Outreach Initiative (Y**I) and the College Access Center (CAC) has joined together to support young adults finish their college degree and/or pursue an industry-related credential. Join us at one of the information session dates listed on our flyer to learn more about the Bridge Back to College Program! If you have any questions, feel to contact Javiel Vega at [email protected].
Click here to fill out the interest form for the program: https://newsettlement.org/yaoi/contact/

High School Students 🚨 Please JOIN our COLLEGE EXPLORERS PROGRAM! Come learn everything you need to know about the college process, colleges and alternative programs! Register using the link on the flyer! 💻

HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS🚨 Join us for our Annual End-of-The-Year Senior Celebration! Today, we celebrate all HS seniors for their accomplishments and finalizing their post-secondary pathway plans! Join us to have fun with your counselors and an opportunity to win a laptop and an ipad!!! Make sure you RSVP!! 💻🎉

ALL STUDENTS 🚨 Join us for our Annual Career Panel!!! We will have 4 phenomenal panelists, whom are alumni of our programs and Bronx natives! Learn from their stories, get inspired and all your questions answered! 👩🏾‍🏫👨🏽‍🔬👩🏼‍🎨👩🏼‍🍳

Find out if your eligible for food benefits!

We Are Hiring College Bridge Coaches for Bronx High School of Business and DreamYard Prep!! Apply Now! 🗳💻✍🏽💵

Upcoming Events for our high school students! Please save this post and attend our workshops!

RISING JUNIORS AND SENIORS! 🚨 We are hiring Youth Leaders! 👨🏻‍💻This is a summer and a school-year job, so you will getting paid for one year $15/hr to help your peers apply to college and post-secondary programs. 🎓 We are looking for school leaders that will be great at communication, outreach, and facilitating workshops. 👩🏾‍🏫This helps you for your own process and growth, helps them, and you get cash for it! 💵 APPLY NOW! DM me for the link! 💻

We are excited to share that New Settlement has been selected as a pop-up site for vaccination shots. For more information please view the flyer below! The schedule to make vaccination appointments will be up by 6pm today via the SOMOS telephone number and website.

Seniors, join us for our Annual Transition Series Workshops to help you transition from high to your post-secondary pathway successfully! Students who attend all workshops will also get a gift at the end! Come gain some knowledge, make new friends, and get ready for the next big step in your life! 😃✍🏽👩🏻‍🎓👨🏾‍🎓💻

Congratulations to our youth leaders on their college acceptances!! 👏🏽💡🥳

New Settlement Students + Families, please join us for our Family Night next Thursday! This will be an introduction to the college and career process for you and your families! See you all there! 💡💵🎓🚨📝

VOTE FOR OUR PROJECT: YOUTH LEADERS SHOW THE WAY!!!

https://www.participate.nyc.gov/processes/itsourmoney/f/24/budgets/1/projects/35

New Settlement families, join us!!

ALL Grades Join Us For The Youth Leader Workshop Series! The first one is this Thursday at 4pm! Students who attend at least 6 workshops, enter a a chance to win a raffle and students who attend all workshops, have two chances to win the raffle! Come learn from your peers. See you all there! 😄💡💻📖👨🏾‍🎓👩🏽‍🎓

Thank you to 50+ students who joined us on Monday to work on their CUNY application and 35+ students who joined us today for their financial aid appointments!

We will continue our college application days on Thursday and Friday so please make sure to talk to your College and Career Advisor at Taft! PLUS everyday a participant ends the night with a gift card!

See you Thursday to work on SUNY + Common App! 👋🏽🤓

Juniors and seniors, please join us for our representative visits! Representatives from these schools are thrilled to talk to you about their school, the application process, their opportunity programs, and what makes them different! Please DM us or ask your College and Career Counselor for the zoom login.

Seniors, please make sure that your families join us tonight via zoom! They will learn about the college and financial aid application process, while having a chance to win gift cards!!

Are you interested in going back to school and getting your degree? Did you stop because life happens but you feel ready now? Then, you are perfect for our Bridge Back Program! We are having in person info sessions Thursday and next Tuesday! We will also have a zoom info session so stay tuned for that! If interested, please email Cindy at [email protected].

Seniors, JOIN US at 4pm TODAY for your SENIOR KICKOFF EVENT! Meet other seniors at Taft and all of the College Advisors, plus a chance to win a gift card! 🎉🎉

JOIN OUR LAST DAY OF SUMMER BOOT CAMP!! 🤓💻

Please join us on Wednesday! Learn how to navigate CUNYFirst, Blackboard and other online systems! 🤓💻

Today is the last day of success retreats! JOIN US!
🗓: July 14th, 2020 @ 12pm - 2pm

Congratulations HS Seniors!! You are now out of high school and will be embarking on a new journey. Please make sure you attend the Success Retreat/Info Session so we can continue supporting you in this new stage of your life!!

Seniors, today we are celebrating YOU! Come join us!!! Please RSVP if you will be joining us! We will also be raffling 2 iPads! See you right at 5pm!!

Congratulations Dominique!! Thank you for coming to all of the Transition Series workshops! Now you ready for college AND you got airpods! 😉😁

STUDENTS, JOIN US IN A CAREER PANEL TODAY! Connect with people in different careers and pathways! See you at 4:30pm!! All students are welcome to join! 😊😊😊

Meeting ID: 930 1512 3124
Password: PANEL

JOIN NOW! Our last workshop in our transition series for seniors!!! 🙌🏽

Seniors, please remember to go to our Success Retreat today!! Check your confirmation email! You MUST attend to receive support after high school!

Juniors, please join today’s workshop that will focus on the COLLEGE ESSAY!! 4pm!

Zoom ID: 972 5132 4914
Password: CAC2020

PW: TAFT2020
SENIORS, JOIN NOW!!!

Today, our youth leaders did an amazing job at their end of year presentation!! Youth Leaders, thank you so much for your endless amount of work, commitment and discipline in this crazy, demanding job! Just remember you made a huge impact on your schools, college offices, counselors and peers! We love you and Congratulations to the Class of 2020!!! You are going to do amazing things!! “You all went from the follower of the group to the leader of the youth!” 🌟

Seniors, can you drop a few shout outs and thank you’s to these great youth leaders? 💛