Cloud Peak Project, Inc.

Cloud Peak Project has closed. If you would like to apply or donate to a similar program for outstanding students from low income families, we suggest LEDA (Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America).

Cloud Peak helped many excellent students from around the country apply to and attend great colleges. Thank you to all of the people who helped make Cloud Peak an effective and successful organization, and thank you to all the students who worked so hard and did their best. I hope that all your dreams come true.
Franklin Douglas
Cloud Peak Project
New York, NY

Congratulations to Cloud Peak Fellow Jean Vladimir Colas who fulfilled his dream by being invited to join the Notre Dame Marching Band. Jean Vladimir plays trumpet. Keep an eye out for Jean Vladimir when you watch the Notre Dame football game.

Jean Vladimir is a graduate of Immokalee High School in Immokalee, Florida.

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Cloud Peak Fellow Shaquille Zheng writes that he transferred to University of Southern California from SUNY Binghamton.

Shaq was valedictorian at FDR High School in Brooklyn, NY.

Congratulations to the indomitable Shaq.

Congratulations to Cloud Peak Fellow Jean Vladimir Colas upon his admission to the University of Notre Dame. Jean will graduate from Immokalee High School in Immokalee, Florida. Jean plans on studying to become a scientist and physician at Notre Dame. He also will bring his trombone and hopes to join their marching band.

Jean Vladimir is a recipient of the Hesburgh Yusko merit scholarship at Notre Dame.

Special thanks to The Immokalee Foundation and Richard Kent, and especially mentor David Kasper.

Cloud Peak Fellow named a semi-finalist for the Gates Scholarship

Congratulations to Cloud Peak Fellow Jean Colas, from Immokalee, Florida. Jean has been named a semi-finalist for the prestigious Gates Scholarship (https://www.thegatesscholarship.org/) funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Jean plans to become a medical doctor and research scientist. For fun, he plays the trombone and composes music.

Gates: Home

Cornell University beats COVID-19 by frequent testing and contact tracing!

That's great news for the Cloud Peak Fellows at Cornell. Stay safe, Dani Rochez, Xiaoyu Duan, Fariz Kabir and William Hilaire.

Dani is a senior in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell. She's from Dunbar High School (Fort Myers, Florida).

Xiaoyu Duan is also a senior at the College of Human Ecology at Cornell. She is from FDR High School in Brooklyn, NY.

Fariz is a junior in the Cornell University College of Engineering. He's from FDR High School, Brooklyn, NY.

William is a first-year at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University. He is also from FDR High School.

Cornell Chalks Up Rare Covid-19 Containment Victory The Ivy League university quelled an early outbreak and kept transmission low with frequent testing and intensive contact tracing.

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Update from Cloud Peak Fellow Dani Rochez, from Dunbar High School (Fort Myers, Florida) and FGCU

Cornell is open and she's in Ithaca for senior year at The Cornell School of Human Ecology. They're running a hybrid schedule with some classes online and some in person.

Dani says she loves Cornell. which is nice to hear. This is her senior year at Cornell School of Human Ecology, where she is a human biology major and picked up a minor in infectious diseases. Wow!

We're pleased that Dani is on track to graduate in 4 years. Then she's planning on getting her Master's in Public Health. That's a very timely course of study.

Should you take a gap year because you don't like on-line classes? That might be a bad idea.

Remote College Is Still More Valuable Than a Gap Year Delaying graduation can be costly.

For Cloud Peak Fellows who are looking forward with trepidation to the coming school year's on-line experience, take some advice from Sal Khan. He knows what he's talking about, because Khan Academy works well for many students.

Opinion | I Started Khan Academy. We Can Still Avoid an Education Catastrophe. Virtual school will never be a perfect replacement for in-person learning, but there’s a lot of room for improvement.

Opinion | Math Teachers Should Be More Like Football Coaches That style of motivation could help in the classroom, too.