ORGANIZATIONS

WEST TEXAS
C.R.E.O.
(Community Reinvesting in Educational Opportunities)
303 W. Harris, Suite 1
San Angelo, TX 76903
325-659-3000

ORGANIZATIONS

WEST TEXAS C.R.E.O.
Committed to work with:

ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY:

RECRUITMENT:
To increase the enrollment of Hispanics at Angelo State University to more than 25%, thus allowing ASU to become (HSI) Hispanic Serving Institution.
Benefits of achieving HSI are:

Purchase Library Materials

Support Faculty development

Purchase laboratory equipment

Construction, maintenance, renovation & improvements of instructional facilities

Establishing or improving an endowment fund

Tutoring, counseling, and student service programs

Establish or enhance a program or teacher education designed to qualify students to teach in public schools
Expand the number of Hispanics and other underrepresented graduates

HOST PROGRAM
First Generation student are those students whose parents did not graduate from a two or four-year institution of higher learning. In other words, they and/or their siblings will probably be the first in their family to graduate from college.

The First Generation Host Family Program consist of:

Matching students with local "host family" who help students feel welcome and help them settle into their new life as a college student.

The First Generation Host program was created to help ASU freshman students make a smooth transition into life as an undergraduate student.

SAN ANGELO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT:

MENTOR PROGRAM
The C.R.E.O. mentor program was implemented to assist the San Angelo Independent School District decrease their drop out rates.

Our goal is to promote and assist individuals, which include disadvantaged and at risk youth, in completing educational opportunities.

To assist students gain the skills and confidence to be responsible for their own futures including, and with an increasing emphasis on positive academic, career and personal skills.

According to the Harvard Mentoring Project, youth with mentors feel increased competence about their school work; have positive relationships with others; and have better attitudes toward their families, their schools and their futures. Youth with mentors are:

46% less likely to begin using illegal drugs
27% less likely to begin using alcohol
53% less likely to skip school
33% less likely to engage in violence

WITH YOUR HELP, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE, ONE MENTOR AT A TIME...

Mentor, Virginia Lucero discusses or explains a PE lesson to mentee, Rosa Perez who is attending PAYS School.

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