CHANGE MAKERS: Resources and Information
ChangeMakers is a student-led club at El Cerrito High School, founded in 2019.
Our goals are
1) increase college-readiness awareness,
2) boost minority enrollment in AP courses,
and
3) promote higher education among underrepresented high school students.
Our mission is to provide K-12 students with resources and information to prepare for college, trade school, or community college and create post-high school plans that align with their interests and aspirations.
Welcome to Our Website.
Readiness is the goal
Explore our site and find materials that will help you plan for life after high school.
This website includes information on the following:
ChangeMakers Peer Mentorship Program: A program for freshman and sophomores to be matched with an upperclassmen to guide them through high school and getting ready for college. We reference our grade-level checklists and ChangeMakers: Navigating College Readiness slides.
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Personal Experiences: Read stories, reflections, and advice about the resources that current college students made use of to get to where they are now.
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Checklists: We have student and parent-specific checklists, by grade level, for people in grades 6th-12th to know the steps to attend a 4-year university and to be a competitive college applicant.
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Know your options: Information on options after high school such as 4-year universities, community college, and trade school.
Programs of Support: Information on free and accessible college-readiness programs and resources to support students and families as they try to understand the college-readiness process. We include reflections of current college students who were in these programs when they were in high school so students and parents can hear reviews straight from the source!
Testing Information and Resources: Upcoming deadlines for standardized testing (SAT, ACT, and AP), study resources, and advice.
Contact Us: Send in resources that you want featured on our site; looking to start ChangeMakers at your high school?; have any questions about the information on this site? Please reach out!
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Additional Resources: Local organizations of support, housing support, affording pet costs, food pantries and more. Everything that we could find that may be helpful for families of West Contra Costa and the East Bay Area.
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This website is dedicated to WCCUSD's inspiring and devoted educators including Ms. Mari Santos, Ms. Linda Cohen, Ms. Sharron Dennis, Ms. Catalina Coll, Ms. Rachelle Deguzman, Ms. Samantha Nguyen, Mr. Lawrence Pang, and programs: UC Berkeley's TRIO Upward Bound and EAOP.
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Focusing on Individual Experiences for advice and reflections on college-readiness resources
I participated in National Geographic Student Expeditions and Questbridge College Match
I participated in EAOP, DCAC, Matriculate, and SAT prep provided by Oakland Tech
I was a member of Trio's UC Berkeley Upward Bound, and participated in EAOP's Senior Summer Session
Set to graduate in 2026 from Stanford University with a minor in Education and a Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Management Science and Engineering. In WCCUSD, She Attended: -Coronado Elementary School, Portola Middle School, El Cerrito High School
Mara
I went on an 11-day bus tour of HBCUs through the Rising Scholars program.
Graduating from Prairie View A&M University in the Spring of 2023 and attending law school in the Fall. In WCCUSD, She Attended: -El Cerrito High School First attended Albany High School
Jordan
I was a member of TRIO's Upward Bound based in UC Berkeley. I had access to college readiness workshops..
Set to graduate from Howard University in 2024. In WCCUSD, Attended: -Portola Middle School, El Cerrito High School
Jaszwan
Ahmed
Kylie
Set to graduate from Stanford University in 2025. In OUSD, Attended: - Oakland Technical High School
Set to graduate from Stanford University in 2025. In Stockton Unified School District, Attended: Elementary and Middle School: Commodore Stockton Skills School High School: Stockton Early College Academy
Life is all about the evolution... You can dream but don't neglect the execution Time is short that's what somebody told me ... Too short to keep following your homies
-J. Cole, "Change"
