1. .XL – The Summer Bridge & First-Year Experience Program Brock Klein Pasadena City College Pasadena, California

2. “ I did not like high school and I did really bad in high school. And I did not think I would ever graduate and go to college. So right now, I think off it like this is where I can start my life. And then I can go on and do the things I want to and continue on to become a successful person.” .XL3 student

4. Target Population

5. PCC Summer Bridge: High school graduates take a block of courses in the summer. First-Year Experience: They remain as a cohort for the remainder of their first year. High School Graduates Summer Bridge and The First-Year Experience Math SI Summer Math, Engl, Counseling Fall Math & English Spring

7. Timeline Orientation July 2009, 2 weeks before Summer Bridge Summer Bridge! July 6 – August 14 Creation of cohorts May & June 2009 Placement tests April & May 2009 Recruitment at local high schools Plan field trips February – June 2009 Secure instructors, classes, days and hours, and rooms Spring 2008

9. Summer Bridge Data .XL Cohorts 3, 4, & 5 68% 53% 80% Matched Comparison Group (Age, ethnicity, course) 93% 68% 92% .XL3 (Summer 2004) 93% 76% 100% .XL4 (Summer 2005) 95% 74% 100% .XL5 (Summer 2006) Persistence (Summer to Fall) Success Retention Prealgebra

17. A Math Instructor and Her Students “ Prealgebra is not so much about teaching math as it is about teaching students that they can do math.”