1. .XL – The Summer Bridge & First-Year Experience Program Lynn Wright 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 Spring 2006 Secure instructors, classes, days and hours, and rooms February – June 2007 Recruitment at local high schools May & June 2007 Placement tests June 2007 Creation of two cohorts July 2007, 2 weeks before Summer Bridge Orientation

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

15. 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.”