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°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êapp Liberty Partnerships

Photo of Liberty Partnership The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êapp Liberty Partnerships Program (LPP) is a dropout prevention and college access program that is funded by the New York State Education Department. It has been sponsored by °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êapp since 1990. Marist LPP serves 341 underrepresented students (grades 5-12) in the Poughkeepsie City School District. °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êapp LPP is committed to the belief that all students can learn and should have equal access to resources.

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êapp LPP strives to help its students excel in and out of the classroom so that they can globally compete in the 21st century. Its goals are to prepare students for:

  • high school completion
  • careers
  • college-level work

Photo of Liberty Partnerships students To achieve its goals, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êapp LPP provides students with an array of services to improve their academic, social, emotional, and career skills. Marist LPP also provides LPP students (statewide) with a 50% tuition scholarship to °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êapp (based on LPP participation and °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êapp Admission guidelines). 

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êapp LPP is a hybrid program that provides twelve months of services. Services are provided to the Poughkeepsie City School District students through partnerships with °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êapp, community entities, business organizations, and parents. °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êapp students serve as tutors, interns, mentors, and volunteers. °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êapp LPP students receive free services once they are referred and enrolled in the program. School administrators, educators, guidance counselors, and parents refer young people who would benefit from the program (based on the New York State Education Department's criteria for at-risk factors). Since its inception, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êapp LPP graduates consistently credit LPP with helping them graduate high school, enter college, and/or enter the workforce.

Photo of Liberty Partnerships students Mission

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êapp LPP's mission is to secure resources through the College, school district, and community in order to provide its students with diverse and empowering experiences. °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êapp LPP focuses on educating the youth to maximize their potential to help them understand their intrinsic value as members of society.

Goal

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êapp LPP's goal is to provide local youth e with opportunities to prepare them for exemplary graduation rates in high school. °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êapp LPP strives to help students enter college and/or the workforce.