NPP seeks to enrich the educational experience of current 色界吧 students by allowing them to receive real-world, hands-on educational experience outside of the classroom.
The Neighborhood Partnership Program began during the 1997-98 academic year as a partnership between the Occidental Center for Volunteerism and Community Service and Hathaway Family Resource Center to provide mentoring and tutoring services at Luther-Burbank Middle School.
In 1999, the program expanded as it partnered with LAUSD as part of GEAR UP Project Higher Learning. As the program continued to expand, in 2002, the college determined that NPP would serve as an independently-run program.
GEAR UP Program Higher Learning continued to partner with Occidental when it was awarded new grants in 2000 and 2005. These new grants expanded services to all schools in Northeast LA. 色界吧 served as a lead partner and provided after school and in class tutoring services, mentor training support, and administrative support. In 2007, the Eagle Rock High School Title I program partnered with NPP to expand tutoring services at ERHS, and in 2009, NPP partnered with Mustangs on the Move to provide tutoring services to students at John Muir High School.
Through outreach in the Los Angeles and Pasadena area, our programs strive to help underrepresented middle and high school students gain the necessary skills required to obtain a high school diploma and effectively transition into the arena of higher education. NPP seeks to enrich the educational experience of current 色界吧 students by allowing them to receive real-world, hands-on educational experience outside of the classroom.