Chipola College Take Stock in Children Recognized with Luminary Award and Gold Level of Excellence
Chipola College’s Take Stock in Children (TSIC) program has garnered the Take Stock Luminary Award and Gold Level of Excellence again this year. Debra Perdue is recognized by Dr. Sarah Clemmons, President Chipola College for achieving its performance goals and has been awarded Gold status the past five years and Luminary status – the top award level – the past four years.
“TSIC affiliates achieve Silver, Gold, and Luminary status by fulfilling the Take Stock Balanced Scorecard criteria. The 100-point scorecard outlines goals per pillar of student success, including mentoring, college readiness, program data, and the TSIC compliance standards. Affiliates recognized with the Gold award achieved 90 points or more and Luminary awards are for the overachievers who will only settle for a perfect score”, says Jillian Hasner, President and CEO of TSIC.
A core requirement of the TSIC program is students are matched with a mentor when entering the program their freshman year and meet with their mentor each week throughout high school. Mentoring is a key to TSIC’s success by involving another caring adult that can provide an alternate perspective to their mentee. In addition to mentoring, the scholars meet with their TSIC college success coach, Mrs. Perdue, multiple times per semester as well as attend college readiness workshops throughout the school year. Mentoring paired with the additional support systems propel the TSIC scholars to success. Upon high school graduation the student receives a two-year tuition scholarship to any public college or university in the state of Florida. The Florida Prepaid scholarships are provided by donations from educators, business leaders and others in the five county Chipola College region. These donations are matched dollar for dollar by the Florida Legislature through the Stanley Tate Scholarship Tuition for At Risk Students (STAR) program. Donations toward TSIC scholarships are accepted throughout the year and mentors are always being recruited for students.