College Bound hosted its 22nd Annual End of Year Celebration on May 16, 2013 at the historic Lincoln Theater. The theme for this year’s celebration was “Set Sail for a World of Wonder: Preparing Our Students for a World of Opportunity”, which captured the essence of the road ahead for this year’s graduates. The evening opened with the processional of the Class of 2013.

College Bound participated in the Martin Luther King Jr Day of Service on January 19th, 2013. We volunteered at Plummer Elementary School in SE and helped with beautification. We were able to clean out and reorganize several of their resource rooms.

  To bring in the New Year College Bound hosted the Virtual Mentoring Program (VMP) Winter Social on January 3, 2013!. The VMP is an effort to offer continued support to the College Bound alumni who matriculate into college or university. A big part of the VMP is to create a community by offering support, communication, resources, and other needed information.

College  Bound,  Inc. celebrated  its  21st  Annual  End  of  the  Year  Celebration on Thursday, May 17, 2012 at Howard  University's  Blackburn Ballroom  with  over 500 supporters. The annual event recognizes students in College Bound's  Academic  Mentoring Program,  which has an outstanding rate of 100% high school completion   and 100% college  acceptance.

College Bound held its annual Taste of College Night on Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at the Howard University Blackburn Center. At this event, set up like a traditional college fair, four universities provided on-site admissions to students, five universities had recruiters that waived application fees, and 26 universities had alumni representation. The evening opened with an introduction by Alyia Hicks class of 2014, and College Bound Student Ambassador and a welcome by Executive Director, Kenne...

The annual Fall College Tour took place on Monday, November 12, 2012 and students visited Old Dominion University and Norfolk State University. Before departing on the trip students were given booklets with basic information about the school and suggested questions for students to ask while on the campuses. The trip began with a campus tour in the morning at Old Dominion University.

College Bound’s annual Senior Retreat was held from August 24-25, 2012 at the Embassy Suites in Downtown, DC. This retreat is an opportunity for students to get a jumpstart on their college application process and learn more about application specifics for the schools they intend to apply to. The retreat began with a welcome address from Kenneth Ward, Executive Director.

TLC Laser Eye Center under the direction of Dr. Andrew Holzman partners with College Bound Inc. at their Annual Golf & Silent Auction Fundraiser (July 6, 2012) The 7th Annual College Bound Golf & Silent Auction kicked off Monday, June 18th at the beautiful River Creek Golf Club in Leesburg, Virginia.

The 7th Annual College Bound Golf Tournament kicked off Monday, June 18th at the beautiful River Creek Golf Club in Leesburg, Virginia. The participants consisted of College Bound board members, long term supporters, and College Bound friends. After opening remarks from the Executive Director Kenneth Ward, golfers began play with a shotgun start.

In October, we were joined by Dr. Camille Cosby, Dr. Johnnetta Cole, Dr.

American Institute for Research Site Kickoff College Bound is ecstatic to announce that our newest site, American Institute for Research (AIR), opened successfully on Thursday, January 26, 2012 with fifteen student-mentor pairs with more to be added next school year. Students, mentors and parents were excited as they were greeted by, Rita Kirshstein, Managing Director for AIR and Kenneth Ward, Executive Director for College Bound. After the welcome remarks, the pairs were announced and...

I'm really enjoying my time here in Ghana and today was an awesome day. One incredible difference that I observed was that most of the people here in Ghana work very hard and a lot of Americans don't have to work nearly as hard. We traveled to Bonwire where they make Kente clothe and it was an amazing site.

Today was a wonderful experience in Kumasi, Ghana. We visited Bonwire, a village where they make Kente clothe and it was beautiful. I had the opportunity to help out with the weaving and learn how the fabric is created.

Today is day three of College Bound's International Study Tour and this experience has already changed my world view. So much has happened thus far. Starting with Anne Frank's house in Amsterdam and seeing how life was for her.

College Bound’s Inaugural International study tour began Friday ,January 13, 2012 with six Student Ambassadors who will travel through the Netherlands to Ghana. This experience will allow College Bound students to start developing an international perspective prior to college. While on the trip, they will journal daily as well as blog about their excursion.

IMPACT Day is Deloitte’s annual celebration of their long-term commitment to community involvement. On IMPACT Day, they encourage their 50,000+ employees across the country to set aside their work for the day to contribute their time and talent to benefit local nonprofits. This year the event was held on Friday, June 10th and for the second year in a row Deloitte collaborated with College Bound for College Exploration Day with local middle schools.

In celebration of 20 years of making college a reality for Washington DC metropolitan area students College Bound hosted its Annual End of the Year Celebration under the theme: “Generation to Generation: Creating a Legacy of Educational Excellence”. The event which drew over 500 people included students, parents, partners, board members, donors, and friends was held on Thursday, May 19, 2011, at Howard University’s Blackburn Center. Prior to the program, reception attendees were privy to the sou...

Congratulations to College Bound's Class of 2011. We wish you much success in all your future endeavors. BEACON HOUSE Donte McCormick - Penn State, Altoona Indigo Myers - Hampton University Victor Parkinson - Community College of the District of Columbia Demetrius Tyler - Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University CHAVEZ Ashley Allen - Morgan State University Jamual Forest - University of Maryland Eastern Shore Delantia Hellams - Penn State University GONZAGA Isiah Boddie - South Carolina St...

On Saturday, April 30, 2011, College Bound students, partners, parents and staff participated in the 2011 Hands on DC Work-a-thon. College Bound's assigned service site was at Bunker Hill Elementary, a former stomping ground for some of our families. The volunteers at this site performed various renovation and beautification projects such as painting, mulching, and gardening .

What our students, parents and partners have to say about College Bound... What I love about College Bound is the many partner/student activities as well as Monday Night Site Meet. I truly enjoyed the presentation at Howard University "A Taste of College".

College Bound students pose with the U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan   On January 25th, College Bound students were hosts at the National Mentoring Summit at the Library of Congress herein Washington, D.C. The keynote speaker at the Summit, First Lady Michelle Obama emphasized the importance of mentoring and the power that we have to change American society through mentoring.  Following the First Lady's address, a panel discussion moderated by Special Assistant to President Oba...

College Bound is participating in the NCNW’s annual Black Family Reunion. The event will be held on the grounds of the National Mall, Saturday and Sunday Noon-4pm in the College Access Pavilion. At the 2 day event, College Bound students, staff and volunteers will present the community with the program and its availability to the public.

In the nation’s capital, an estimated 11 public school students drop out of the system each school day.  Failing to earn their high school diplomas, they put the city’s graduation rate more than 20 percentage points below the national average.  Unlike the nation as a whole, D.C.’s graduation rate has been dropping since 2001; it is currently less than 50%

Congratulations to our Senior Class of 2009. This year we honored 30 graduates of our program at the End of Year Celebration in May. Ninety-Seven percent have since enrolled in college for the fall 2009.

College Bound, Inc. announces the appointment of Michelle Asha Cooper, Ph.D., President of the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP); Timothy Woods, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Washington Gas Energy Services; Eugene Dewitt Kinlow, Public Affairs Director for DC Vote; and William Alan Begal, President of Begal Enterprises, Inc. to its Board of Directors.