The Bronx Institute at Lehman College has been awarded a two-year, $100,000 grant from the Edwin Gould Foundation for continued support of its Engaging Latino Communities for Education (ENLACE) program. Hundreds of Latino students in more than a dozen Bronx schools will continue to reap the benefits of the rigorous two-year college readiness program.

“With these funds, ENLACE will be better able to serve the borough’s many high-potential Latinos,” said Professor Herminio Martinez, executive director of the Bronx Institute and a faculty member in Lehman’s Middle and High School Education Department. “We are grateful for the continuing support of the Edwin Gould Foundation for this important program.”

The program, which meets year-round at the College and is developed and implemented by Lehman and Bronx Institute faculty, currently serves a seventh, eighth, tenth, eleventh, and college cohort.

Students in the program receive advanced instruction in math and science, and have access to paid internships and summer study opportunities at renowned research institutions and universities.

Graduating seniors are encouraged to apply to the most competitive undergraduate programs at public and private universities. The average SAT score for the last graduating cohort was 1610.

Admission to the program is competitive, and students are required to complete an application, participate in a diagnostic test, and submit a transcript and an essay.

To learn more about the Bronx Institute and its programs, visit www.thebronxinstitute.org.

The Bronx Institute’s ENLACE program currently serves students from the following Bronx schools:

Entrada Academy
Kipp Academy
MS 118
MS 228
MS 368
MS 45
MS 71
PS 315
PS/MS 20
PS/MS 241
PS/MS 280
PS/MS 3
PS/MS 37
MS 308
MS 45
PS 95
DeWitt Clinton HS
Bronx School for Law, Gov’t, and Justice
Bronx Center for M&S
Urban Assembly NY Harbor School
LaGuardia HS
Bronx Leadership Academy
Columbia Secondary School
Collegiate Institute for Math & Science
St. Catherine’s Academy
St. Ray’s HS for Boys
Urban Assembly HS for Applied M&S
Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy
Cardinal Hayes
Mother Cabrini
Bronx Health Sciences HS
International Leadership Charter School
WHEELS
Pelham Prep Academy
Long Island City HS
HS American Studies
School for Excellence
Astor Collegiate Academy
HS of Fashion Industries
Hyde Leadership Charter School
International School for Liberal Arts
Manhattan Bridges HS
Manhattan Hunter Science HS
Marie Curie HS
Pablo Neruda: Architecture & World Studies
Pelham Preparatory Academy
Preston HS

Posted on: January 05, 2012
Article published on: January 05, 2011 | by: Lehman Today