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Linda Huntington, Coordinator/Counselor The Community Learning Center's Bridge Program offers adults from Cambridge and nearby communities an exciting opportunity to prepare for college. Students will meet in a hands-on, interactive learning experience to review and strengthen their math, writing, and computer skills as well as learn the essentials of how to choose, apply to, and succeed in college. Academic review is integrated with individualized counseling sessions plus workshops, campus tours, guest speakers, and field trips. Bridge students can also enroll in a special Summer Institute, a series of workshops designed new each year to explore topics suggested by that year's students. The Bridge Program also provides a community of support for its alumni. Bridge Program graduates who continue to college receive additional counseling during their freshman year and are matched with mentors and tutors as desired. As they continue in college, Bridge graduates can earn a stipend by acting as mentors to entering students. Any adult Massachusetts resident with a GED or high school diploma is eligible to attend this free program. Cambridge Housing Authority residents and graduates of the Community Learning Center are given first preference in enrollment, but all others intending to enroll in college by September 2003 are encouraged to apply. Students can start the Bridge Program either with the fall term or the Summer Institute. Fall and spring classes are held at the Cambridge Rindge & Latin High School, 459 Broadway, Cambridge. The high school is on the #68 and #69 bus lines and within walking distance of the Harvard Red Line T station; parking is available in the school's garage. The Summer Institute is held at the Community Learning Center, 19 Brookline St., Cambridge. The CLC is two blocks from the Central Square Red Line T station and within walking distance of several bus lines. Parking is available in two metered lots and a parking garage. The Bridge Program is operated by the Community Learning Center and funded through the generosity of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, the Cambridge Housing Authority, and the City of Cambridge Department of Human Service Programs. The CLC, a program of the City of Cambridge Department of Human Services Programs, is a nationally recognized adult basic education (ABE) center providing a full complement of ESOL, GED, adult diploma, homeless, workplace education, citizenship, and family literacy classes. Collaborating Colleges: Cambridge College Bunkerhill Community College See a Web site that Bridge teachers developed: Links for College Bound Students.
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