Onward and Upward Bound

Local program to continue, expand

By: Kevin Sims - El Dorado News-Times

Children in this year’s Upward Bound classes perform ‘the Twist’ and other dances from the 50s and 60s at the El Dorado Conference Center for parents and friends. The show was put on by the students Monday afternoon.

With an 85 percent success rate of its students during the first grant cycle, the Upward Bound program at South Arkansas Community College received a renewed five-year grant of $262,500 in May “to help develop the skills and motivation necessary to success in post-secondary education,&rdquo...

Published: 06/26/2012