Educational Talent Search (ETS) Shasta and Siskiyou at UC Davis are programs federally funded through the U.S. Department of Education designed to encourage and support middle school and high school students from at-risk or low-income families or who will be the first generation of their families to attend college in earning their high school diploma and entering a college or university.
The Shasta and Siskiyou Educational Talent Search programs are programs designed to encourage and support middle school and high school students, the majority of whom are income-eligible and first generation, in obtaining their high school diploma and enrolling in a post-secondary institution. They are federally funded through the U.S. Department of Education.
In 2002, the ETS-Shasta Program was approved for a grant and began providing services to students from local middle and high schools in Shasta County. ETS-Shasta is a non-profit program serving 600 students. In 2006, the ETS-Siskiyou Program was approved for a grant and began providing services to students from local middle and high schools in Siskiyou County. ETS-Siskiyou also is a non-profit program serving 600 students.
These ETS programs serves young people in grades 6 through 12. ETS Shasta and ETS Siskiyou identifies and assists students from disadvantaged backgrounds and communities who have the potential to succeed in higher education. In addition to counseling, participants receive information about college admissions requirements, scholarships and various student financial aid programs. ETS-Shasta and ETS Siskiyou helps students who are from families where neither parent graduated from college to better understand their educational opportunities and options.
ETS Shasta and ETS Siskiyou are one of 8 TRIO programs that were authorized by the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 in response to President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty (source: www.ed.gov/HEP/trio & A Profile of the Federal TRIO Programs: 2002).