Tejeda spent afternoons on weekdays and Saturdays studying in the classroom. He was one of 476 high school students who gave up his entire Saturday from 8:30am to 4:30pm to study with SEO Scholars. SEO (Sponsors for Educational Opportunity) Scholars is a program that helps low-income public high school students in New York City and San Francisco get into and through America’s competitive colleges.
The supplemental education program gives motivated students extra mentoring and classes at Saturday school in order to close the racial achievement gap. Once students are in the privately funded program, all books, transportation, college visits, and other expenses are covered.
Nationwide, Hispanic students typically score 150-300 points less on the SAT than other students do. According to SEO Scholars Director Millie Hau, that is not the case for their Hispanic Scholars.
