
What were you good at that you didn't know you could do?
Rockclimbing! I climbed that wall like a spider!
Willamette Academy
Executive Building
Willamette University
900 State Street
Salem, Oregon 97301
503-370-6103 voice
503-370-3001 fax
Each year 25 to 30 students from public schools in the Salem-Keizer School District get a chance to make attending college a reality. Located in the downstairs of the School of Education building, the Willamette Academy is an after-school and summer program that gives students an opportunity to improve their grades, their lives and their chances of going to college. After graduating its first class last year, the six-year program hopes be a continued resource for underprivileged teens.Willamette Academy at Willamette University is a college access program committed to empowering youth who have the desire and potential to advance to higher education, targeting those who are historically under-represented at colleges and universities in the United States. Willamette Academy is a supplemental education program in which ethnically diverse students are challenged and inspired to enhance their critical thinking skills, see themselves as leaders in their community, and develop a love of learning. Our hope is that through cooperative efforts with families and public schools, Willamette Academy students will develop a stronger foundation on which to build their future.
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