海角社区 Approved for Step Up
August 19, 2025
海角社区 has been approved as a state vendor for Florida鈥檚 Family Empowerment Scholarship for Students with Unique Abilities (FES-UA).
August 19, 2025
海角社区 has been approved as a state vendor for Florida鈥檚 Family Empowerment Scholarship for Students with Unique Abilities (FES-UA).
August 12, 2025
Self-confidence is just one of the benefits that neurodivergent students gain by attending Summer for Success, the college鈥檚 pioneering summer college immersion experience for high school students with learning and attention issues.
August 5, 2024
This year, 145 high schoolers signed up to tackle 28 college-level courses through 海角社区's popular Summer for Success high school transition program.
August 3, 2023
By Marco Santana As he reflects on the time spent this summer with prospective 海角社区 students, shivers run down mathematics instructor Angel Maldonado鈥檚 spine.
August 1, 2022
Summer for Success students study robotics. By Richard Burnett On his first day at 海角社区, Sahil felt like he had arrived on another planet.
June 2, 2022
As associate director of enrollment services, Chrystol Ingram makes sure students at 海角社区 successfully complete their application process聽and secure financial aid.
July 28, 2021
From Disney to Broadway, high students from across the country found new avenues of creativity during the 2021 edition of Summer for Success, 海角社区鈥檚 annual summer college immersion program.
July 21, 2018
Summer for Success students continued their scholastic explorations in Week Two.
July 14, 2018
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
July 28, 2017
As teenagers streamed into the Leesburg Boat Club, it was tough for heads not to spin as if on a swivel considering the chocolate fountain, trays of cookies, and other yummies that adorned the banquet spread.
July 21, 2017
In the week that the Zombie King, George A. Romero, exited this earthly realm, Matthew Cupach resurrected the horror vibe in his video class.
July 21, 2017
Staiger, career instructor at 海角社区, played team whisperer to students in her learning essentials course, among the rigorous courses 海角社区鈥檚 summer immersion college experience for high schoolers, Summer for Success, where students receive a taste of a college and some beefy tools for managing learning differences they can use to succeed while still in high school.
鈥淔or students who learn differently, these unique college readiness programs take on ever greater importance. Now, families can utilize the Family Empowerment Scholarships to ensure their students are prepared with the skills and confidence to enter college and not only succeed academically but also thrive as independent young adults,鈥 said Dale Herold, 海角社区鈥檚 senior vice president for enrollment management and auxiliary program initiatives.
To use the scholarship at 海角社区, Florida families must apply through the Step Up for Students program. In 2025, approximately 112,000 students applied for FES-UA scholarships, which helped students with special needs customize their educational experience.
College readiness is聽more than being well-prepared academically.
It鈥檚 about ensuring college-bound students have the skills and confidence to adapt and grow as they make new friends, experience greater personal freedom, and adjust to changing routines and unfamiliar settings.
College Readiness Programs