SparkPoint Articles

On September 30, 2013, SparkPoint at Skyline College attended the quarterly Operations Learning Circle at SparkPoint San Francisco Plaza Adelante. The group of about 15 people consisted of staff from United Way of the Bay Area (UWBA), SparkPoint San Francisco, SparkPoint Fremont, SparkPoint Contra Costa, SparkPoint Richmond, SparkPoint Marin, and SparkPoint at Skyline College. This ...

The Kellogg Foundation has awarded a planning grant to New Mexico’s San Juan College (SJC) to develop and implement a program based on the model for SparkPoint at Skyline College (developed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation called the Centers for Working Families). The visiting team included: Sara Kaynor, director of ECHO (Economic Council Helping Others); ...

The Benefits Access for College Completion (BACC) team, consisting of the SparkPoint Director, William Watson, Financial Aid Director Regina Morrison, Research Analyst Katie Galvin, and BACC Assistant Project Director Heather Smith, attended the national cross-site convening at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio from October 7th through October 9th. Six of the seven colleges involved ...

SparkPoint at Skyline College continues its partnership with Opportunity Fund in order to promote Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) to students. Opportunity Fund, a not-for-profit social enterprise encouraging California families to build financial stability, offers students and community members orientations to the IDA savings program at Skyline College’s campus. The IDA program is a 2:1 matched ...

On Wednesday, September 11, 2013, SparkPoint at Skyline College invited over 80 Cosmetology students for a one hour presentation and tour of Sparkpoint at Skyline College. Melanie Espinueva, SparkPoint Counselor and Financial Coaching Coordinator, kicked off the event presenting information on financial coaching including: the importance of creating a savings plan, establishing a budget and ...

The Grove Scholarship Program celebrates its seventh successful semester- awarding 24 new and continuing Career and Technical Education (CTE) scholars in Fall 2013. Recipients were selected on a competitive basis amongst 80 applications from diverse academic programs. On August 28, 2013 the selected students met in the Career Services Center to complete the Grove Scholarship ...

On August, over 100 students attended the orientation for new ASTEP students. They heard information from counseling, SparkPoint, Trio, BSU and had a chance to meet all ASTEP faculty. Students came away with enthusiasm for this new semester.  Article by Phyllis Taylor. Photos by Raul Guerra  

On Saturday, August 17, over 175 new students participated in X-Treme Saturday, an all-day one-stop event for students to complete the matriculation process and register for courses.  Throughout the day, students were able to be assessed for placement, meet with a counselor, attend an orientation, see eligibility for BOG waivers and other types and financial ...