Youth Programs
College Opportunity Programs
Welcome to the College Opportunity Programs! We are a program of the School of Education’s Resourcing Excellence in Education (REEd) Center. Our mission is to increase student preparation for postsecondary opportunities through academic enrichment, academic advising, motivational activities and K-12 partnerships. These federally funded programs—Educational Talent Search, GEAR UP and Upward Bound—are administered by the UC Davis School of Education and serve middle and high school students in Colusa, Glenn, Sacramento, Shasta, Siskiyou, Solano, Tehama and Yolo counties.
Words Take Wing
Honoring Diversity in Children’s Literature
Since 2005, more than 18,000
Sacramento-area school children have benefited from Words Take
Wing: Honoring Diversity in Children’s Literature. This annual
celebration, held each February, gives students the opportunity
to hear about the personal journeys and creative processes of
acclaimed authors and illustrators of diverse children’s
literature whose stories about Native American heritage, Asian
culture, African American culture, and Latino identity, among
many others, allow them to explore a wide range of perspectives
and world views.
