This partnership is designed to inspire young students to reimagine their educational pathway. The REACH Georgia Scholarship Program is designed to seek out students who demonstrate academic promise, but may not have the personal motivation, academic preparation or financial support they need to obtain a post-secondary degree, diploma or career certificate. 

REACH Scholars are in the Seventh (7th) grade have promising performance to maintain a 2.5 HOPE-Calculated GPA, remain crime, drug, and behavior issue free, and meet with a volunteer mentor and academic coach until they graduate from high school. 

All scholars are paired with an academic coach, which is often a teacher or counselor, and a mentor. Mentors are expected to develop a meaningful relationship with students that provides extra support through high school and towards post-secondary opportunities. Powerful things happen when an experienced person shows interest in and helps another individual grow and develop. When mentoring is done well, all parties benefit. Both the mentor and mentee learn and grow. Mentors should be checking in with their mentees twice a month to make sure things are going as best as they can. For more information on mentoring go to: https://www.cobbschoolsfoundation.org/cobbmentoringmatters

With the support of the community and matching funds from REACH Georgia these scholars will receive up to $10,000 towards a post-secondary scholarship upon completing high school. Every dollar ($1) raised up to $4,000 per student through the Cobb Schools Foundation, REACH Georgia will match it with $2.50, for a total of $6,000. Through this partnership we are allotted for eight (8) REACH scholars per year. Each scholar should expect a $10,000 scholarship upon graduating high school. To support the REACH Scholarship program click here.