{"id":48090,"date":"2026-08-21T17:38:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T21:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/?p=48090"},"modified":"2026-08-21T17:38:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T21:38:39","slug":"120-high-school-students-begin-their-pre-college-experience-at-sagrado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/120-high-school-students-begin-their-pre-college-experience-at-sagrado\/","title":{"rendered":"120 High School Students Begin Their Pre-College Experience at Sagrado"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The initiative connects high school education with development in a university setting to facilitate students\u2019 transition to college.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Students received an orientation in the Main Chapel as part of their introduction to student life and to the spaces that are part of the university experience at Sagrado.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By Institutional Communications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of its pre-college initiatives, Universidad del Sagrado Coraz\u00f3n<\/a> recently welcomed 120 tenth- and eleventh-grade students from LEAP STEAM + Sports Sciences University School of Carolina for the first edition of the Sagrado Pre-College Bootcamp<\/strong>, an orientation event designed to familiarize students with the university environment and the dynamics of college life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the event, the students learned about the university\u2019s support resources, as well as professional communication strategies, study methods, and other tools aimed at promoting their academic success. They also gained different perspectives on the university environment during a panel featuring deans, faculty members, and academic managers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe seek to provide an opportunity for students to interact with the university environment and develop the tools they need to succeed in college,\u201d said Luis Oscar Gonz\u00e1lez Alvira, director of Pre-College Initiatives at Universidad del Sagrado Coraz\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Francisco Sol\u00eds Ortiz<\/strong>
Librarian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Luis Oscar Gonz\u00e1lez \u00c1vila<\/strong>
Director of Pre-College Initiatives<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Bianca Vald\u00e9s Fern\u00e1ndez<\/strong>
Dean of the School of Health and Sciences<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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As part of this pre-college program, participants will take at least two courses per semester, with credits that will be valid both at their school and at Sagrado. They will also have the opportunity to complete green and civic engagement hours, access standardized test preparation sessions, and join Sagrado Pre-College Next, a network of students who have participated in the program where they can continue developing their skills and accessing support services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Institutional Strategy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This initiative responds to one of the key goals of the Sagrado 2030 Strategic Plan<\/a>: strengthening the academic and student experience through the implementation of pre-college programs, pathway initiatives, and extracurricular activities in partnership with public and private schools, as well as community organizations that address the needs of children, youth, and families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this way, Sagrado expands its educational experience by bringing young people closer to college life and creating new opportunities that connect high school education with university education, in alignment with its mission to educate people in their wholeness, bring out the best in each individual, and develop the competencies needed to transform Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The initiative connects high school education with development in a university setting to facilitate students\u2019 transition to college. By Institutional Communications As part of its pre-college initiatives, Universidad del Sagrado Coraz\u00f3n recently welcomed 120 tenth- […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":48078,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3670,3696,3695,5546],"tags":[5577,5578,3731,5018,5110],"class_list":["post-48090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-and-community","category-english-en","category-featured","category-pre-college","tag-early-college","tag-pre-college-initiatives","tag-sagrado-en","tag-sagrado-corazon-university","tag-universidad-del-sagrado-corazon-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48090"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48095,"href":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48090\/revisions\/48095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}