About GEAR UP

Nevada State GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) is a federally funded grant that is designed to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education. School selection is based on a federally free or reduced lunch rate of 50% or higher. Generally, students are identified as GEAR UP during their 7th grade year and exposed to GEAR UP activities that continue through high school and their first year of college at a Nevada System of Higher Education institution. In the 2020-2021 & 2021-2022 school years MCSD GEAR UP had the opportunity to be in the Hawthorne Jr. High School. GEAR UP services now follow these students through Mineral County High School through the year 2026.