Juntos Para Una Mejor Educación Program (Together for a Better Education) works to engage families in college and career exploration. Juntos means “together” in Spanish, which reflects the program’s core values of engaging the entire family and school partners in the students’ educational goals.
Juntos is a multi-component program intentionally designed to transform pathways to higher education for youth and their families by bringing the participants and educational institutions together. Juntos is unique among college access programs because it engages the entire family, is offered in Spanish, and minimizes barriers to participation. Juntos program components include:
Juntos, originally developed at North Carolina State University, was brought to Oregon in 2012 by OSU Open Campus. Madras, located in Central Oregon’s Jefferson County, was the first community to implement the program.
The first Juntos Cohort in 2012 from Madras, OR
The most recent Juntos Family Day in 2019, on campus
Since its establishment at OSU in 2012, Juntos has served more than 7200 6-12th grade students and their families.
Statewide Juntos Director
Phone: 541-737-2288
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Building a path to college requires planning and support, which is why Open Campus is here to guide students throughout their education journey. College Access programs include Future Pathways, College Talk Tuesdays, Open Campus Hangouts, and College Access Summer Melt. Programs offer resources, mentoring, and advising to guide students throughout their college journey from high school through college graduation.
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