Campus Programs

Each of the 10 Maricopa Community Colleges offers an ACE Program, which are specific to the needs to the needs surrounding the communities they serve.

Chandler-Gilbert Community College
ACE PLUS - Program for Learning Universal Skills - General Studies

The mission of the ACE PLUS Program is to increase the success rate of underrepresented, financially disadvantaged, or first generation college bound students. ACE PLUS aids in the successful completion of high school and assists with a smooth transition into higher education.

For more information, contact Laura Matyas at 480-732-7205

Estrella Mountain Community College
Math and Science Scholars Program

The Maricopa ACE Scholars Program is a nationally recognized scholarship program that targets High School Juniors and Seniors and assists them in making the smooth transition from high school, through the community college, and onto the university system.

The ACE Scholars Program at Estrella Mountain Community COllege specifically targets high school juniors and seniors who are interested in Math, Science, Technology, or Engineering.

For more information, contact Anna Russo at 623-935-8221

GateWay Community College
ACE Career Track

The ACE Program at GWCC offers students the opportunity to enroll in one of the following tracks: Health Sciences, Business and Industrial Technology. In each track students will be enrolled in course specific to that area of study.

For more information, contact Luis Ellis at 602-286-8187

Glendale Community College
The ACE Plus Program

ACE Plus is a scholarship-based, early outreach and college preparation program designed to increase the number of at-risk, or financially disadvantaged, or first-generation college bound students who successfully graduate from high school and make a smooth transition into higher education. ACE Plus students receive academic advisement, mentoring, college preparation, career exploration and assistance with finding funding sources for higher education. ACE Plus is currently operational in 11 west valley high schools and served a total of 500 high school juniors and seniors.

For more information, please contact Dr. Naim at 623-845-3089 or access our web-site at: www.gc.maricopa.edu/ace plus

Mesa Community College
REACH-Raising Expectations for Achievement and Community Service through Higher Education

REACH, Mesa Community College's (MCC) scholarship program is designed to improve access to higher education and improve success once enrolled in college. Our goal is to support underrepresented high school students in completing a college education by facilitating their transition from high school to the community college and the university or the completion their educational goals.

Students will complete community college courses and through MCC's Center for Service Learning will integrate academic study with active service to promote community service.

For more information, contact Angela Chavez at 480-461-7927

Paradise Valley Community College
SUCCEED - Students Using Community College to Expand Educational Dreams

The ACE SUCCEED program is a scholarship-based program that empowers high school students to achieve their dreams of success in higher education. Students envision themselves in a promising future as they learn the skills it takes to manage high school, get started in college, and plan for a rewarding career. ACE SUCCEED allows high school stud nets to earn college and high school credits at the same time. They attend PVCC two days a week, learn what it takes to be a good college student, and how to continue in college after high school graduation.

For more information, contact Leslie Vogel at 602-787-7163

Phoenix College
PC ACE - General Studies

Phoenix College Achieving a College Education (PC ACE) Program is a scholarship based early outreach and college preparation program for high school students. The PC ACE program recruits sophomores from the following five Phoenix Union high Schools:

Camelback High School
Carl Hayden High School
Central High School
Metro Tech High School
North High School

High school sophomores that will have earned 8 high school credits by the end of their sophomore year, are eligible to apply for the Phoenix College ACE program.

How it Works!!

Students apply to the Phoenix College ACE program that fall of their sophomore year in school.
Students accepted will be notified in the spring and must attend an orientation with their parents.
Students begin summer classes in June, they come to college and take 2 courses in five weeks, Monday through Thursday.
Students then return to take in Saturday course in the fall another in the spring.

2+2+2 Model Program
This program is a 2+2+2 model program. High school juniors and seniors take college courses Monday through Thursday during the summers and Saturdays during the fall and spring semesters. This program enables high school students to earn up to 24 college credits while still in high school.

The first 2 correspond to the student’s junior and senior years in high school and Phoenix College. The second 2 correspond to the students two years at Phoenix College. The last 2 years corresponds to the students two years at a university and the attainment of a baccalaureate degree.

Students coming to Phoenix College can pick from the 200 Programs that Phoenix College offers as well as any of the following transfer degrees:

Associate of Arts University Transfer
Associate of Applied Science
Certificate of Completion Job Specific Training
Academic Certificate

For more information, contact Monica Castaneda at 602-285-7391

RIo Salado College
Adult ACE Program

The Rio Salado Adult ACE program is based on the high school ACE model at the other Maricopa Community Colleges. It is designed to offer similar scholarship opportunities to students in Rio Salado’s Adult Basic Education Program. Thirty students from the Adult Secondary Education classes, in two cohorts of fifteen each, move through the program together. Attending class twice a week for four semesters, students complete their GED and earn up to 24 college credits. Along with the cohort model, other significant elements of the program include: full scholarships, assistance with books, support services such as customized advisement and tutoring, family involvement and supplementary workshops in practical matters such as home buying, career exploration, personal finance, and parenting. Rio’s first Adult ACE cohort began in August 2005 and will complete up to 24 credits of computer and academic classes in December 2006.

For more information contact Jose Herrera at 480-517-8031

Scottsdale Community College
ACE - Achieving a College Education - General Studies

Scottsdale is one of the fastest growing cities in the United States with an increasingly diverse population. In response to the progressive needs of the community for educational support, Scottsdale Community College (SCC) has established the Achieving a College Education (ACE) Program at its campus. The mission of the program is to ease anxiety and reduce the intimidation of attending college for high school students.

For more information, contact Liz Ketterman at 480-423-6138

South Mountain Community College
ACE - Achieving a College Education

The Achieving a College Education Program (ACE) at South Mountain Community College (SMCC) was established in 1987 with the first cohort of ninety-four students starting the summer of 1988. The program was designed to increase the number of at risk students that graduate from high school, move on to community college, and ultimately graduate from the university. A strong family involvement component is also an essential part of the program and the program philosophy has been "once an ACE family, always an ACE family."

SMCC ACE recruits students at the high school sophomore level and uses a highly structured delivery format of assessment, remediation, retention activities, workshops, developmental and college level courses. High school sophomores begin the program by taking six credit hours the summer before junior year. They continue by taking one three credit hour course on Saturdays through the fall and spring semesters. The cycle of six credit hours in the summer and three each in the fall and spring then repeats for the second year of participation. Once a student has moved up out of developmental coursework, he or she is then able to take college level classes. College level classes offered to SMCC ACE students transfer into the greatest number of colleges at any one of the three Arizona state universities.

For more information, contact Iris Calderon at 602-243-8063