Phone: 619-641-6100

Eligibility: Free library services for all California residents.

Description: The San Diego Public Library (SDPL) is the place for opportunity, discovery, and inspiration. Regularly, SDPL offers safe and inclusive spaces for studying and networking, relevant collections, dynamic programs, and services, including a teen IDEA Labs, and internship opportunities. A digital library card opens up access to our vast online library, research databases, tutoring, test prep, and more. Join the City Heights Library's Facebook and Teen Instagram (@SDPLTeens) for book recommendations, virtual workshops, and more.

Phone: 619-344-4500 x2303

Eligibility: Free and open to all Hoover students.

Recruitment Period: Year-Round

Description: IMIN after school is brought to you by Arc Experience. It is a voluntary after-school program for Hoover students. The goal is to connect students to activities to enrich their educational experience. This program is designed to serve students in an array of safe, structured programs that provide students with a range of supervised activities that are designed to encourage learning and development outside the typical school day.

Phone: 619-641-7510 x258

Eligibility: Open to all Hoover students, focused on refugee, immigrant, English language learners.

Recruitment Period: Year-Round

Description: International Rescue Committee offers the REACH (Refugee, Education, Acculturation, Civic Engagement, and Health) program with a comprehensive, collaborative initiative designed to serve youth at Hoover High School to address their academic needs and align their education with relevant, real-world exposure. E-tutoring is offered four days per week on Zoom. Sign up with this link!

Phone: 619-795-8365

Eligibility: Free and open to all Hoover students.

Recruitment Period: March to June

Description: Ocean Discovery Institute serves K-12 students in the Hoover Cluster through hands-on science programming, mentoring, and tools for success. Our intensive high school program is scaling towards a cohort model for 8-12th grade students with a 12-day summer program, a college access mentorship program, and year-round academic support.

Phone: 619-582-7884

Eligibility: Free programming for all Hoover students.

Recruitment Period: Year-Round

Description: Pro Kids promotes character development, life skills, and values through education and the game of golf. Through a unique set of programs that combine sport, study, and service, Pro Kids provides youth in grades 2-12 with equitable access to opportunities that will set them on the path to success in adulthood, with support and scholarship service for program alumni. Hoover students can get academic help, learn the sport of golf, participate in college visits and career workshops, complete community service, and receive assistance in applying for and paying for college and technical training.

Phone: 619-516-2222

Eligibility: Contact to learn more

Recruitment Period: January to May

Description: Reality Changers transforms students into college graduates, serving youth in grades 8-12 through two programs, College Town and College Apps Academy. College Town assists students in grades 8-11th in the following areas: leadership development, academic preparation, and college readiness. College Apps Academy guides and supports 12th-grade students through the entire admissions process, financial aid, and college survival skills.

Phone: 619-594-2349

Eligibility: Upward Bound & Talent Search: Students must be a U.S. citizen, legal resident, or on a pathway to citizenship. Contact to learn more.

Recruitment Period: Talent Search: Year-Round, Upward Bound: Fall and Spring

Description: The SDSU Pre-College Institute is a partnership between federally funded TRIO programs, public schools, and SDSU academic departments. The Institute has integrated three programs (Talent Search, Upward Bound Classic, and Upward Bound STAR/Classic) to assist youth by providing a range of academic, college, career, and financial advising services. We assist students with career exposure, college access, community service, mentoring, tutoring, and community resources.

Phone: 619-485-3028

Eligibility: Contact to learn more

Recruitment Period: May to July

Description: The Price Community Scholars program pairs SDSU students from City Heights with three 7th graders in the Hoover Cluster. The college students provide weekly tutoring and mentorship with the students from 7th through 10th grade in exchange for a four-year college scholarship. The program assists in building a community that enhances the path to higher education for both mentors and mentees through academic success, college awareness, cultural enrichment, and community service.

Phone: 858-284-0481

Eligibility: Must be enrolled in the Academy of Information Technology (AOIT).

Recruitment Period: August to September

Description: The League of Amazing Programmers teaches computer programming to students in the 5th-12th grade. Classes are offered after school or on weekends at Hoover High School or local libraries. Students meet year-round to prepare themselves for careers of the 21st century.

Phone: 858-534-4252

Eligibility: Contact to learn more

Recruitment Period: Year-Round

Description: The UCSD Upward Bound Math & Science program is designed to strengthen students' math and science skills and encourage them to pursue post-secondary degrees in math and science with the ultimate goal of pursuing careers in these professions.