GEAR UP serves students in seven districts across the state. For information on our state partners and contact information for each school, click the links below.
86 White Street
East Boston, MA 02128
Partner: American Student Assistance
GEAR UP Contacts:
Grace Ajayi, Academic Support Supervisor
Phone: (857) 319 1484 Email: gajayi@asa.org
Tanner Senter, Education Advisor
Phone: (617) 429 7295 Email: tsenter@asa.org
Maryann Turner, Education Advisor
Phone: (857) 488 0243 Email: mturner@asa.org
Julie Kimball
Program Manager, Talent Search and GEAR UP
100 Cambridge Street, Suite 1600
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: (617) 728 4685 Email: jkimball@asa.org
Website: www.ebhsjets.net
312 Border Street
East Boston, MA 02128
Partner: American Student Assistance
GEAR UP Contact:
Grace Ajayi, Academic Support Supervisor
Phone: (857) 319 1484 Email: gajayi@asa.org
Elsie Palmieri, Education Advisor
Phone: (617) 645 1923 Email: epalmieri@asa.org
Julie Kimball
Program Manager, Talent Search and GEAR UP
100 Cambridge Street, Suite 1600
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: (617) 728 4685 Email: jkimball@asa.org
Website: bostonpublicschools.org/umana
500 Beech St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Partner: Valley Opportunity Council
GEAR UP Contact:
Carmelo Solivan, GEAR UP Advisor
Phone: (413) 896-5201
Email: Csolivan@valleyopp.com
Website: www.hps.holyoke.ma.us/hhs
1916 Northampton St.
Holyoke, MA. 01040
Partner: Valley Opportunity Council
GEAR UP Contact:
Mary Colon, GEAR UP Advisor I
Phone: (413) 204 4542
Email: MColon@valleyopp.com
Carmen Tavares, GEAR UP Advisor II
Phone: (413) 218 1514
Email: clindsay@valleyopp.com
Hillisa Byer, GEAR UP Middle School Supervisor
Phone: (413) 204 1088
Email: hbyer@valleyopp.com
Website: www.hps.holyoke.ma.us/peck.htm
Partner: Department of Higher Education
GEAR UP Contact: go to the contact us page
Website: www.lawrence.k12.ma.us/bmf
Partner: Department of Higher Education
GEAR UP Contact: go to the contact us page
Website: www.lawrence.k12.ma.us/hhs
Partner: Department of Higher Education
GEAR UP Contact: go to the contact us page
Website: www.lawrence.k12.ma.us/mst
Partner: Department of Higher Education
GEAR UP Contact: go to the contact us page
Website: www.lawrence.k12.ma.us/sle-middle
Partner: Department of Higher Education
GEAR UP Contact: go to the contact us page
Website: www.lawrence.k12.ma.us/int
Partner: Department of Higher Education
GEAR UP Contact: go to the contact us page
Website: www.lawrence.k12.ma.us/hld
Partner: Department of Higher Education
GEAR UP Contact: go to the contact us page
Website: www.lawrence.k12.ma.us/pfa
Partner: Department of Higher Education
GEAR UP Contact:
Colleen Winn, Director, Pre-Collegiate TRiO Programs and GEAR UP Massachusetts
Middlesex Community College
33 Kearney Square, Lowell, MA 01852
Phone: (978) 656 3401 (Office MCC)
(978) 937 8919 (Office Lowell High School)
(781) 760 4417 (Cell Phone)
Email: winnc@middlesex.mass.edu
Genesis Torti, Coordinator/Advisor, Grades 11-12
Phone: (978) 275-6303
Email: tortig@middlesex.mass.edu
Jeanette Racine, M.Ed., Educational Advisor, Grades 11-12
Phone: (978) 937 8916
Email: racinej@middlesex.mass.edu
Deborah Linnehan, Educational Advisor, Grade 9-10
Phone: (978) 866 6450
Email: linnehand@middlesex.mass.edu
Analiz Santiago, Administrative Assistant, TRiO and GEAR UP
Phone: (978) 937 8913
Email: santiagoa@middlesex.mass.edu
Partner: Department of Higher Education
GEAR UP Contact:
Colleen Winn, Director, Pre-Collegiate TRiO Programs and GEAR UP Massachusetts
Middlesex Community College
33 Kearney Square, Lowell, MA 01852
Phone: (978) 656 3401 (Office MCC)
(978) 937 8919 (Office Lowell High School)
(781) 760 4417 (Cell Phone)
Email: winnc@middlesex.mass.edu
Susan Perkins, Coordinator/Tutor
Phone: (508) 801 3623
Email: perkinss@middlesex.mass.edu
Partner: Seven Hills Behavioral Health
GEAR UP Contact:
Suzanne M. Audette, Director of GEAR UP Program and
the Educational Enhancements Centers
Phone: (508) 998 0078
Email: saudette@sevenhills.org
Marlene Sabeh, GEAR UP Advisor
Phone: (508) 997 4511 x2460
Email: msabeh@sevenhills.org
Veronica Martinez, New Bedford High School Parent/Community Liaison
Phone: (508) 997 4511 x2460
Email: vmartinez@sevenhills.org
Partner: Seven Hills Behavioral Health
GEAR UP Contact:
Suzanne M. Audette, Director of GEAR UP Program and
the Educational Enhancements Centers
Phone: (508) 998 0078
Email: saudette@sevenhills.org
Brooke Michaud, GEAR UP Advisor
Email: bmichaud@sevenhills.org
Office phone: 508-985-4300 ext. 375
1300 State St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Partner: Valley Opportunity Council
GEAR UP Contact:
Jean Adams, GEAR UP High School Supervisor
Phone: (413) 530-1225
Email: JAdams@valleyopp.com
355 Plainfield St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Partner: Valley Opportunity Council
GEAR UP Contact:
Mary Colon, GEAR UP Advisor (South & North)
Phone: (413) 204 4542
Email: mcolon@valleyopp.com
Wendy Reynolds, GEAR UP Advisor (TAG)
Phone: (413) 750 2333 x1176
Email: wreynolds@valleyopp.com
Hillisa Byer, GEAR UP Middle School Supervisor
Phone: (413) 204 1088
Email: hbyer@valleyopp.com
Website:
North springfieldpublicschools.com/schools
/chestnut-north
South springfieldpublicschools.com/schools
/chestnut-south
Talented & Gifted (TAG) springfieldpublicschools.com/schools/chestnut-tag
1840 Roosevelt Ave.
Springfield, MA 01109
Partner: Valley Opportunity Council
GEAR UP Contact:
Channing Calcasola, GEAR UP Advisor I
Phone: (413) 787 7085, Cell: (413) 272 9719
Email: ccalcasola@valleyopp.com
Myles Sanders, GEAR UP Advisor II
Phone: (413) 222 1854
Email: msanders@valleyopp.com
Heidi Dufresne, GEAR UP High School Supervisor
Phone: (413) 478 2440
Email: hdufresne@valleyopp.com
Website: www.springfieldcentral.com
1015 Wilbraham Rd.
Springfield, MA 01109
Partner: Valley Opportunity Council
GEAR UP Contact:
Erica Greene, GEAR UP Advisor II
Phone: (413) 459 2324
Email: egreene@valleyopp.com
Hillisa Byer, GEAR UP Middle School Supervisor
Phone: (413) 204 1088
Email: hbyer@valleyopp.com
Website: www.springfieldpublicschools.com/schools/john-j-duggan-academy
Partner: Massachusetts Education and Careers Opportunities (MassEdCo)
GEAR UP Contact:
Taryn Tomkins, Director
Phone: (508) 368 4616
Email: ttomkins@massedco.org
Rachelle Lappinen, Grades 11 & 12 Advisor
Email: rlappinen@massedco.org
Veronica Alache, Grades 11 & 12 Advisor
Email: valache@massedco.org
Buffie Whittaker, Grade 10 Advisor
Email: bwhittaker@massedco.org
Linda Graham, Grade 9 Advisor
Email: lgraham@massedco.org
Website: http://north.worcesterschools.org
Partner: Massachusetts Education and Careers Opportunities (MassEdCo)
GEAR UP Contact:
Phone: (508) 753 7642
Joe Teixeira, GEAR UP Advisor
Email: jteixeira@massedco.org
Website: http://wems.worcesterschools.org/