Our PAYS 2024 Summer Community, including Students, Staff, and Professors.
Current PAYS Scholar, Abby Tran '25, learning how to stitch from PAYS Alumna, Sarabjit Dhillon '22, in her elective course.
PAYS Community Theatre, led by Andres Fluffy Aguilar, performing at our 2024 PAYS Closing Ceremony.
PAYS Sophomores, Dylan Rodriguez '26, Peyton Brown '26, Ashley Luviano '26, Cole Coats '26 and Carlos Pina-Martinez '26 engaging in a conversation during lunch at Frary Dining Hall.
PAYS Summer 2023 Community Advisors, Erubey Lopez PO '25 and Alayna Nonhomme PO '24, engaging the entire PAYS community in morning ice breakers!
The Â鶹´«Ã½ Academy for Youth Success (PAYS) enrolls over 90 local high school students and seeks to support them in preparing for admission to selective and highly selective colleges and universities. PAYS scholars engage in a thought-provoking combination of college-level courses, cultural events, workshops, projects and field trips during the intensive 4-week, residential program as well as throughout the academic year, for 3 consecutive years upon acceptance into our program. PAYS serves rising sophomores through rising seniors from groups traditionally underrepresented in higher education—students who are first in their family to attend college and/or from low income families.