It also promotes a healthy, drug free life and teaches students about the wide variety of career options available. For the past eleven years, Bright Futures has helped students begin early planning and preparation for higher education following high school. The program is a cooperative effort involving the three counties in Southern Maryland, St. Mary's College of Maryland, Charles County Community College, and the University of Maryland at College Park.
Students attend weekly, three-hour meetings after school, one day per week.
They have academic tutoring, enrichment classes, and trips to visit colleges around the state. Bright Futures hosts events for parents including dinners, college planning awareness training, and special trips. Bright Futures has also held week long institutes in the summer at St. Mary's College of Maryland, where middle school students attend classes, live in dorms, and have an early first-hand experience with college life. Visit the Bright Futures Student Created Website.