The Arizona Rural Schools Association (RSC Arizona Regional Hub) joined the GRAD Partnership in 2024. Led by GRAD Partnership Coordinator and 2023 Rural Teacher of the Year Ty White, the Arizona Rural Schools Association supports ten unique Arizona schools on their journey to develop and enhance student success systems. The following schools make up the Arizona contingent of the GRAD Partnership Rural Cohort:

• Chino Valley High School (Chino Valley, Az)

• Coconino High School (Flagstaff, AZ)

• Duncan High School (Duncan, Az)

• Hayden High School (Winkelman, Az)

• Lake Havasu High School (Lake Havasu, AZ)

• Mountainside High School (Wittmann, AZ)

• Paloma Elementary School District (Gila Bend, AZ)

• San Simon School (San Simon, Az)

• Summit High School (Flagstaff, AZ)

RSC Southeast Regional Hub partners at ECU’s Rural Education Institute have long been leaders in assisting schools throughout eastern North Carolina, and added to their network of support by joining the GRAD Partnership in 2024. The GRAD Parnership’s work with rural North Carolina schools is led by Jaqueline Allen, a retired school counselor and tireless advocate for the wellbeing of rural students. ECU works with the following ten schools:

• Ayden-Grifton HS (Ayden, NC)

• Farmville Central HS (Farmville, NC)

• Greene Central HS (Snow Hill, NC)

• JH Rose HS (Greenville, NC)

• Kinston HS (Kinston, NC)

• Martin County High School (Williamston, NC)

• Northeastern HS (Elizabeth City, NC)

• Northside HS (Pinetown, NC)

• North Pitt HS (Bethel, NC)

• Pasquotank HS (Elizabeth City, NC)

• Southwest Edgecombe HS (Pinetops, NC)

Joining in 2024, Missouri State University’s (MSU) Center for Rural Education partners with ten schools across southwestern Missouri in RSC’s Missouri Regional Hub. Drs. Rhonda Bishop and Denise Cunningham, co-directors of the MSU Center for Rural Education, alongside MSU GRAD Partnership liaison Russ Brock, collaborate with the following schools on implementing student success systems in Missouri:

• Alton HS (Alton, MO)

• Couch HS(Myrtle, MO)

• Eminence HS (Eminence, MO)

• Fair Play HS (Fair Play, MO)

• Hollister HS (Hollister, MO)

• Humansville HS (Humansville, MO)

• Lutie HS (Theodosia, MO)

• McDonald County HS (Anderson, MO)

• Pleasant Hope HS (Pleasant Hope, MO)

• Reeds Spring HS(Reeds Spring, MO)

• Shell Knob #78 (Shell Knob, MO)

Joining in 2022, RSC Northern California Regional Hub partners at North State Together have been working to increase student agency, belonging, and connectedness in far northern California for the past three years. Their work is led by Northern California Regional Hub Contact, GRAD Partnership Lead & RSC Board Member Susan Schroth. The following schools represent the North State GRAD Partnership group:

• Anderson High School - Shasta College TRIO (Anderson, CA)

• Burney Junior Senior High School (Burney, CA)

• Dunsmuir High School (Dunsmuir, CA)

• Fall River Junior Senior High School (McArthur, CA)

• Gateway to College at Shasta College (Redding, CA)

• Red Bluff High School (Red Bluff, CA)

• Redding School of the Arts (Redding, CA)

• Southern Trinity High School (Mad River, CA)

• Tulelake High School (Tulelake, CA)

• West Valley Early College High School – Shasta College TRIO (Cottonwood, CA)

Annah Rogers, GRAD Partnership lead for RSC’s Black Belt Regional Hub at The University of West Alabama, leads the GRAD Partnership work in rural Alabama and Mississippi. The following schools have been working with the GRAD Partnership since 2021, pioneering new ways to provide critical support and set their students’ up for postsecondary success:

• A.L. Johnson High School (Thomaston, AL)

• Demopolis High School (Demopolis, AL)

• Francis Marion School (Marion, AL)

• Hale County High School (Moundville, AL)

• Greensboro High School (Greensboro, AL)

• Kemper County High School (De Kalb, MS)

• Pickens County High School (Reform, AL)

• Southeast Lauderdale High School (Meridian, MS)

• Sumter Central High School (York, AL)

• University Charter School (Livingston, AL)