The Astros Foundation is proud to announce that it has partnered with ConocoPhillips to launch the new ConocoPhillips College Readiness Room at the Astros Youth Academy.
The room, which was unveiled July 29, will be used for college readiness purposes by the student-athletes at the Astros Youth Academy. The space gives the Youth Academy an on-site location to hold college information sessions and other programming to help students prepare for higher education. The first event held in the room was a weeklong algebra camp for 30 middle-school students to help them prepare for upcoming classes and the PSAT and SAT tests.
The College Readiness Room is part of the ConocoPhillips College Readiness Program with the Astros Foundation, a partnership that reflects both organizations’ shared focus on ensuring students have the tools they need to apply and succeed in college. The program seeks to increase the number of first-generation college students with classes that help students and families better understand the application and admission process.
Earlier this year, ConocoPhillips was the presenting sponsor for the Astros Foundation/Astros Youth Academy College Fair at Minute Maid Park. The event featured more than 100 colleges and reached more than 1,000 students in the greater Houston area.
Other programming planned for this year includes a FAFSA workshop for high school seniors and an essay writing seminar to help students on the Texas Common Application.
ABOUT CONOCOPHILLIPS: ConocoPhillips is one of the world’s leading exploration and production companies based on both production and reserves, with a globally diversified asset portfolio. Headquartered in Houston, ConocoPhillips had operations and activities in 13 countries, $96 billion of total assets and approximately 10,200 employees as of June 30, 2024. Production averaged 1,923 MBOED for the six months ended June 30, 2024, and proved reserves were 6.8 BBOE as of Dec. 31, 2023.
ABOUT THE ASTROS COMMUNITY LEADERS PROGRAM: Since the Astros Community Leaders Program was founded by Astros Owner and Chairman Jim Crane it has supported dozens of youth baseball and softball leagues in the Greater Houston area and beyond. Through corporate partnerships, the program has poured tens of millions of dollars into the community for baseball/softball equipment and uniforms as well as field maintenance and construction.