ASHLEY:
IT'S ONLY OCTOBER, BUT HIGH
SCHOOLERS IN SPRINGFIELD ARE
ALREADY PLANNING
FOR NEXT FALL.
22NEWS REPORTER TAYLOR KNIGHT
WAS AT THE GO HIGHER COLLEGE
ACCESS FAIR
TO FIND OUT WHAT'S BEING DONE TO
HELP STUDENTS GET INTO COLLEGE.
"HOPEFULLY APPLYING BY FEBRUARY
1 TO THE
RADIOLOGY PROGRAM."
OCTOBER IS "COLLEGE AWARENESS
MONTH" IN SPRINGFIELD.
AND TODAY, SENIOR STUDENTS GOT
TO ATTEND THE "GO HIGHER"
COLLEGE FAIR
AT THE BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME.
PAZAZZ SPENCER
"I THINK COLLEGE IS VERY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE I'LL
LEARN THINGS THAT I REALLY NEED
TO KNOW FOR WHAT I WANT TO DO."
IT WAS HOSTED BY GEAR UP, WHICH
IS PART OF THE STATE'S
DEPARTMENT OF
HIGHER EDUCATION THAT SERVES
LOW- INCOME STUDENTS AND THEIR
FAMILIES IN
SEVEN OF THE MOST IMPOVERISHED
AREAS IN THE COMMONWEALTH.
TAYLOR KNIGHT
AND TODAY, GEAR UP ANNOUNCED A
7-YEAR,
NEARLY 30 MILLION DOLLAR FEDERAL
GRANT TO HELP FIRST-GENERATION
STUDENTS GET TO COLLEGE.
ROBERT DAIS
"MANY OF THEIR FAMILIES ARE
UNAWARE OF THE
COLLEGE-GOING PROCESS. THEY WORK
HARD, THEY HELP THEIR STUDENTS,
BUT THEY CAN'T HELP THEM IF
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE
PROCESS."
HARRYANNE PI TOLD 22NEWS SHE
WILL BE THE FIRST IN HER FAMILY
TO ATTEND
COLLEGE WHEN SHE GOES IN THE
FALL.
HARRYANNE PI
"EITHER THEY DIDN'T HAVE GOOD
ENOUGH GRADES, OR
THEY JUST COULDN'T AFFORD IT."
GEAR UP TOLD 22NEWS THAT PART OF
THE GRANT WILL BE USED TO MAKE
SURE EVERY
HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR IN
SPRINGFIELD HAS THE OPPORTUNITY
TO COMPLETE A COLLEGE
APPLICATION.
IN SPRINGFIELD TK 22NEWS.
