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Students Spend Summer Learning

Students Spend Summer Learning - Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 4:41PM EST

Reported by: Laurie Monteforte
Tuesday, Jul 14, 2009 @ 04:41pm EST
EAST STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY - Dozens of high school students from Philadelphia are spending a few weeks of their summer in a classroom in the Poconos. They are part of a group called White-Williams Scholars.

They could be outside at a beach somewhere, but instead kids chose to spend part of their summer break inside a classroom.

Student Kelly Ka said, "It's a big deal for us to be able to come here." She is one of about 70 students in a program called College Connections at East Stroudsburg University.

Program Director Karen Campbell said, "It's something that really whets their whistle for life after high school."

All of the teens are good students in bad financial situations. Student Alice Wills said, "There's no way I'd be able to make it to college without this - no way."

Many of them will be the first in their families to go to college. Ka said, "We come here and have this college experience that most of my family hasn't ever experienced."

They study Math, English, the college application process and research skills. They're not just learning classroom skills, they're also getting the entire college experience by living on campus.

Campbell added,"They also get health and wellness, they get yoga, they get philosophy."

Student Kyle Werder said, "I feel that I'm ten steps ahead of everyone else and I'm really not afraid of the whole college admission process anymore."

It's a small taste of college that could have a big pay off in the future. Campbell said, "It's a chance for them to really dream bigger. Think harder."

This is the second year for the program at ESU. It costs about $50,000. A private fund, ESU and the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education pay for it.
 


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