{"id":676776,"date":"2010-02-26T14:56:54","date_gmt":"2010-02-26T19:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"2272"},"modified":"2010-02-26T14:56:54","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T19:56:54","slug":"250-sixth-graders-are-going-to-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/676776","title":{"rendered":"250 sixth-graders are going to college"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P><SPAN class=heading3>PRESS RELEASE<BR><\/SPAN>February 26, 2010&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dawn Alford, 509-542-5524<\/P><P><SPAN class=bodytext>Today, 250 sixth-grade students from Park Middle School will experience a day in college courtesy of I\u0092m Going to College (IGTC) and Columbia Basin College. At 9 a.m. students will arrive on the CBC campus, be divided into groups, and attend classes designed just for them. <\/SPAN><\/P><P><SPAN class=bodytext>College Bound, Vocational, and College 101courses provide insight to the programs CBC and other colleges offer, explain why and how to attend college, and moreover what to expect once enrolled. <\/SPAN><\/P><P><SPAN class=bodytext>For most sixth-graders, this will be their first time on a college campus. To complement the experience, IGTC also provides food, t-shirts, and backpacks for all students. Prior to today, the sixth-graders worked with their middle school teachers to complete a Northwest Educational Loan Association (NELA) donated IGTC activity book where they explored different types of colleges, financial aid programs, and career choices.<\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRESS RELEASEFebruary 26, 2010&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dawn Alford, 509-542-5524Today, 250 sixth-grade students from Park Middle School will experience a day in college courtesy of I\u0092m Going to College (IGTC) and Columbia Basin College. At 9 a.m. students will arrive on the CBC campus, be divided into groups, and attend classes designed just for them. College Bound, Vocational, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-676776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2Q3K","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}