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PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – Pace University administrators and basketball players met with fifth graders from Roosevelt School in Ossining last week during "A Taste of College," a program that aims to encourage young students to go to college.
"The purpose of the visit has been to motivate students at a fairly young age, to realize that going to college is a real possibility and something that each one of them can achieve," Justin Jones, a communications coordinator at Pace, said in a press release.
Students were welcomed by Frank DeLuca, Pace School of Education's director of school partnerships in Westchester, who gave a brief presentation on what the college selection process is about, how to make yourself an appealing student, and how to narrow your choices of colleges.
Students also met with players and coaches from Pace's men's and women's basketball teams, who talked about what life is like as a student athlete and answered questions about college.
To wrap up the week-long program, James Eyring of Pace University's Environmental Center put on a wildlife demonstration.
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New York State has adopted Common Core State Standards which aim to prepare our pre-kindergarten through 12th grade students to be college ready by the time they graduate from high school. A few people may think that it is too early to put the pressures of college onto our students, and some may feel that college may not be “for” every child. I believe it is never too early to initiate awareness in the prospect of college and I do not believe that a post- secondary education is out of the reach for any of our students. In the future, many of our students will hold jobs that have not even been imagined yet!