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    These young students wore their college shirts on College Awareness Day last week at Teague Elementary. They also shared what they think they would like to do following college. Kindergarten (from left): Charlotte Crutcher — Attend college in Wyoming an
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    Teague Elementary second-graders Sarah Langley — Attend A&M to become a vet; Andrew More — Play college basketball wherever; Lena Sides — Attend Sam Houston to become a judge; and Khaydence Williams — Attend A&M Galveston to become a dolph
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    Teague Elementary first-graders, from left, Jason Winsor — Police Officer; Kiercely Strange — Teacher; Charlie Aguilar — Teacher for 4th Grade; Cayme Ballard — Teach Photos by Curtis Burton/Teague Chronicle
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    Teague Elementary third-graders, Top Row: Ryan Campbell Jr. — Play college baseball and become a fisherman; Sophie Craig — Wants to follow in Mom and Dad’s footsteps to become an x-ray technician or cattle rancher; Lawson Kormos — Join the army; O
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    Teague Elementary fourth-graders, Top Row: Hagen Brubaker — Attend A&M to become an engineer; Cason Jackson — Attend A&M to become an engineer; Blaine Solley — Hook’em horns! I want to become a meteorologist; Roy Mora — Attend A&M to

Young students celebrating ‘College Day’

Is introducing pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students and others in the early elementary grades to college awareness just another outlandish concept the experts outside of the classrooms have thought up? Or does it have some realistic merit and value for expanding the students’ horizons?

The answer in a word, according to two local administrators and professional research, is it definitely has validity.

Not so many years ago, it may not have seemed logical or possible to expose these very young students to the prospect of college. But the fact is there are many teachers across the nation and in Teague who have taken the initiative to discuss college periodically in their classrooms for profound reasons.

Students, teachers and staff celebrate “College Day” every Wednesday at Teague Elementary School. All are encouraged to wear a college shirt and discuss the college shirt they are wearing, according to Crystal Adams, principal. In the morning meetings, students talk about where they want to go to college and what they want to be when they grow up.

 

 

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