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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