Alliance for Education Community Blog: Seattle College Fair

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Seattle College Fair – A Huge Success

The Seattle College Fair was held this past Saturday, June 12th at Seattle Central Community College. Over 300 people, including students, parents, and family members, came from all over the city to learn strategies for college planning and preparation. The event kicked-off with emcee Jesse Jones of King 5 News, followed by brief speeches by Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and Chief Academic Officer of Seattle Public Schools, Dr. Susan Enfield. The keynote speech was delivered by Anthony Kelley, former UW football player and an inspiration to many students.

The fair held a number of workshops that assisted students and parents on topics such as:

Financing college
Getting into college
Community colleges
Parental involvement in the college going process
Why college matters (student panel)

Seven organizations sponsored the event, including:

Alliance for Education
City of Seattle
College Success Foundation
NELA (Northwest Education Loan Association)
Seattle Central Community College
Seattle Public Schools
Washington Higher Education Board

97% of participants that filled out the evaluation at the end of the event said that they know more now about college planning and how to pay for college than prior to the event.

Over 50 students applied for the College Bound scholarship, a state-funded scholarship designed to motivate 7th and 8th grade students to pursue a college education. To learn more about the scholarship please visit the website: http://www.hecb.wa.gov/Paying/waaidprgm/CollegeBoundScholarship.asp.

- Mark Yango, AFE

1 comment:

certificationkeyJune 15, 2010 at 10:24 PM
congratulation for this great success. i am so glad for this. but i need some information about 70-553 exam. can you help me out.
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· We increase our communities’ sense of belonging and build a common vision for public schools

· We shift our conversations from the problems within our communities to the possibility of communities

· We commit to create a future for our communities that is distinct from the past

· Our power is in the asking of the questions, not in having the answers

We are committed to upholding the following values for meaningful dialogue:

I. INVITATION: the means through which hospitality is created. Honors the importance of choice, the necessary condition for accountability.

II. POSSIBILITY: an act of imagination of what we can create together, and it takes the form of a declaration made publicly.

III. OWNERSHIP: asks citizens to act if they were creating what exists in the world

IV. DISSENT: creates an opening for commitment; explores people’s doubts and resignation

V. COMMITMENT: a promise with no expectation or return

VI. GIFTS: the essence of valuing diversity and inclusion over deficiencies

*Referenced from Peter Block, Community: The Structure of Belonging