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D.C. Sixth-Graders Get Exposure to Life on Georgetown's Campus

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    Students from Ceasar Chavez Public Charter School for Public Policy gather near the Healy Gates for a day of campus life experiences.

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    More than 150 Washington, D.C., students from Ward 7's Ronald H. Brown and John Philip Sousa middle schools and Ceasar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy tour Georgetown's campus.

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    A Georgetown student leads a group of the visiting sixth-graders through Dahlgren Quadrangle before heading to lunch at O'Donovan Dining Hall.

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    The middle-schoolers play a little basketball during their "Hoya Workout" in Yates Field House.

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    The D.C. students particpated in several workshops and seminars throughout the day that focused on tips for college success, career opportunities, poetry and student activities.

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    The campus visitors add a touch of blue and gray to their wardrobe at the end of the day with their new Georgetown T-shirts.

March 18, 2013 – More than 150 enthusiastic sixth-graders from three schools in Washington, D.C.’s Ward 7 visited Georgetown’s campus on last week for a short immersion in the college experience during the university’s annual Kids to College Shadow Day.

The Kids2College program, administered by the university’s Center for Multicultural Equity and Access (CMEA), is a six-week program where Georgetown students teach Ward 7 sixth-graders a college preparation curriculum.

The program, which this year took place on March 14, introduces the middle school children to post-secondary education options such as vocational programs, two- and four-year colleges, the admissions process and what they might major in based on career interests.

Students from Ronald H. Brown and John Philip Sousa middle schools and Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy took a tour of campus, listened to lectures on the importance of early college awareness and academic skills needed for college success and heard presentations on career opportunities. The also ate lunch in the university's dining hall, visited residence halls and worked out at the campus gym.

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