Today, all over the city, schools (elementary, middle and high schools) celebrated College Awareness Day, which encouraged teachers to inform their students about the importance of a post-secondary education and share information about their Alma maters.
I am a senior at Thurgood Marshall Academy at the intersection of Martin Luther King Avenue and Howard Road, SE. It is the highest performing open-enrollment school not only in Ward 8, but in the entire city, ensuring that 100% of its graduated seniors since its founding (five classes, since 2005) have been accepted to at least college or university.
Everyday at Thurgood Marshall Academy you will see pennants of each teacher's Alma mater hanging outside of their door as a constant reminder to their students of the variety of schools their teachers have attended, from Clark Atlanta University, Bowling Green State University, University of Albany, Cornell University, Harvard University and many others. Bulletin boards across the school feature teachers and their favorite college experiences, new opportunities for scholarships and fly-in programs, colleges TMA's ever-growing list of alumni have attended and profiles of Alumni and THEIR favorite college experiences thus far.
Needless to say, College Awareness Day was almost just another day at TMA. However, teachers made sure to go out of their way to wear their school's paraphernalia and make shameless plugs for their school during short gaps in instruction time.
One of TMA's main missions is to get their students into college and actively participating in our everyday society- and they are succeeding.
I am a senior at Thurgood Marshall Academy at the intersection of Martin Luther King Avenue and Howard Road, SE. It is the highest performing open-enrollment school not only in Ward 8, but in the entire city, ensuring that 100% of its graduated seniors since its founding (five classes, since 2005) have been accepted to at least college or university.
Everyday at Thurgood Marshall Academy you will see pennants of each teacher's Alma mater hanging outside of their door as a constant reminder to their students of the variety of schools their teachers have attended, from Clark Atlanta University, Bowling Green State University, University of Albany, Cornell University, Harvard University and many others. Bulletin boards across the school feature teachers and their favorite college experiences, new opportunities for scholarships and fly-in programs, colleges TMA's ever-growing list of alumni have attended and profiles of Alumni and THEIR favorite college experiences thus far.
Needless to say, College Awareness Day was almost just another day at TMA. However, teachers made sure to go out of their way to wear their school's paraphernalia and make shameless plugs for their school during short gaps in instruction time.
One of TMA's main missions is to get their students into college and actively participating in our everyday society- and they are succeeding.
Photos from today's activities at TMA for College Awareness Day
No comments:
Post a Comment