A total of 52 HISD students who qualify for assistance through the district’s Migrant Education Program spent the last few weeks touring the University of Houston (main campus & Victoria campus) and St. Edward’s University in Austin. This initiative encourages English learners and children of migrant workers to go to college.
During each event, English learners and migrant students have the possibility of walking the campus, learning about admissions and financial aid, and getting a glimpse of what it is like to live on campus.
Magda Galindo, manager of the Migrant Education Program, and her team want to show scholars that even though they may not always live conventional lifestyles, they can pursue the same dreams as other young students: getting a college education.
According to the Migrant manager, some of the participants were making their first visit to a university. “We know that these experiences are positive for our students, without these opportunities our students would probably feel less likely to attend college, therefore, this is a fabulous way of making sure that they can see themselves there and feel that it is something attainable.”
In fact, one of the students enrolled in Lamar HS has already applied and been awarded with the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) scholarship. Students accepted to CAMP receive financial, academic and moral support in their first year in order to build a good foundation leading to a baccalaureate degree.
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