St. Clair County Community College is welcoming nearly 2,000 eighth graders from across the county to campus as part of its annual collaboration with the St. Clair County Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA) aimed at exposing young students to the college experience.
After the first groups of eighth graders from Marysville Middle School, Fort Gratiot Middle School, St. Clair Middle School, Croswell-Lexington Middle School and Memphis Junior High visited campus May 15 and 16, additional students from Algonquin, Capac, Central, Marine City, Yale and Holland Woods middle schools will be at SC4 May 22 and 23. The event is sponsored by RESA’s Blue Water College Access Network.
While on campus, students learn about educational and career pathways in the arts and sciences, explore mechatronics, machining and engineering labs, and tour college facilities such as the library, Fieldhouse and Experience Center.
“These tours are very important to us,” said SC4 President Dr. Deborah A. Snyder. “We have an opportunity and responsibility to provide early college exposure to young students and their parents. We are grateful to RESA and the many teachers and chaperones from across the county who help make this initiative possible.”
“We are committed to ensuring graduating seniors are prepared, passionate about a career area, and have a plan for life after high school,” said RESA Superintendent Dr. Kevin Miller. “Our county schools partner with SC4 in a number of ways. Getting eighth graders to start thinking about their futures through visits like this is an important early step for them.”
