Calvin Dream Team Tour Date Set

January 29, 2007 == MEDIA ADVISORY

Summary: The Dream Team, a project of the Calvin College Office of
Pre-College Programs, educates families about preparing their high school-age
children for college. New Hope Baptist Church will host a day of workshops,
parent sessions and more on Saturday, February 24.

Contact Tasha Paul at 526-6888 or trp2@calvin.edu
For the full story, including a JPG of Paul, see
http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2006-07/dream-team.htm

Organizers hope the second annual visit of the Dream Team to New Hope Baptist
Church (to be held from 9 am to 12:30 pm on Saturday, February 24) will be even
better than last year's successful event.

The Dream Team, a project of the Calvin College Office of Pre-College
Programs, educates families about preparing their high school-age children for
college.

"We assume that this information is new to our audience," says Tasha Paul,
assistant director of Pre-College Programs. "If it's not, then we will just
provide an affirmation to what they already know. But we're going to go in with
as many tools and resources as we can, hoping that this message is
well-received."

Paul launched the Dream Team last year as an associate director of admissions.
The event was inspired, she says, by years of screening the files of applicants
who had missed one or more crucial steps of preparation to attend college. The
Dream Team is six hand-picked Calvin students who lead the student workshops
and a facilitator to lead the parent sessions.

"I consider the students who are leading the workshops as experts," Paul says.
"They have just navigated this process of applying to college. They have
successfully gone through what they're teaching, so it's fresh for them. They
can relate well to what these high school students are going through."

Workshops include such topics as how to prepare for the SAT or ACT, what to
consider in a college application, financial aid and scholarships, finding the
right school, preparation in high school and college visits.

Contact Tasha Paul at 526-6888 or trp2@calvin.edu
For the full story see
http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2006-07/dream-team.htm

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Received on Mon Jan 29 15:26:03 2007