College kick-off is an event when AVID promotes college and gets students excited about pursuing higher education. Today, I will give a review from teachers, students, and myself on the college kickoff.
The AVID teacher, Mariana Felix, helping with running this college kickoff, answers the question, What is a college kickoff? Felix answers, “They are doing a little bit differently, where it’s a month-long activities, showcases, and different activities throughout lunches, and in different ways students are being exposed in the classroom and outside of the classroom, exposed to all the opportunities they will have after high school.” Felix said.
Felix also answered the question, “How do you think college kickoff helps students in their future, and do you think that it opens up opportunities in their life?” “It’s a great opportunity for students to be exposed to all the different colleges out there, different opportunities they have after, in terms of colleges and careers that they have after graduating high school.
I also asked for Felix’s opinion of the college kickoff. Felix stated, ” I think it builds school spirit, and students are able to be exposed to all the different opportunities that they have.”
The freshman here at ERHS, Sofia Sanchez, gives her opinion on the topic. “I like it because it introduces colleges to students, and it could help them in their future to pick which pathway in life to cho
I think college kickoff is a great way to introduce students to new things that they didn’t know they could do before. For example, if they didn’t know, they could go to a community college or a trade school, but they could if it works best for them. I also think this is a smart way for students to interact with colleagues and ask questions that they didn’t know before.
