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Project HOPE celebrates successful year

NORWALK - Cerritos College's Project HOPE (Health Opportunities and Pipeline to Education) ended the 2011-12 school year with a great success.In the beginning of the year Project HOPE hosted Academic Achievement Camp which consisted of program overview, health care career workshop, parent information session and alumni panel. Throughout the year the program hosted numerous workshops and presentations in skill building, career exploration, choosing university and parent meetings. In addition, the program launched various new activities to support student success in the past two years. A campus mixer provided Project HOPE students with an opportunity to network with alumni, faculty, staff, counselors and college administration. The mixer also provided study rooms for students to prepare for exams, tutoring in anatomy, biology, chemistry and physiology. Supplemental instruction was provided in more than 10 subjects.

********** Published: June 07, 2012 - Volume 11 - Issue 08