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With the continued focus on improving the educational outcomes for African-American high school students, organizers of the Pittsburgh area’s original tour of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) have scheduled the 2010 spring tour for June 20 - 27, 2010. The dramatic shift away from the traditional Easter week program of the past twenty-eight years was made in order to both support and promote the test preparation of students on the mandated PSSA statewide achievement tests that will be administered in early spring. With the adoption of a statewide testing schedule, students and faculty alike will be preparing in the weeks before Easter for this important measure of student accomplishment. According to program organizers, rescheduling the tour for late spring will eliminate traditional concerns with students missing school, especially during the critical weeks leading up to the tests. Additionally, students will not have the added pressure of completing missed classroom assignments while on tour, since the new schedule will have students travel immediately after the close of the school year. The added flexibility of the new schedule will greatly enhance the overall experience for participating students in a manner consistent with the goals set forth by Dr. Mary L. Stone who founded the program in 1982. While the timing has changed, qualified high school juniors and sophomores will enjoy an expanded tour program that includes visits to twelve HBCU campuses along with three significant historical sites. Other key aspects of the program will remain unchanged as tour participants will visit campuses to be met by representatives from the admissions office and undergraduates from the universities visited.
The application deadline for the 2010 tour is March 1, 2010.
TOUR
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Tour
information and the application may be found at the website:
www.kingsleyassociation.org
THE
MARY L.. STONE BLACK COLLEGE TOUR
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