4,000 HIGH SCHOOL SENIOIRS ATTEND COLLEGEBOUND'S FALL
COLLEGE FAIRS
For Immediate Release
In the short span of five days early in November, over 4,000 high school students flooded
into high school gymnasiums across Baltimore City to meet and speak with dozens of College
admission officers from colleges and universities throughout Maryland and its bordering
states of Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia, and Virginia.
CollegeBound's school based college fair initiative has increased the number of
neighborhood high school students who attend a college fair by 400 percent over the past
three years. An experience, once primarily enjoyed by kids attending citywide high
schools or private schools, is now afforded those students with the greatest need.
For many academically minded students, the college fair is the first step in making their
dream of college a reality. There is no substitute for the opportunity to speak
one-on-one with the person who may decide as to whether or not you are accepted into
college.
"A college educated citizenry benefits every aspect of our community and strengthens our
regions' economic and social fabric"
For more information:
Craig E. Spilman, Ph.D., Executive Director
CollegeBound Foundation
410.783.2905; fax: 410.727.5786 cspilman@collegeboundfoundation.org
To make a computer donation:
Teresa Perrera, Development Director
CollegeBound Foundation
410.783.2905; fax: 410.727.5786 tperrera@collegeboundfoundation.org
