Sacramento Press / High School’s Entire Freshmen Class Tours Local College

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High School’s Entire Freshmen Class Tours Local College

by Janet Weeks, published on March 14, 2012 at 5:50 PM

Storyline: Sacramento City Unified School District 

Community Tags education john f kennedy high school jonathan raymond sacramento city college sacramento city unified school district scusd

Image by: photo by Gary Bell

SCUSD Superintendent Jonathan Raymond

Administrators at John F. Kennedy High School organized a mega fieldtrip this week: They brought every freshman student – all 500 – on a college campus tour.

The JFK ninth graders visited Sacramento City College on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. While college visits are not uncommon for Sacramento City Unified School District high school students, this is the first time a large campus has ensured that every member of a class gets to see a college in action before graduation.

“We want every student to know that they can go to college if they choose,”