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Kimberly Desotell, Phuture Phoenix Director: This year with our tour date marks the 10th
anniversary of Phuture phoenix. The program begins with fifth-graders by bringing them
to campus, such as today, and showcasing our beautiful campus -- talking about what college
can be and helping to position them and set the tone for what can possibly be in their
future.
Cassaundra Emery, fifth grade: I think itÕs important to study hard because
I want to be in a good college, for school.
Nohely Mendoza, fifth grade: I think itÕs a good place where you can go
and study to be anything you want. I want to study to be a pediatrician.
Desotell: ItÕs an amazing day all around. ItÕs an
amazing day for the fifth-graders, for sure, because they get to see what campus can be
like. Very often, for a great majority of them, this is the very first opportunity to
even step foot on a campus.
Daniel Farfan, fifth grade: I thought it was going to be a little boring,
but itÕs really fun. We went to a class that theyÕre learning about the government.
Desotell: They are paired up with mentors and role models,
and those mentors make connections and build relationships for the students, and really
alert the children to options for post-secondary. Then what we do is we continue in what we
call phase two of the program and we tutor and mentor in our high needs middle and high
schools.
Theresa Rock, UW-Green Bay student: As I got to UWGB, I participated in the scholarship
program because I went on the field trip as a fifth-grader and here I am as a group leader.
Honestly I just like hanging out with the kids -- especially the kids who are at the
same elementary school I was at when I was young.
Daniel Dennis, fifth-grade teacher: Truthfully this is probably my favorite day
of fifth grade. I just love this day; I love everything about it -- I love the atmosphere
I love being here. And itÕs something we talk about now throughout the school year.