WHO:
Azusa Pacific University's Center for Academic Service-Learning and Research and fourth grade students from local elementary schools.
WHAT:
College Headed and Mighty Proud (C.H.A.M.P.) graduation is the culminating event for a semester-long service learning project that partners prospective teachers studying at APU with fourth grade students from the Azusa Unified School District (AUSD).
Approximately 250 fourth graders from Magnolia Elementary, Murray Elementary, and Paramount Elementary will graduate. Administrators from AUSD and APU will attend, including a member of the APU Board of Trustees, Michael Lizarraga, and APU President Jon Wallace, DBA.
WHEN:
Wed., Dec. 2, 6-8:30 p.m.
WHERE:
Richard and Vivian Felix Event Center, West Campus
701 E. Foothill Blvd., Azusa, Calif.
WHY:
Through the C.H.A.M.P. Program, APU students encourage local fourth graders to pursue higher education. Founded in 1991, C.H.A.M.P. is a collaborative effort between APU and local elementary schools to empower and excite children about their future dreams and goals of attending college and to be mutually beneficial for APU education majors.
