Tuesday, September 7, 2010

One Parent at a Time

Tonight we held the first every CAPP Workshop - the College Application Process for Parents Workshop. We are going to host an event one night a month in which parents can come to PiCED to learn all about the college app process, financial aid, scholarships, etc. One of the major reasons Samoan students don’t apply to college is the information gap. Students and their families aren’t familiar the the process and don’t realize that financial aid will pay for their education. We had a small turn out for the first workshop, 7 parents, but it was a great test run to see if the information we presented was what they were interested in. It turned out to be a great success. The parents were enthusiastic about their newfound knowledge and were geared up to begin helping their students through the process. Often times, students who are hopeful to attend off-island schools don’t peruse their goals because parental involvement and support is lacking. Many parents, uneducated themselves, don’t see the point of higher education.. or education at all. I saw this a lot in my year at Samoana HS, on parent night a meager 7 parents from my 120 students would show up. Our goal is to foster better parent relations with their children to encourage them to be active participants throughout their children’s education.  

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