Thursday, April 10, 2003

Starting fall semester 2002, 30 freshmen in the UNCW Watson School of Education North Carolina Teaching Fellows program started a pilot Pen Pal project, corresponding with sixth-graders at Williston Middle School of Math, Science and Technology.. During spring semester, 2003, the UNCW students started tutoring their Williston pen pals. Friday, April 11, they will all come together for a campus tour, lunch, and a meeting with UNCW men’s and women’s basketball staff.

The purpose of this pilot project is for UNCW teachers in training to develop on-going relationships with the Williston students that will inspire the middle-grade students to consider college as a viable option and perhaps even become teachers..

We thought you might be interested in covering their visit to campus. The schedule is below. For more information, contact Katrina Aldrich at 962-4001.

11:00 Students arrive--meet bus in parking lot across from Student Recreation Center

11-11:15-- Tour of Student Recreation Center

11:20-11:50 -- Lunch in Wagoner

11:55 -- Tour of Schwartz Residence Hall

12:20 -- King Hall Auditorium-Speaker

12:40 -- Brief tour of Union and Warwick

1:00 -- Meet in front of Trask -- Tour and words from coaches and players

1:30 -- Students depart-Bus will pick them up in Trask parking lot near tennis courts