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Kids College Activities Set

The Pearland Center of Alvin Community College, located close to home for residents in Lakes of Savannah, is offering a full slate of summer classes and activities that will appeal to everyone from kids to seniors. Following is a list of scheduled activities an d classes:

Alvin Community College will be hosting Busy Bodies Kids’ College at the Pearland Center on July 20-23 at the center, 2319 N. Grand Blvd. Children entering kindergarten through the sixth grade for the 2009-10 school year are eligible to participate in numerous classes.

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In order to make way for evolving technologies, expanding global markets and fiscal challenges within the Texas workforce development, the Texas State Technical College, in partnership with Alvin Community College, will host the Inaugural Horizon Technologies Summer Symposium on June 4th at the Pearland Center.

The purpose of this symposium is to discuss the restructuring of Texas employment trends as they relate to hiring young employees and their educational status. “Our nation’s education dropout crisis poses a significant threat to economic growth and competitiveness,” says Michael Bettersworth, the TSTC Associate Vice Chancellor for Technology Advancement. “Employers can no longer afford to hire and train dropouts and are more likely to go where skilled labor already exists,” he continued. This can be seen by the remarkable low statistic of high school and college graduates who have recently had no luck in procuring stable employment. Of the students who do actually graduate, there is as of yet an un-ideal percentage, made up of an annual 7,000 high school dropouts and only one quarter of college students returning after their sophomore year. Bettersworth believes it is necessary to “rethink and restructure our approach to education in light of this understanding, in terms of courses, awards, and the definition of student success.”

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Alvin Community College presents: ACC Busy Bodies Kids' College on three campuses in June and July. Pearland/Lakes of Savannah parents should all look into registering their children entering 1st through 6th grades.

Registration begins May 18th, from 9:00 - 4:30, Monday - Thursday at the Alvin Community College - Main Campus.

The cost per child per week is $95, and t-shirts can be purchased for $10 while supplies last.

There will be three locations (Mary Marek Elementary, and Alvin location, and a Pearland location) as well as multiple sessions depending on the location. Early registration options are available as well.

To learn more, view the informational PDF.

Children will participate in activities such as cheerleading, writing, directing, designing, acting, kickball, basketball, dodgeball, investigations, pottery, relay races, crafts, and more.

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