Take on the Tough Classes: Algebra II, Biology, and Foreign Languages Come to Life in KnowHow2GO cam

Take_on_the_Tough_Classes:_Algebra_II,_Biology,_and_Foreign_Languages_Come_to_Life_in_KnowHow2GO_camThe Advertising Council, Lumina Foundation for Education and the American Council on Education (ACE) are teaming up once again for the second year of the KnowHow2GO college access campaign. The new series of public service advertisements (PSAs) will have a new look, feel and focus. The campaign's website, www.KnowHow2GO.org, also features new content this week to coincide with the PSAs. The KnowHow2GO campaign encourages low-income and first-generation students in grades 8 through 10 to take the steps necessary to prepare for college. The new television, radio, print, outdoor and Web PSAs stress taking on the "tough classes" as one of those important steps. To view Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/adcouncil/32888/

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First Graduation for Cristo Rey High School in East Harlem, Serving Students from Low-Income Familie

First_Graduation_for_Cristo_Rey_High_School_in_East_Harlem,_Serving_Students_from_Low-Income_FamilieCristo Rey New York High School (CRNYHS) will hold its inaugural commencement exercise on June 12, 2008. Forty students from low-income families successfully completed the school's college preparatory coursework while financing 70 percent of their education through an innovative corporate work-study program. The vast majority of the graduates will be the first in their families to go to college. The class earned 109 college acceptances and 24 academic scholarships. Graduates will attend such prominent institutions as Swarthmore, Lehigh, Fordham, Santa Clara, and the University of Rochester. Among the academic awards garnered by the seniors are a New York Times Scholarship, a Philip Evans Scholar designation at Swarthmore, a Thomas G. Labreque Smart Start Scholarship from JP Morgan Chase and a RMHC/HACER Scholarship. To view Mulitimedia News Release go to, http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/cristorey/33543/

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