Program honored for getting kids interested in college

This artical is about how many programs kids are getting honored and interested in college. this is so important because kids need a high degree to survive in our new economy in this day and age. this works as the higher you have your digree past your high school diploma the more money you can make. The higher you have your diploma the better jobs you can get so if you go to a 4 year college and persue a life in college for a while wheather its just 4 years or as long as 12 years. this show that the more college you do the more jobs you will be able to get and the better you will be off.

The shastas county has 18.8% of its people that have past their high school diploma and comparied to the states witch is 29.5% I think there is such a difference in the percentage because of where we live there are a lot of people that have to get there diploma and get a job because of the economy and and if there parents can support them when they are at school. But most of every one has to get a full time job or two to support them selves because they dont have enough money for gas or food because there parents dont have the money to get that kind of stuff.

The most recent polles of high school grads that went to college from the Postsecondary Education Commission said that 11.6 percent of this areas grads went on to college But nearly every education official in the north state has called that number incorrect. The number of students seeking personalized help by visiting the College centers have increased 67 percent over the past four years. makeing the persentage of students going to high school.

The program that Helps kids get interested in college is the Redding's College options program witch is one of the top three programs of its kind in the state. Colloege options has won recognition for increasing college awareness and college eligibility for high school students. College options was formed in 2003 and since that time, college application submissions from the area have increased 33 percent.