Graduates volunteer to show gratitude for the Promise
The first group of students to graduate from college with the benefits of the Kalamazoo Promise are grateful for the opportunity and are repaying the gift by volunteering in the community, the Detroit Free Press reports. The story goes on to say more than 1,500 graduates of Kalamazoo Public Schools have shared in $17 million given out by the Promise, which covers all tuition for students who have been in the district since at least ninth grade. Excerpt: The recipients are full of gratitude toward the anonymous donors who gave them a shot at a college education. “I don’t even know if I could find the words if they were to stand in front of me,” said Torian Johnson, a music major at WMU. “To me, it still feels kind of unreal that I go to school for free.” To find out more about what students are planning to do after graduation, read the entire story. Source: Detroit Free Press
The first group of students to graduate from college with the benefits of the Kalamazoo Promise are grateful for the opportunity and are repaying the gift by volunteering in the community, the Detroit Free Press reports.
The story goes on to say more than 1,500 graduates of Kalamazoo Public Schools have shared in $17 million given out by the Promise, which covers all tuition for students who have been in the district since at least ninth grade.
Excerpt:
The recipients are full of gratitude toward the anonymous donors who gave them a shot at a college education.
“I don’t even know if I could find the words if they were to stand in front of me,” said Torian Johnson, a music major at WMU. “To me, it still feels kind of unreal that I go to school for free.”
To find out more about what students are planning to do after graduation, read the entire story.
Source: Detroit Free Press
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