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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 11, 2007
www.jcu.edu
Contact: Tonya Strong-Charles
                 216.397.1958
                     tstrong@jcu.edu


John Carroll University
hosts
“Hope Prep” Summer Program
Six Week Middle School Enrichment
June 11-2

WHO:

Hope Prep” is coordinated by Boys Hope Girls Hope of Northeastern Ohio and encourages academically capable middle school students to meet their full potential through rigorous academic programs. The goal is to help prepare participants for demanding high school academic courses and provide valuable insight for college readiness.
                       

            All of the students selected for the “Hope Prep” have a G.P.A. of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale and will enter sixth grade in the upcoming (2007-2008) academic year.

 

WHAT:

30 sixth grade boys and girls from Cuyahoga and Summit counties will participate in a six week middle school enrichment program, “Hope Prep,” at John Carroll University.

The children will study several subjects, including math, English, media, computer skills, social studies and music

 

WHERE:

John Carroll University
20700 North Park Boulevard
University Heights, OH 44118

WHEN:

June 11 – July 20, 2007
Monday-Friday

8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
CONTACT:

Dr. Patrick Rombalski
Vice President, Student Affairs
John Carroll University

217.397.4213 
 

John Carroll University, located in Cleveland, Ohio, is a liberal arts university grounded in the Jesuit, Catholic tradition.  The university has some 3,100 plus undergraduates and just over 700 graduate students.  The U.S. News & World Report’s 2007 annual college guide ranks John Carroll University among the top 10 master’s-degree granting universities in the Midwest and first in average graduation rate. Originally founded as St. Ignatius College in 1886, the university was renamed in 1923 to honor America’s first Catholic bishop, John Carroll of Maryland.  John Carroll is one of 28 Jesuit colleges and universities located in the United States.

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