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6/14/99

SLU PARTNERSHIP OFFERS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OPPORTUNITY

CANTON - About 120 minority high school students will be at St. Lawrence 
University June 28 through July 2, experiencing life on a college campus 
through a program designed to encourage them to stay in high school and 
continue to college.
	The Pre-Collegiate Opportunity Program (PCOP) will involve students 
from two high schools in the Bronx; a community-based program in Washington, 
D.C.; Salmon River Central School; and schools in Rochester and Syracuse. 
The major objectives of the program are to instill and reinforce the attitude 
among minority students that pursuing a college education is both an 
achievable and necessary goal, and to assist the students in developing some 
of the skills required to undertake the endeavor.
	The summer session involves students in ninth and tenth grades. They 
will participate in academic classes in biology, English writing and computer 
science, as well as afternoon workshops on pursuing a college education. 
St. Lawrence faculty and staff serve as instructors, and University students 
are program counselors and residence staff.
	Through the academic year, PCOP involves faculty visits to the partner 
schools, for advisement and teaching, and visits by alumni of the schools who 
are St. Lawrence students, for peer counseling. St. Lawrence's PCOP was 
established in 1989, with support from The Pew Charitable Trusts.

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