Press
Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Council Communications
City Hall
55 Trinity Ave. SW
Atlanta, Ga 30303
Contact:
Dexter Chambers, City
Council Communications Director: 404-330-6309/404-392-0159
Thermice J.
Bevelle, City Council Communications Specialist: 404-330-6823
Bruce Morton,
City Council Communications Specialist: 404-330-6357
Date: September 15, 2008
Area Students and
Parents Encouraged to take part in College Prep Series
City
Councilman Ceasar Mitchell teams up with Kaplan Test Prep and Admission to
offer FREE ACT and SAT Prep Sessions
ATLANTA – As a child of an Atlanta public
school teacher and graduate of Morehouse College and the University of Georgia
School of Law, City Councilman Ceasar Mitchell can personally attest to the
power of education.
"My
parents instilled a passion for learning within my brother and I. We
realized early in life that the only limitations we have are the ones we set
for ourselves. The children of Atlanta deserve the same opportunity,"
said Mitchell.
To
provide the best opportunities to our youth and to encourage them to properly
prepare for the all important college admission exams, Councilman Mitchell and
Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions has again teamed up to offer a free ACT and SAT
Prep Day for area high school and middle school youth.
Georgia’s average score for the SAT fell to 1466 from last
year’s 1472. The national average on the college admission test —- in which a
perfect score is now 2400 —- was 1511.
“When it comes
to college admissions exams, practice makes perfect,” Mitchell said. “We as
parents, community leaders and elected officials can’t leave it solely up to
our teachers to adequately prepare our students. We all have a responsibility
in the education of our youth. Success on the college admissions test does play
a factor in determining what college or university a student chooses and what
college chooses them.”
College Prep
Series has served over 1,300 students since its inception.
The Sixth Semi-Annual College Prep Series will take place on the
following dates and locations:
Saturday,
October 11th, 2008
WHAT: SAT/PSAT
Preparation
WHERE: Benjamin E. Mays High School
3450 Benjamin E. Mays Dr. SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30331
To
register call 1-800-KAPTEST (527-8378) or visit www.kaptest.com and give the following
code: SKAT8123 or for *PSAT test: PKAT8031 - (*PSAT
test start time will be at 9:30 AM)
Saturday,
October 18th, 2008
WHAT: ACT
Preparation
WHERE: Henry W. Grady High School
929 Charles Allen Drive NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
To
register call 1-800-KAPTEST (527-8378) or visit www.kaptest.com and give the
appropriate code: AKAT8067
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