Last week Messmer
had their 2nd annual Pre-College Fair. Mrs. Rose Richard, Academic
Success Coordinator, arranged the fair with help from
Mr. Ken
Klatkiewicz, 10th grade Guidance Counselor and Guidance Department Chair. Ms. Richard got the idea for the fair through her work with Marquette University’s pre-college
program, the Urban Journalism Workshop. The main reason for the fair is because Ms. Richard wants the students to learn
more and be industrious.
The Pre-College Fair was a big success. It provided information to
Messmer students about summer academic programs to enrich the students’ minds. There were 11 different universities and
colleges in attendance along with the Mayor Internship Program and the YMCA
Black Achievers.
There were 24 pre-college programs represented from the universities and colleges
combined. Students were excited to learn about programs to
help better themselves, prepare them for college, and to gain experience to include on their college applications.
DeSean Wakefield, a junior, said, “The fair was truly enjoyable and I
liked the information they provided for me to decide what to do for the
summer.” Ms. Richard loves to hear comments like that, as well as others to help her decide what to improve on for the next fair. She enjoys seeing the thinking faces
of the students as they pick programs to apply for.
Ms. Richard said, “I hope
students see value in a summer program because it is a competitive world,
and I want to see Messmer students right in the mix.”
--Contributed by junior Gabriella Leachmon
