{"id":384,"date":"2011-08-21T17:14:32","date_gmt":"2011-08-21T17:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vandfam.net\/dev\/wordpressmu\/college\/?p=384"},"modified":"2011-08-21T17:14:32","modified_gmt":"2011-08-21T17:14:32","slug":"bridging-the-gap-between-high-school-and-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=384","title":{"rendered":"Bridging the gap between high school and college"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sha\u2019lante Carmoe listens to a Whole Foods employee talk about the affordability of healthy organic food, which students were learning about in conjunction with this year\u2019s Summer Reading book.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Antoinette Newsome was lucky to graduate from high school.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy freshman year we started off with 285 students and maybe half of us graduated,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Newsome, now a Carolina junior majoring in management and society, knew that coming to UNC from a small high school in rural North Carolina would be tough.\u00a0\u00a0 So she applied and was accepted to the Summer Bridge<\/a> program.\u00a0 (Watch the video<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Summer Bridge, a program of the Center for Student Success and Academic Counseling in the College of Arts and Sciences, was established three decades ago to give incoming first-year students the opportunity to get a jump-start on their college careers at UNC.<\/p>\n

During the months of June and July, a group of about 60 incoming first-year students spend seven weeks on UNC\u2019s campus.\u00a0 During that time they take two courses, a math or chemistry class and an English class, and receive six hours of academic credit for the completion of their work.\u00a0 The classes allow students to get a feel for college-level coursework and potentially elevate their GPA before their first year at Carolina even begins.<\/p>\n

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Rosa Munoz picks squash at the campus community garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In addition to their daily classes and study sessions, students are given opportunities to explore UNC\u2019s campus and learn about various programs, clubs and activities.\u00a0 Current UNC students like Newsome work as tutors and counselors, offering guidance and advice about college life.<\/p>\n

This summer, Newsome worked as one of the English tutors.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love people,\u201d Newsome said.\u00a0 \u201cI want to see first-year students succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many former Summer Bridge participants and staff speak about the family atmosphere associated with the program.\u00a0 Friendships formed during Summer Bridge last through college and after.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still talk to the people I was in Bridge with,\u201d said Tony Tucker, a participant from the summer of 2002.\u00a0 \u201cThe memories you take from it, the things that you learn \u2013 it\u2019s invaluable.\u00a0 It really is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Story, photos and video by Mary Lide Parker \u201810<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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