SFSC Visits the Boys & Girls Club in Avon Park
On June 27, 2022, SFSC partnered with the Boys & Girls Club of Highlands County to put together a fun-filled educational event called “Strive for Success to College.” The event was held at the Boys & Girls Club in Avon Park, where residents from Avon Park and Sebring ranging from third to 11th grade attended the event. This event introduced students to college information and allowed them to use what they learned in the Boys & Girls Club summer program classes. A variety of activities that the kids participated in helped them gain information about college, career options, educational facts, and vocabulary words.
SFSC was all about school spirit — SFSC representatives wore their orange SFSC t-shirts and the walls were covered with SFSC spirit posters. The kids were awarded prizes at the end to thank them for their participation and to continue to strive for learning in education. As a local college in Highlands County, we want students to know that we are their community resource when they have questions about college and to help them explore career options.
“We love our community and are thrilled to have an opportunity to work with the Boys & Girls Club to motivate students to strive for higher education and spark a desire to go to college,” said Sofia Ochoa, college recruiter at SFSC. “I love my job as a college recruiter and events like this make me happy because we are working with kids who will be successful and make a difference one day. That’s what we see from our students who attended SFSC and we want to inspire future students to get started on their college and career journey and find the right resources available to them at SFSC. When the students from the Boys & Girls Club think back on this event, they may say, ‘I remember when SFSC came to visit us and we played games, but I learned a lot about SFSC and I want to know more.’”
SFSC representatives who participated in the Boys & Girls Club event were: Dolores Breedlove, Take Stock in Children college success coach; Dr. Mark Bukowski, dean of student services; Anastasia Fuchser, Institutional Advancement and Alumni Development coordinator; Rob Hampton, Career Development Center director; Fred Hayes, Construction Trades Program director; George Livingston, Tutoring and Learning Center Math Lab specialist; Cristian Luevano, HSI-STEM coach; Sofia Ochoa, college recruiter; Andy Polk, Student Life coordinator; and Emily Vickers, Health Sciences staff assistant.
