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( kids getting dorm tour)

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Guide: Once you guys finish 
elementary,

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then you'll go to high school 
then to college.

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Daniel: The fun thing about 
the dorms, guys,

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is that every student 
can pick and chose

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how you want 
to set up your room.

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So if you want 
set up a bunk bed

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you can do that, sweet.

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If you want to put 
a couch in the room,

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that's awesome, 
you can do that too.

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Rob: This college 
dorm room may be small,

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but it made a BIG 
impression on this group

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of fourth graders.

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Noah: What was good 
about the dorms was...

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being able to do 
things yourself and,

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like, put things up and, you 
get to design how your dorm,

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whatever you want 
your dorm to be.

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Rob: As these kids take 
a tour of Azusa Pacific

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University, they begin to 
see possibilities....

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of living independently... 
of socializing...

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of being in college.

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And that's 
precisely the point.

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Laura: College is very 
abstract for a lot of my

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students, most would be the 
first to attend college in

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their family.

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So this brings it into the 
concrete world for them,

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as opposed to 
think abstract world.

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Otherwise, it really 
seems like a dream,

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something they see in a 
movie or something they see

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in a TV show.

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It's not 
reality, it's fantasy.

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But it takes that fantasy 
and makes it a reality

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for them.

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Rob: Azusa Pacific 
University is a private

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college in the 
San Gabriel Valley.

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They've partnered with 
the Azusa Unified School

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District on a 9-week 
program called CHAMP.

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Arturo: The CHAMP program, 
which stands for college

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headed and mighty proud, uh, 
began with an idea that if

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we expose students at a very 
young age to a college-going

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culture, uh, that we could 
have an impact on their

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future lives.

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Michelle: The program 
started 28 years ago and

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over 13 thousand um local 
elementary students have

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gone through the CHAMP 
program where they're

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learning about 
college readiness,

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goal setting and really 
instilling a future and a

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hope for university.

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Rob: The CHAMP program 
begins in the classroom for

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all 400 of the 
district's fourth graders.

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They meet weekly with 
college students from Azusa

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Pacific University who are 
enrolled in a course called

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Diversity in the Classroom.

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Jada: Last week we talked 
about college activities and

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what living on 
campus is like.

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Next week I think we'll 
be talking about

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college applications.

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Rob: Jada Javier is a college 
mentor with the program.

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She says the message really 
comes to life on the week

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that the kids get to see the 
college campus with their

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very own eyes.

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Jada: Did you guys 
see the dorms over there?

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Students: Yeah!

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That's where I live.

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Yeah, that's where I live.

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Student: The skeleton?

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Jada: No, not the skeleton 
but I know which one you're

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talking about.

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Jada: The CHAMP 
Program really gives you

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such a great opportunity 
to practice how to be

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inclusive, how to get to 
know your students in a

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personal way, and just how 
to cater to people

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who are different.

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Arturo: What really makes 
this program stand out is

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that fact that it's college 
students who are making

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connections 
with our students.

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Because without that, I 
think it would be just

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another curriculum, 
uh, just another tour,

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but having that special 
person come to see you every

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week for nine weeks is what 
I think really makes this

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stand out.

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Rob: At the end 
of the program,

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the school district and 
college hold a graduation

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ceremony with all the pomp 
and circumstance of a real

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college graduation.

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Michelle: We invite the, the 
parents and the community

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to, to rally around these 
kids who walk across the

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stage and hear 
their name called out,

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'future teacher majoring in 
liberal studies.' And they

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get to see this vision and 
hope for the future um that,

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that maybe their, that other 
in their family haven't

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gotten to experience.

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Rob: Azusa Pacific 
University guarantees

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admission to any student in 
the district who meets the

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minimum requirements.

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The college also sets aside 
scholarships just for

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local residents.

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But the bigger goal is to 
set kids on any college

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path, whether at a two-year 
or four-year university.

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And organizers say fourth 
grade is an ideal time to

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plant the idea.

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Laura: Once they 
hit fourth grade,

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they are more 
independent, they're,

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they're thinking 
for themselves more,

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they're taking 
charge of their learning.

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And it's just the perfect 
time for them to consider

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these things.

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Cole: I've been starting 
to think about college,

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and my thoughts were that 
I kind of want to go now.

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Thomas: I think our 
tour today was great,

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because we like, learned new 
stuff and we saw these

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new things.

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My favorite part was 
uh, the turtle exhibit.

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Rob: The fourth graders, 
college students and

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organizers all 
agree....today's college

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visit day was a success - 
bringing to life a whole new

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world of opportunities.

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Jada: They were saying after 
today they are so excited to

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apply for college and are 
so excited for what that's

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going to be like.

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And to me, you know, like 
that's the whole goal of

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this program, is to inspire 
kids to want to go to

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college and to 
want to pursue it,

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and so the fact that 
APU visit day has kind of

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brought that desire in them 
makes me really happy and

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it's really heartwarming.

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Students: College headed 
and mighty proud!

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Guide: Everyone say cheese!

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Students: Cheese!