Planning and paying for college can be stressful but thanks to the Marshall County Promise Program, local parents don’t have to do it alone. The goal of the program is to encourage young students to consider higher education as a realistic option early on and to make it easier for families to establish college savings for their kids. Continue reading
Triton Schools Receive Special Opportunity to Double Donations on Giving Tuesday
Earlier this year, young Marshall County students had the opportunity to tour college campuses as a part of the Marshall County Promise Program.
Triton Superintendent Donna Burroughs said that a big focus of the program is getting kids to start considering college and saving for it ahead of time. Continue reading
Plymouth School Board Updated on Marshall County Promise Program
Kindergartners and first-graders got a chance to see what it’s like to go to college, thanks to the Marshall County Promise program. A group of first-graders from Webster Elementary School discussed their recent Walk into My Future trip with the Plymouth School Board last week. Continue reading
Marshall County Promise Program Inspires Young Students To Start Considering College
Local kindergartners and first-grade students will be taking trips out to Ancilla College through the Marshall County Promise Program Walk into the Future event. This is the second year the program has taken place Ancilla. The superintendent at Triton Schools, Donna Burroughs said the program is a way to get young students to start considering further education now.
“It’s a part of our promise program where we’re trying to encourage kids to think about the importance of education and where they might want to go in the future and just introduce them to the idea of what a college is.” Burroughs said. Continue reading
