Photo: Fifth graders head to college

Kyle Schramm, a fifth-grader at Auke Bay Elementary School, celebrates receiving a certificate for completing a day-longprogram Tuesday at the University of Alaska Southeast, to help students think about attending college. About 320 Juneau school district fifth-graders attended the program either Monday or Tuesday. In its sixth year, the program is funded by theAlaska College Savings Plan and the Northwest Education Loan Association and organized and staffed by UAS employees andstudent volunteers. Event organizer Barbara Burnett, left, is UAS's director of financial aid; Joe Nelson, center, is UAS'sdirector of admissions, and Julie Staveland is UAS's outreach coordinator.

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