K to College

The women’s basketball team led 26 kindergarteners at Beall Elementary School in stretches and small activities to introduce the youngsters to the formal educational opportunities that await them in college. The Raptors, Coach Lakisha Nickens-Gaither, and students enjoyed the activities, made possible through the new K to College program, a partnership between Montgomery College and Montgomery County Public Schools. For the spring term, each campus adopted a nearby elementary school in Germantown, Rockville, and Silver Spring. At East Silver Spring Elementary, Dwayne Henry, biology lab coordinator at Takoma Park/Silver Spring, shared a collection of skulls and lab samples with one kindergarten class. Dr. Pollard read to a class at Daly Elementary, and the MC Libraries donated 30 books to the same class.