Magazine article
INNOVATIONS AND PROGRAMS: Goodbye Peaches - Hello Possibilities; Georgia Junior College Earns Migrant Education Grant
The Hispanic outlook in higher education, Vol.10(14), p.26
04/07/2000
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000007975
Appears in National HEPCAMP Archive
Abstract
"Previously, there were no efforts by the federal government to recruit migrant students," said Francisco Garcia, director of the Office of Migrant Education at the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. "The migrant population is mobile. Their education has been interrupted. It's a hard job to find them in that you have to go to labor camps. They can be in Texas one day and Washington State the next. There was a need to fill, and this grant filled that void," he said. Since many of the Hispanic students hail from close-knit families, and this might be the first time they are living apart from the family, they often require counseling. "They need family support," [Yolanda Emery] said. Each of the three CAMP counselors at [Baldwin] is bilingual, helping to relate to and understand the students' needs and culture. "They want love and attention," perhaps more so than other students, said Emery. Why is CAMP so important to the future of these children, the offspring of often maligned and underpaid migrant workers? "When students talk among themselves, I hear them discussing picking peaches. None of them wants to pick peaches in the future," [Rocio Cardenas] said. CAMP has been so successful that many children of migrant workers have become doctors, attorneys, and teachers, Garcia noted. "The grant takes them out of the cycle of poverty and allows them economic and educational opportunities," he said. CAMP grants fill a need "because these students haven't had opportunity in the past. Having moved around so much in high school, their grades suffer. Without CAMP, these students would not have had a chance to go to college," Emery noted. CAMP grants might as well be called HOPE
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- Title
- INNOVATIONS AND PROGRAMS: Goodbye Peaches - Hello Possibilities; Georgia Junior College Earns Migrant Education Grant
- Creators
- Gary Stern
- Publication Details
- The Hispanic outlook in higher education, Vol.10(14), p.26
- Academic Unit
- National HEPCAMP Archive; HEPCAMP Press
- Publisher
- The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education
- Identifiers
- 99901362584801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Magazine article