This post was created on 10/21/2019.

Who: Gulf Trace Elementary School students

What: Gulf Trace University

When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday, October 31

Where: Schoolwide in every classroom

Why: To actively encourage the school’s students to further their education and show them that a higher education is accessible and possible

How: By providing the students with the tools needed to research colleges and create presentations about an assigned college for each class. Classrooms will be decorated and filled with information about the class’s assigned college. Students will be dressed as professors or athletes that represent their assigned school. Students will explore the campus and visit different classrooms to learn about some of the different college options available to them from their peers.