An exciting new College Summit website, www.connect2urfuture.org, launched this week!  The website was created for Peer Leaders and educators, and gives tips on how to use social networking websites like Twitter and Facebook to create college-going culture. It includes ideas for educators on how to use social networking sites in the classroom as well as for continued learning opportunities.

Check it out!

Most exciting is our first-ever College Summit video contest, sponsored by Citi. The judges panel includes celebrity judge Don Cheadle, a College Summit Alumnus, and representatives from Citi and the Department of Education.  Launching this week, the contest challenges students to make a video that tells how they are create college-going culture in their school. College Summit students can submit short video clips that they produce after school to be entered into the contest.  There is a $2,000 grand prize for the contest winner! Learn more here. We’ll be sure to post the finalists here for your viewing pleasure. Classroom entries are also being accepted. We're offering a $500 cash prize to the class that submits the most creative college-going video.

Please help spread the word to College Summit seniors about this opportunity to engage with us, and with others in our community, to promote college-going!

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