MEDIA ADVISORY -- SENATOR TO GREET STUDENTS AT FINANCIAL AID WORKSHOP ON SATURDAY

Reporters and editors: The following is an event at Kearny High School on
Saturday that Sen. Marty Block will be attending. For questions, please
contact his media staff, listed below.

The event organizer is CalSOAP, contact Linda Doughty [ldoughty@ucsd.edu]
at 858-569-1866. It runs from 9 a.m. to noon; Sen. Block will be on hand
from 9:30-10:30 a.m.

Jack

Jack Brandais | Communications Department | San Diego Unified School
District | (619) 725-5570 (Desk) | (619) 607-0477 (Cell)

MEDIA ADVISORY

For Immediate Release

Jan. 30, 2014

Contact: Maria L. Lopez
916.651.4039 or 916.712.9854


SENATOR TO GREET STUDENTS AT FINANCIAL AID WORKSHOP ON SATURDAY

State Senator Marty Block will greet students at the Kearny High School
Cash for College Workshop on Saturday. His office will staff a resource
table at the event with information about financial aid to attend college.
Senator Block recently joined local educators and elected officials to
promote student participation at the workshops.

Students attending the workshops which run through March 1 will assist
students complete the federal and state forms to apply for college aid
assistance.

³California is facing a water drought this year, but we¹re also facing
another kind of drought ­ a drought of highly skilled workers and adults
with baccalaureate degrees, post graduate certificates and two-year
degrees,² said State Senator Marty Block (SD-39).

He added that it is critical that high school students not only meet the
educational requirements for admission and success in college, but also
have the financial support they need to further their education and become
part of the skilled workforce critical to California¹s economy.

Students and parents may visit
http://www.calgrants.org/applications/workshops.cfm?navId=25 to find a
³Cash for College² workshop location in their neighborhood and to learn
what students must bring with them.

WHO: Senator Marty Block and Kearny High School seniors

WHAT: Students will complete federal and state application forms for
student aid.

WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014; 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

WHERE: Kearny High School, 7651 Wellington Street, San Diego

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