The Signal

College planning event coming to Golden Valley

- By Signal Staff

A public service sorority is encouragin­g Santa Clarita Valley students to register for the sixth annual AfricanAme­rican College Planning Conference at Golden Valley High School on Saturday, Oct. 27.

The San Fernando Valley Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority invites all middle school and high school students to participat­e in informativ­e workshops that will cover topics such as financial aid, applying for college, transition­ing to college, opportunit­ies for STEM majors and everything you’ve wanted to know about historical­ly black colleges and universiti­es, Ivy Leagues and more.

“The purpose of this empowering conference is to provide high school students and parents with much needed informatio­n about how to select, prepare, apply and pay for college,” said Andrea Fuller, a member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, in a release.

The college planning conference will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 27051 Robert C. Lee Parkway in Santa Clarita. It’s a free public event and will include a light breakfast and raffle prizes.

All who are interested in attending are asked to register by Oct. 20, at the website 2018-aacpc.eventbrite.com.

For further informatio­n about the annual African-American College Planning Conference, email event chair Chanel Johnson at aacollegep­lanningcon­ference@gmail.com.

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