WHAT: Hundreds of Fontana High School (FOHI) seniors will collectively submit more than an estimated 2,000 applications to four-year colleges and universities over seven hours during the school’s award-winning College Application Day. School and District counselors, faculty, staff, and families will be on hand to help students complete the college application process. FOHI earned the Riverside Inyo Mono San Bernardino (RIMS) Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) Impact Award for the annual event at an Oct. 29 ceremony.

School staff and student leaders will track the number of college applications submitted during the event, which will include a complimentary lunch. Representatives from four-year colleges and universities, including Azusa Pacific, the University of La Verne, University of Redlands, California Baptist University, Grand Canyon University, Whittier College, and California State University, San Bernardino, will also be in attendance to meet with students and discuss preparing for the transition to college.

WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 14
10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: Fontana High School
9453 Citrus Ave., Fontana

DETAILS: All five of Fontana Unified’s comprehensive high schools hold College Application Days over two weeks in November as part of the District’s commitment to promoting college readiness for all students.

FOHI’s College Application Day was first launched in 2014 as part of the school’s AVID classes. FOHI, which offers 22 AVID courses, has been honored for its work to narrow the achievement gap between students and ensure more students attend four-year colleges, being re-designated as an AVID National Demonstration School in the 2023-24 school year.

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