Hitting the College Books Early Hundreds of Middle School Students Find Out What College Life Is All About on Catholic Schools Day
BELMONT, NC --- Still too young to drive and unable to register to vote – hundreds of 8 th graders from both North and South Carolina will get the chance to find out what life on a college campus is really like.
Belmont Abbey College will celebrate its 5th Annual Catholic Schools Day Celebration on April 7, 2006 beginning at 8:45 AM in the Abbey Basilica at Belmont Abbey College.
Students from Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School ( Charlotte, NC); Sacred Heart Catholic School ( Salisbury, NC); St. Anne School ( Sumter, SC); St. Michael’s School, ( Gastonia, NC); and St. Ann’s School ( Rock Hill, SC) will all be treated to a day of tours, athletics, a cookout and Q&A at one of the only private, Catholic liberal arts college in the southeast.
Each year, the College tries to reach out to the younger members of the community and prepare them for the transition into high school and ultimately college.
The visit will include Mass in the Basilica, a brief history of the College, discussion on student life and Abbey athletics. The day also includes a cookout at lunch where students can mingle and talk about their experiences.
Ranked one of the best comprehensive colleges in the Southeast by U.S. News and World Report and The Princeton Review, Belmont Abbey College celebrates excellence and virtue steeped in its 129-year Catholic Benedictine heritage. The liberal arts College is home to students from over 28 states and 11 countries and welcomes everyone from any background or tradition committed to this vision of excellence and virtue. The campus consists of the College, the Monastery and the Abbey Basilica, which can be found on its sprawling 650 acres of picturesque landscape.
Just minutes from Charlotte, NC, the nation’s second largest banking center, Belmont Abbey College offers students numerous internship opportunities and career placement.
The College believes in development of the whole person – mind, body and spirit. By offering a wide array of clubs and activities including Division II athletics, theatre, publications, and study abroad, Belmont Abbey College invests in the personal growth of its students.
Founded in 1876, the College celebrates its heritage and is inspired by the Benedictine monastic tradition. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the College and Abbey Basilica greet thousands of visitors each year.
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