Children of every grade level lined Uplift Mighty Preparatory, 3700 Mighty Mite Drive, on Dec. 2, to cheer as 85 seniors, accompanied by kindergarteners, marched through the campus in the symbolic College and Career March tradition in Uplift Education network.
Cheerleaders and mascots at Uplift Mighty Preparatory lead the College and Career March on Dec. 2. About 85 seniors graduated from this year’s Uplift Mighty class. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
Senior Diana Almeda leads the College and Career March on Dec. 2 at Uplift Mighty Preparatory, 3700 Mighty Mite Drive.(Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
Eighty-five seniors in the 2022-2023 class participate in the College and Career March on Dec. 2 at Uplift Mighty Preparatory, 3700 Mighty Mite Drive.(Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
Cheerleaders dance at the College and Career March on Dec. 2 at Uplift Mighty Preparatory, 3700 Mighty Mite Drive.(Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
Relatives sit and wait for seniors to walk and drop their first college application into a mailbox. The tradition symbolizes the first step of their higher education journey, said Amy Painter, the marketing, branding and design specialist at Uplift Education. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
Uplift Mighty Preparatory seniors listen to a speaker at the College and Career March on Dec. 2. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
Students and family watch as seniors drop off their first college applications at the College and Career March on Dec. 2 at Uplift Mighty Preparatory, 3700 Mighty Mite Drive.(Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
During the tradition, seniors walk across campus with a kindergartener, which symbolizes their K-12 journeys. At the end, the seniors drop their first college applications into a mailbox.
“Whatever that first step is toward their future, this is their symbolic start to putting that into action for everything that they’ve worked for and that they’ve built,” said Amy Painter, the marketing, branding and design specialist at Uplift Education. “All the kids get into it and all the kids enjoy cheering for everybody.”
Cristian ArguetaSoto is the community engagement journalist at the Fort Worth Report. Contact him by email or via Twitter. At the Fort Worth Report, news decisions are made independently of our board members and financial supporters. Read more about our editorial independence policy here.
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