"Making new friends didn’t come easily to “Kate.” She kept to herself. She didn’t trust people. But that changed when she came to UConn’s new First Star Academy, a residential summer program for high school students in foster care.
“They’re like family to me now,” the high-school junior from New Haven says of her classmates.
"Kate* is one of 19 foster kids from across the state taking part in the program. For four weeks starting on July 7, they have lived on the Storrs campus – forming close bonds, earning college credits, and perhaps most importantly, learning that college is not beyond their reach...."
http://today.uconn.edu/blog/2013/08/fostering-college-dreams-for-kids-in-foster-care/
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