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Families and friends gathered in the Sunnyside High School auditorium Tuesday morning to celebrate 200 seniors so far already accepted into the U of A next fall. About 90% of Sunnyside students that attend college are first-generation students, according to Marisela Felix, Director of Public Information for Sunnyside Unified School District.Elfride Obono is a senior at Sunnyside High School and was among those celebrating their acceptance into the U of A.
Michael Waters is a Sunnyside alum but spoke at the assembly today. 'There’s such a stigma around going to college even if it’s a hometown college or anything like that,' Waters explained, 'I just wanted to make sure that these people knew that it’s okay to go to college and that they deserve to be at college.' Waters is currently a student at the U of A and is on the university's cheer team. Obono said, 'in my family, I am the first grandkid to be going to college.
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