The Associated Student Senate invited 9 elementary school students on a campus tour to encourage continuing their education to college.

The senate has been involved in this activity for years, hoping to motivate children to continue their studying when they grow up.

“Education is important,” said Amy Collins, the student program adviser.

On each visit, about 10 students come on selected Fridays from McKinley Elementary School, which is right across the street from City College.

The students invited for the tour are the school’s Students of the Month. These children must have had perfect attendance for a month, worn the school uniform, and turned their homework in on time.

“The kids enjoy it,” said the senate’s Alexandra Stephens, who toured with the children last month, right before Valentine’s Day.

Senators Chao Wang and Constantin Witt-Dorring led the tour for the McKinley students on Friday, March 12.

Wang and Witt-Dorring brought the students to the Lifescape Garden, La Playa Stadium, and had lunch with them at the Winslow Maxwell Overlook at the southeastern corner of Main Campus.

The senators also took them to the Luria Library and Learning Resources Center, where many students said they were excited to look at thousands of books and all of the computers.

“I wish we had more time to show them everywhere,” Wang said, after the hour allotted for touring. “The time was too short.”

Wang and Witt-Dorring both feel the tour has a positive affect on the McKinley students.

It is a good opportunity for college students to be “role models” and for kids to know what it is like for adults to go to school, Collins said.

“I would’ve loved to have a chance like this,” Witt-Dorring said.

He thinks it is a great opportunity for them to see the environment on campus to find their “future goals,” he said.