LSU Hosts “Sixth Grade Day” for Seventh Year

BATON ROUGE – LSU will launch its seventh run of “Sixth Grade Day,” a day of academic exhibits and touring for middle school students of East Baton Rouge Parish, on Thursday, March 10. The program will also run March 24 and March 29.

Since 2016, LSU has welcomed more than 12,000 sixth graders to its campus. Last year, “Sixth Grade Day” was offered virtually due to the pandemic. 

For these visits, students see presentations about the humanities, science, engineering, the arts and agriculture. Tour stops included a visit to the Museum of Natural Science, the Shaver Theatre and the Pete Maravich Assembly Center, or PMAC, where various colleges and departments will present. Students also get ice cream from the LSU Dairy Store. 

Sixth Grade Day is a program of the Capital Area Promise, which was launched in September 2018. It is a collaborative effort between LSU, Southern University, Baton Rouge Community College, and EBRP School System. The Capital Area Promise was established to create more pathways to college and careers, and jumpstart conversations with students and families around college readiness.

For more information on Sixth Grade Day, contact LSU Community University Partnerships at 225-578-8699 or lsucup@lsu.edu. To learn more about the Capital Area Promise, visit capitalareapromise.org.