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Disney’s Dreamers Academy with Steve Harvey Returns to Walt Disney World Resort in February 2009
2008-08-08 07:30:00
Disney’s Dreamers Academy with Steve Harvey Returns to Walt Disney World Resort in February 2009
Nominations for high school students can be submitted during September LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., Aug. 8 /EMWNews/ -- Disney's Dreamers Academy with Steve Harvey, an event created to inspire and enrich high school students, will return to Walt Disney World Resort Feb. 12-15, 2009. One hundred teens from across the country with big dreams and aspirations will be selected to pack their bags -- and their dreams -- and head to Walt Disney World Resort, where they will learn about careers in everything from culinary arts to animation, set design and show production to the business of sports and more. The Disney's Dreamers Academy class of 2009 will be made up of teens who are nominated between Sept. 1 and Sept. 30, 2008. Young dreamers -- who must be enrolled in high school for the 2008-09 term -- can be nominated by anyone, including parents, guardians, teachers, church members, social organizations -- even themselves. Although a high GPA is not required, students must exhibit a desire to learn, perhaps needing only additional motivational support to excel. Nomination forms can be found at http://www.SteveHarvey.com/disneysdreamersacademy. A select panel of judges including national radio personality Steve Harvey, community leaders and Disney representatives will choose the 100 finalists. The Disney's Dreamers Academy class of 2009 will be announced in November 2008. "We received more than 3,000 nominations for the first Disney's Dreamers Academy in 2008," said Meg Crofton, president of Walt Disney World Resort. "Due to that incredible response, we're really looking forward to continuing the academy in 2009." During Disney's Dreamers Academy in 2009, the students will participate in workshops with Disney cast members and executives, hear inspirational stories from entertainment celebrities and professional athletes, and enjoy the Disney theme parks -- where they can see, first-hand, the results of people who turned their dreams into careers as "Disney dreamers." During the 2008 Disney's Dreamers Academy, some of the guests speakers were Chef Jeff Henderson, National Football League Hall of Famer Kellen Winslow, pop/R&B recording artists Fantasia and Keyshia Cole, ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith and, of course, Steve Harvey. Harvey said Disney's Dreamers Academy "is about inspiring our young people who oftentimes don't have the chance to be exposed to a variety of job skills and job opportunities and meet with people in the fields they're interested in. We want to give our young achievers the tools to become overachievers -- to make their dreams a reality."
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