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The Mayor’s College Fair offer to pupils of Washington D.C. schools various educational programs. These pupils are offered to visit this college in order to know more about programs which can be available for them as students of Washington D.C. schools.

Such fair was carried out for the first time this year but it is expected that such event will be carried out in next years. The Mayor’s College Fair was organized in order to make students of Washington D.C. schools one more option concerning further education.

One of offered programs is already rather popular and attracts a lot of attention. It is called D.C. Tuition Grant Program – DCTAGP. According to the program, more then $100 million are distributed for the maintenance of students who study at D.C. colleges.

Another interesting program is called D.C. Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Program – DCLEAP. It was designed to help those students whose financial situation is rather hard. According to this program, near $1500 million is distributes.

Such program as D.C. Adoption Scholarship – DCAS was created to help D.C. pupils who were adopted or lost one of the parents after the tragedy which happened on 11th of September. According to this program, more then $10 000 are distributed for children.

A lot of universities have different communities which are usually situated neat ir and surround it. And the University of Washington in Seattle doesn’t differ from others. It has several communities which can be very interesting. Some of them are situated near Lake Washington and a lot of windows of houses look to the amazing views of this lake. Other communities are situated in Northeast.  Here are some of the most remarkable communities of Seattle:

1. Laurelhurst – is situated to the east of the University, on the western coast of the Lake Washington. There are incredible views of the lake and Mount Rainier and Union Bay.
2. University District – is a part of the university itself. The main population of this community is students who rent living places. At this community you can enjoy amazing view of Puget Sound.
3. Roosevelt – is situated in the north of the University. There is small business in this community, but quantity of shops and restaurant is an essential disadvantage of this place.
4. View Ridge – this community also may boast of beautiful vies of the Lake Washington and Mount Rainier, but because of its small size, houses and apartments of this community are cheaper. There are also several stores and churches, two synagogues and View Ridge Elementary School.