--- title: Falcons In the Community - Academic Coaching and Tutoring Center Visits Fitchburg High School description: Academic Coaching and Tutoring Center visited the Gear Up Center at Fitchburg High School. Director of Academic Coaching and Tutoring (ACT) Center Kat McLellan, PhD, and Asst. Director of ACT were joined by Student Tutors Lia Reyes Jimenez, Olivia Willis, and Stephanie Amponmaah Boamah where they discuss future plans, college preparation, and the college experience with soon-to-be-graduates of Fitchburg High School. To learn more about the admissions process at Fitchburg State University, click here. image: https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/Image_012B-Mar-25-2022-04-49-25-67-PM.jpg --- [![Fitchburg State](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/FitchburgStateUniversity/logo.png)](http://www.fitchburgstate.edu/) [![burg-blog-logo-1](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/burg-blog-logo-1.png?width=238&height=113&name=burg-blog-logo-1.png)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/) # Falcons In the Community - Academic Coaching and Tutoring Center Visits Fitchburg High School Posted by [Andy Cunningham](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/author/andy-cunningham) on March 25, 2022 at 12:52 PM ![](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/Avatar2.jpg) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [Academic Coaching and Tutoring Center (ACT)](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/student-support/academic-support/academic-coaching-and-tutoring-center) visited the [Gear Up](https://www.mass.edu/gearup/home.asp) Center at [Fitchburg High School](https://fhs.fitchburg.k12.ma.us/). Director of the [ACT Center](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/student-support/academic-support/academic-coaching-and-tutoring-center) Kat McLellan, PhD, and Asst. Director of [ACT](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/student-support/academic-support/academic-coaching-and-tutoring-center) were joined by Student Tutors Lia Reyes Jimenez, Olivia Willis, and Stephanie Amponmaah Boamah where they discuss future plans, college preparation, and the college experience with soon-to-be-graduates of [Fitchburg High School](https://fhs.fitchburg.k12.ma.us/). To learn more about the admissions process at Fitchburg State University, click [here](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/admissions-aid). ![Image_012B-Mar-25-2022-04-49-25-67-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_012B-Mar-25-2022-04-49-25-67-PM.jpg?width=2597&name=Image_012B-Mar-25-2022-04-49-25-67-PM.jpg) ![Image_006B-Mar-25-2022-04-49-25-50-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_006B-Mar-25-2022-04-49-25-50-PM.jpg?width=2360&name=Image_006B-Mar-25-2022-04-49-25-50-PM.jpg) ![Image_031B-4](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_031B-4.jpg?width=2634&name=Image_031B-4.jpg) ![Image_025B-3](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_025B-3.jpg?width=2249&name=Image_025B-3.jpg) ![Image_038B-Mar-25-2022-04-49-25-51-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_038B-Mar-25-2022-04-49-25-51-PM.jpg?width=2367&name=Image_038B-Mar-25-2022-04-49-25-51-PM.jpg) ![Image_020B-4](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_020B-4.jpg?width=2535&name=Image_020B-4.jpg) ![Image_016B-Mar-25-2022-04-49-25-45-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_016B-Mar-25-2022-04-49-25-45-PM.jpg?width=1660&name=Image_016B-Mar-25-2022-04-49-25-45-PM.jpg) ![Image_049B-2](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_049B-2.jpg?width=2471&name=Image_049B-2.jpg) Topics: [Preparing for College](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/preparing-for-college), [Student Experience](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/student-experience), [Our Students](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/our-students), [Information Session](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/information-session), [Staff](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/staff), [Community](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/community) ### Recent Posts ### Posts by Topic A-Z - 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