--- title: Young Falcons Academy Week - Days 1 & 2 description: Young Falcons Academy Week - Days 1 & 2 image: https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/Image_005-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-5333-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/) # Young Falcons Academy Week - Days 1 & 2 Posted by [Andy Cunningham](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/author/andy-cunningham) on April 19, 2023 at 5:45 PM ![](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/Avatar2.jpg) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) It's been a busy two days, so far, for our Young Falcons Academy week, where students from Fitchburg and Leominster public middle schools partake in a week full of activities on campus. Yesterday and today, the Young Falcons met with current students to find out what college life was really like, make shadow puppets in Conlon Fine Arts with Professors [Sally Moore](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/faculty-profiles/sally-moore) and [Andrea Olmstead](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/faculty-profiles/andrea-olmstead), learn about therapy dogs meeting a Fitchburg State favorite [Daisy the Therapy Dog](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/around-campus-therapy-dogs-in-hammond-main-lounge-1), just to name a few.  ![Image_005-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-5333-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_005-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-5333-PM.jpg?width=2789&height=2026&name=Image_005-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-5333-PM.jpg) ![Image_001-Apr-19-2023-05-05-06-8894-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_001-Apr-19-2023-05-05-06-8894-PM.jpg?width=2522&height=1775&name=Image_001-Apr-19-2023-05-05-06-8894-PM.jpg) ![Image_007-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-5575-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_007-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-5575-PM.jpg?width=2935&height=1742&name=Image_007-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-5575-PM.jpg) ![Image_018-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-0281-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_018-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-0281-PM.jpg?width=2338&height=1654&name=Image_018-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-0281-PM.jpg) ![Image_002-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-1923-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_002-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-1923-PM.jpg?width=2758&height=1923&name=Image_002-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-1923-PM.jpg) ![Image_016-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-3290-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_016-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-3290-PM.jpg?width=2746&height=1779&name=Image_016-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-3290-PM.jpg) ![Image_002B-Apr-19-2023-05-05-06-9843-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_002B-Apr-19-2023-05-05-06-9843-PM.jpg?width=2131&height=1457&name=Image_002B-Apr-19-2023-05-05-06-9843-PM.jpg) ![Image_017-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-5857-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_017-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-5857-PM.jpg?width=3079&height=1893&name=Image_017-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-5857-PM.jpg) ![Image_018B-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-1868-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_018B-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-1868-PM.jpg?width=1363&height=1627&name=Image_018B-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-1868-PM.jpg) ![Image_033-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-3770-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_033-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-3770-PM.jpg?width=3091&height=2061&name=Image_033-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-3770-PM.jpg) **![Image_019-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-6899-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_019-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-6899-PM.jpg?width=2866&height=2023&name=Image_019-Apr-19-2023-05-05-07-6899-PM.jpg)** **See more photos here;** Topics: [Programs](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/programs), [Our Students](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/our-students), [Our Faculty](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/our-faculty), [Information Session](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/information-session), [Community](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/community) ### Recent Posts ### Posts by Topic A-Z - 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