Twenty-one Churchill County High School students with 4.0 GPAs and exemplary attendance records embarked on an unforgettable college tour this month, visiting two of California’s most prestigious universities — Stanford University and California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly).
The group departed Fallon at 5:30 a.m. and arrived at Stanford University around 11 a.m. After an insightful campus tour, they continued south down I-5, stopping for a hearty steak dinner at Harris Ranch — generously sponsored by Kelly Robbins of New Millennium.
Students spent the night at Harris Ranch and rose early for the next leg of the trip to Cal Poly. The tour included a visit to the Cal Poly dairy farm, where one student’s father had once worked while attending college and now owns his own dairy in Fallon. Ben Londo, the group’s Cal Poly tour guide, arranged for students from various academic disciplines to speak with the Churchill County students, offering valuable insight into what it takes to gain admission and succeed at Poly.
The next stop was the historic Madonna Inn, where Connie Pearce, the inn's owner, treated the group to six dozen homemade cookies to enjoy at nearby Avila Beach. There, students dipped their feet in the ocean, played a few rounds of volleyball, and enjoyed refreshing ice cream, courtesy of Berney Realty.
The journey ended with all of the students sleeping peacefully on the return trip home — a well-earned rest after an inspiring adventure.
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