HEC Upward Bound hopes that you have a wonderful break. Enjoy your break from school.
Students on the last blog we talked about taking a break. Let's makes this clear:
TAKING A BREAK IS NECESSARY!
We are not saying do not work on scholarships or work or whatever you may need to do. We are saying set a time a day where you will "work." Whatever that means to you personally, but also take time to catch up on sleep. your body needs the rest. Some of you are the most active people we have seen. Take a slight break and recharge your body.
College Acceptance Letter Shout out:
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Morgan Chavers on her acceptance to:
Birmingham-Sothern College
Missouri State University
University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL)
The University of Iowa
Samford University |
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Tamia Thomas on her acceptance to
Columbia College |
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Darrell Alison on his acceptance to:
Wichtaa State University
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Kaela Moore on her acceptance to:
Southeast Missouri State University
University of Central Missouri
Missouri Western State University |
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Crystal Ray on her acceptance to:
Ranken Technical College |
HEC invited two guest speakers to come speak with our students:
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| Ms. Nolan brought in Vanessa Hunt who graduated from Soldan with Ms. Nolan in 2010. She also brought Kevin Windham who graduated from Southeast Missouri State University with Ms. Nolan. Mr. Windham is actually one Ms. Nolan's firsts students. |
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| Both speakers spoke about the ins and outs of college. They gave great advice to students about managing self and learning about new culture. |
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| Mr. Winham spoke to parents about supporting students even when they act like they do not want the help. Mr. Windham's advice was "Parent involvemnt is the most important support a student can rely on. Also, parents send those care packages!" |
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| Ms. Hunt spoke about being responsible and building your portfolio now. It does not have to be time consuming or even stressful. But take time to put your resume in a folder, make a copy of your certificates, diploma and just keep that folder in a safe place and refer back to it. |
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| Hey guys! What's going on here? |
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| The guest speakers assisting with the raffle ticket winners. |
This past Saturday we switched things up a little bit. We decided to end the year with some family time and raffle gifts. We also gave an award out. Check out the pictures from Saturday, December 17th, 2016:
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| Ms. Nolan and Fatima |
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| Fatima, a freshman at Vashon High School. Fatima is active with the ROTC Program and Flag Line with Vashon High School. Fatima is also participating in the Costa Rica project which is lead by Ms. Lurie. |
Ms. Denise Williams who is Keith & Aigner William's mother won the
"Active Parent Award"
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| Ms. Williams received this award because she has never missed a parent meeting. Ms. Williams comes to the meetings with questions, advice, and she participates in all activities. She is a great role model for both of her kids who are active in the program. |
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| Look up Cardejah! Say Cheese! |
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| Mr. Sedrak always ready to teach our seniors on a Saturday |
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| Our Sophomores eager to get to class! |
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| Mr. Bullard teaching the Seniors about their options for after graduation. |
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| Mr. Mayham really loves his job. Look at that smile! Students bring him so much joy! |
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| What's wrong Keith? Smile! |
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| If you ever need any information on how to get through college make sure you talk to Ms. Bullard! |
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| Look at our guest speaker, students and parent actively listening |
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| Ms. Williams is always sharing her wisdom with the HEC Family |
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| Hey mom! Hey Dad! |
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| Brotherly and sisterly love! HEC loves it! |
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| Why the sour face Nate? |
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| Mr. Brown is always sharing something exciting! |
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| Mrs. Turner has so much wisdom and she is a powerful speaker! |
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| The audience for our guest speaker |
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| Students, teachers and parents! |
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| Even our guest speaker's mother came to listen to him! See students you are too old to get support from your folks! |
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| Our thank you card to our Family and Students |
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| Our candy bags for our students! |
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| Our raffle ticket gifts |
Raffle Ticket Winners:
Each bag carried a t-shirt, thank you card, another bag, a couple pens and a water bottle. One lucky bag had a ceramic coffee mug.
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| Ms. Nolan and Arionne |
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| Ms. Nolan and Keith |
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| Ms. Nolan and Tamia |
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| Ms. Nolan and Nate |
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| Ms. Nolan and Cardejah. Cardejah's mom actually won this bag. |
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| Ms. Nolan and Neema |
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| Our lovely HEC students of 2016 |
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| Mr. Armstrong and our honorary student Paris (who is Crystal's daughter) |
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| Congratulations to Nate who plays on Vashon's JV and Varsity Basketball team. Vashon won both games. |
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| HEC Upward Bound wants to shout out our Vashon Freshmen. They have been showing up and showing out. They have come and smile,but most importantly they participate. |
