This year, our GEAR UP cohort are Sophomores and Juniors! We are energized from Summer and excited to kick off a great school year at Spoto and East Bay. This year, new have added two new members to our GEAR UP team. There is a GEAR UP liaison at each school site to help our scholars have the most fulfilling school experience! Please stop by and say hello!
Lora Morgan, Spoto High School - Media Center Amanda Miller, East Bay High School - Office 200D Community Tampa Bay’s ANYTOWN® is a five-day, four-night residential leadership and diversity education program that brings together 50 to 60 adolescents, ages 14 to 18, of diverse cultural, ethnic, religious, and economic backgrounds to build a culturally diverse community from the ground up. Each ANYTOWN® session is staffed by between 18 and 22 volunteers, with a ratio of one volunteer for every two participants. The participants, or delegates, live, socialize and dine alongside each other.
ANYTOWN is FREE for GEAR UP students! CLICK HERE to download the application or pick one up in Guidance! Check out this amazing story about how technical school helped Manning achieve his dream of becoming a fire fighter.
http://www.sdhc.k12.fl.us/newsdesk/article/930/htc-student-success-story
Got your PSAT score report back, but don't understand what it means? Check out this video to help you understand your PSAT score report. PSAT helps predict how well you will do on the SAT. SAT scores are important for college admissions, scholarships, dual enrollment, and more. Don't forget to practice on www.satpractice.org to help increase your scores for the SAT. Didn't get your score report back? Sign into www.collegeboard.org to get your scores. You may have to complete the Matching Tool if your scores do not appear. Message me (Sonya Eorio) on Edsby if help! It's a new year!! Lets make one of your New Year's resolutions financial planning for college and life after graduation. Check out this great newsletter from the Florida Department of Education on ways to start preparing now:
http://www.navigatingyourfinancialfuture.org/Documents/Newsletters/current_hs.pdf Bored over the holiday break??
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