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YES Prep Alumna: I Have learned a great deal from many different role models in my life
April 11, 2011 by Tenesha Villanueva
SanJuanita Elizondo graduated from YES Prep in 2001. She attended Drexel University where she majored in Computer Engineering and graduated in 2006. SanJuanita currently works for Spectra Energy in Houston as an Application Developer.
SanJuanita on her experience at YES Prep…
What is your favorite YES Prep memory?
Any moment where there was bonding made for a great memory; and at YES Prep, we bonded very often. Some of my favorite memories are classroom activities like when Mr. Desrosiers would name a parabola and we had to make the shape of it with our arms or when Daisy and Rolando dressed up as the characters of The Great Gatsby in Ms. Pagani’s (Hines) class. And of course, the amazing trips to various cities and colleges across country were mind-opening
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YP Brays Oaks Visits University of Houston for It’s Second Model United Nations Competition
April 08, 2011 by Sarah Straub
March 30, 2011 is a day that should go down in YES Prep history. Twelve students from YES Prep Brays Oaks’ campus travelled to the University of Houston to participate in their second Model UN competition. Representing Spain, Argentina, India and Qatar, these students have given up their Fridays for the past couple of months in anticipation of this competition. These students also had the privilege to hear from the Honorable Donna M. Blair, Minister Counselor of the Senior Foreign Service. She has served as Consul General in Nigeria, Mexico, Kenya, Venezuela, Ghana, Spain, Argentina and Hong Kong. She has worked in the State Department in the Bureau of African Affairs, the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, and the Bureau of Human Resources. She spoke about the opportunities that
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YES Prep’s Sr Director of College Initiatives Accepts State President Post for TACAC
April 07, 2011 by Jeremy Jones
YES Prep's Senior Director of College Initiatives, Donald Kamentz recently accepted the Presidential post for TACAC. The Texas Association for College Admission Counseling or TACAC is the state association for the National Association for College Admission Counseling and "is dedicated to supporting the work of counseling and enrollment professionals as they advance student access to postsecondary education. NACAC is committed to promoting high professional standards that foster ethical and social responsibility."
Kamentz has been a member of TACAC since he started his professional career in college counseling in 1999 and has served in several capacities in the state association including:
- TACAC/ACCI Summer Institute High School Faculty Chair (2007-2010);
- TACAC/ACCI Summer
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YES Prep Alumna: Our teachers challenged us academically and pushed us to be the best we could be
April 06, 2011 by Tenesha Villanueva
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Patricia Hernandez was YES Prep's first valedictorian and a member of the first graduating class in 2001. She attended Stanford University where she majored in English with a minor in Classical Studies and graduated in 2005. She had this to share about her time at YES Prep and her experience in college.
What is your favorite YES Prep memory?
The class of ’01 had camping trips spearheaded by Mr. Desrosiers every summer before the school year started. Each trip helped the bond between my class grow stronger. I remember going down the Guadaulpe River in tubes, completing ropes courses, and sleeping under the stars.
Name the teacher/staff member who had the greatest impact on you and why.
Mrs. Pagani Hines encouraged my love of reading and taught me to be an analytical
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Fine Arts Thrives at YES Prep Amid Talk of Budget Cuts
April 05, 2011 by Jeremy Jones
In a climate where “budget cut” is heard more often in newscasts than the local weather, special programs in the public school system seem to be shrinking or disappearing all too quickly. As a professional musician, I can’t help but wonder what the future for music holds. What will happen to orchestras when there are no students growing up with music in the schools? What will happen to students as an important part of their cultural education disappears?
Luckily, charter schools seem, even with all of the budget issues facing the nation, to be taking this fight head on. At YES Prep West, every student learns to take an instrument. 76% of our students participate in orchestra. When it comes to the future of our orchestra, there was little doubt who I should talk to about creating a
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