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YES Prep Southwest College Bound Stats

January 27, 2011 by Jeremy Jones

This is an AMAZING time for the Maverick Nation. We are so proud of our Class of 2011 as they are in the heart of the “waiting season”. It has been such a wonderful time as students have been receiving their decision letters back from colleges. We celebrate each and every Maverick individually. It is not the name of the college or the perceived prestige that we celebrate, but we celebrate all of their hard work, dedication, and the “blazing of new trails” for our students and their families. One new trail that has been blazed that we would like to highlight is Crystal Usoro’s acceptance to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill! She is the first student in YES Prep’s history to achieve this great honor!

We are proud of ALL of our students. Please congratulate and celebrate

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The Top Blogs on YES Prep’s The Answer for 2010

December 29, 2010 by Jeremy Jones

The holiday season and the new year always bring about some reflective nostalgia that compels us to think about the best and worst from the previous 360 or so days and ponder what life will be like in the upcoming year.  There are some very definite and measurable ways that YES Prep will be changing in the next year that get this author very excited and will push me and my team to perform at levels beyond what we have ever operated.  For starters, we will officially enroll our 5,000th student.  That is halfway to our goal of serving 10,000 students in the Houston area.  Next, we will be sending 100% of our students to college from three fully grown YES Prep campuses in three very different Houston neighborhoods.  Southwest joins Southeast, our flagship campus, and North Central as a

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YES Prep Holds its First Annual Senior Summit

December 17, 2010 by Rhiannon Killian

Ask any high school senior what they are doing this time of year and a common response is “filling out my college applications.” For YES Prep’s Class of 2012 seniors, this is no different. They have spent the last few months polishing their resumes, revising their personal statement, requesting transcripts and letters of recommendation in order to round out their college applications. However, what sets apart YES Prep students and their counterparts from across America is that YES Prep students participate in a fall event – The Senior Summit.

The Fall Senior Summit is the gathering of 177 YES Prep seniors from the Southeast, North Central and Southwest campuses. The purpose of the summit is to allow for seniors to interact with each other, staff and community member to discuss the

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YES Prep hosts Deans of Admissions from the Nation’s Most Selective Colleges

September 21, 2010 by Donald Kamentz

At this time of year, fall in the admissions cycle world consists of hosting colleges who conduct high school visits for prospective students.   Last week at YES Prep was no different as our four high school campuses – Southeast, North Central, Southwest and East End – hosted over 20 colleges and universities on their campus.   In fact, by the end of this fall season, YES Prep Public Schools will host well over 250+ colleges and universities between individual high school visits and our district-wide college fair – a true testament to the widespread support YES Prep has nationally.

However, last Monday, YES Prep hosted a different type of visit – a roundtable discussion and visit by 4 of the most selective and prestigious colleges from the East – Swarthmore College (Philadelphia,

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YES Prep Southwest State of the Seniors Speeches

September 11, 2010 by Jeremy Jones

This week in YES Prep Southwest Senior English teacher Faith Hunter's classes the Seniors delivered their State of the Senior Class speeches. Below are additional snippets from these great orations!

 "‘A sympathetic friend can be quite dear as a brother’, the great Homer once said. We began as friends and have now grown to be brothers. So I challenge you today. I challenge you to go forward and consciously make an effort to make all forty six of your brothers and sisters feel

like a brother or sister that has your support. Though we may fight like brothers and sisters at times, siblings never give up on each other." – Ruby Serrano

 "This is our school…et’s own our campus. Ask not what your school can do for you—but ask what you can do for your school." – Jairus Coleman