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YES Prep Teacher Lauded for Changing Students’ Lives

February 20, 2012 by Brittany Baize

Congratulations, Jeremy Tullis, instructor at YES Prep Southwest, for winning the Crystal Award from the Spring Branch Education Foundation!

"I've been in public schools for almost 30 years, and there's no one like him," said counselor Judy Kajander, who with school director Chris Claflin nominated Tullis.

Tullis' planning and leadership skills, high expectations of his students and the achievement results of his classes led to his recognition as teacher who has made a significant difference in his students' lives.

You can read the whole Houston Chronicle article

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YES Prep Professionals: Spring Kick-Off Party

January 10, 2012 by Brittany Baize

YES: Youth Engaged in Service.  YPP: 100 Professionals Serving Youth.

You are cordially invited to join us for live music, BBQ, and brew compliments of Liskow & Lewis, Iberiabank, and Brant Lee Croucher.

To drive attendance to our next service day, we're hosting a party to introduce Houston professionals to YES Prep and YPP: the coolest service, social and leadership organization in town!  Help us reach 100 volunteers by January 28th and mark your calendar for that Saturday to serve next to YES Prep students.  We look forward to seeing you and your friends there!

Questions? brittany.baize@yesprep.org or call the number above.

Please RSVP via evite or on facebook.  Visit us on the YES Prep Professionals facebook page and register to join at www.join-ypp.org.

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YES Prep Scholars Society 2011-2012

December 26, 2011 by Brittany Baize

We would like to honor our 2011-2012 YES Prep Scholars Society Members. 

These generous individuals are invested in the core values of YES Prep - particularly our commitment to drive visionary change in Houston.  Thank you for all of your support - this year and in years past.  We are so grateful for your support!

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AT&T Sends Santa to Surprise YES Prep Seniors

December 20, 2011 by Brittany Baize

On Wednesday of last week, ten YES Prep seniors headed to KIPP High School to represent YES Prep at a check presentation.  They joined ten KIPP seniors to receive $10,000 in gifts for our two schools from AT&T.  While smiling for the camera, they were surprised to see Santa enter the room with a large bag of presents!  Santa passed out twenty wrapped boxes to the students.  

As the gifts were passed down, J.J. Romero Cabrero was guessing what could be inside. "I thought the gift was a book."  As the wrapping paper came off, the students realized AT&T had surprised them each with a Samsung tablet to take to college.  Cabrero said, "Then I realized I could use this tablet to read a lot of books!"  The students were thrilled and grateful for AT&T's holiday generosity to each individual

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YES Prep Professionals: Service, Leadership, and Socializing

December 15, 2011 by Brittany Baize

We want to thank all of our YES Prep Professionals (YPP) members who brought their friends to our first annual holiday party on Tuesday, December 13th to learn more about how to get involved and support the mission of YES Prep.  Over 50 people attended the celebration at Guadalajara, and, thanks to the dedicated recruitment efforts of our YPP corps, 40 attendees were new faces!  We are well on our way of reaching our big goal: 100 volunteers at our next service day on Saturday, January 28th.

We also want to thank our generous sponsors for this event: Liskow & Lewis and Guadalajara Bar & Grille.

If you missed the holiday party mark your calendar for our biggest YPP recruitment event yet!  On Thursday, January 19th, YPP will be hosting a party at St. Arnold Brewery - complete with

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