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So, why is a public school starting a blog?

November 04, 2009 by Jeremy Jones

YES Prep has been named as one of the top 100 public schools in the nation by Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report. Every year, 100% of our graduating seniors have been accepted into four-year colleges and universities across the country. The hard work and dedication of our teachers and school leaders have already changed the trajectory of thousands low-income students from Houston.

So, why are we blogging?

All great teachers are students of the things they love, and all great organizations are constantly searching for ways to become better. By blogging, YES Prep will accomplish a lot of things, all of which will help us become a better school system and allow us to better serve students. By creating fresh and compelling content as a school system, we will be able

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YES stands for Youth Engaged in Service

October 29, 2009 by Jeremy Jones

Youth Engaged in Service is what we help our students become, and this year it is my responsibility to assist in leading the engagers of our youth at YES Prep East End by connecting their grade levels with service organizations in our area. It’s a simultaneously daunting and thrilling charge, to say the least. How does one lead a 14-year-old, egocentric adolescent to the local homeless shelter, elementary school or food bank as an authentically invested and caring member of his or her community? I’m excited to be poised, along with an incredible team, to improve the way we do that this year.

Jump Starting the Service Learning

The East End campus recently got its first taste of service learning and the classroom got off to an inspiring start as each grade level’s service liaison

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