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Two YES Prep Students Earn Ronald McDonald HACER Scholarships

May 18, 2011 by Jeremy Jones

On Friday, May 13^th, Ronald McDonald House Charities hosted its annual awards banquet for its 2011 HACER Scholarship Program. We are proud to announce that Jessica Mendoza of YES Prep Southeast and Waldi Flores of YES Prep Southwest were two of the 24 scholarship winners selected by the Houston chapter of RMHC/HACER. They will receive a one-time scholarship in the amount of $2,000 and a netbook. Jessica and Waldi participated in the awards banquet and shared their future college plans with several notable Latino members of the Houston community who were also in attendance. Jessica will attend Grinnell College and seeks to become a surgeon. Waldi will attend Boston University this fall in his pursuit of becoming a CEO. In their brief speech, they also expressed gratitude for the support

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YES Prep Student Selected to the Class of 2012 Houston Leadership for Tomorrow

May 11, 2011 by Ayana Allen

Michaela Green, a current Junior at YES Prep Southwest, has been selected to the Class of 2012 Houston Leadership for Tomorrow team.  Below is some more information about the program from their website.  Please leave us a comment to tell us how proud you are of Michaela!

Houston Leadership for Tomorrow (HLT), an MLT affiliate, today announced the selection of its seventh class of HLT Emerging Leaders. The 59 Emerging Leaders in the HLT Class of 2012 include members of the Mayor’s Youth Council, Eagle Scouts actively serving the Houston community through their service projects, young social entrepreneurs who have developed programs on their campuses to address the needs of the less fortunate, and a student who spent her junior year studying in Taiwan. The class also includes

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YES Prep Southwest Senior Thanks Her Mom For the Support at Partnering For Change Town Hall

May 08, 2011 by Jeremy Jones

When I first came to YES Prep, I didn't want to go to college. I always asked my mom, "why do I have to go to college?" I didn't understand the benefits of a higher education. But YES changed everything. It changed the way I viewed college through introducing me to a plethora of colleges and universities.

YES Prep is more than Youth Engaged In Service. I have found that it is a community of teachers, students and parents who support each other to do whatever it takes to reach our goals and to give 110% everyday.

While at YES Prep, I quickly learned that nothing is easy. There is rigorous coursework and very long hours of homework every night, but with my determination and dedication, I will graduate from one of the top high schools in the nation this upcoming June. My teachers

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New Kids on the Block: Fine Arts at YES Prep Brays Oaks

May 02, 2011 by Colleen Stellato

Students at YES Prep Brays Oaks campus have been hard at work in Art Class this semester. Ms. Stellato, the new Art Instructor at Brays Oaks, has been focusing on the Elements of Art since January. After a few weeks of learning about tone, contour, and different shading techniques, it was time for the students to put all of their new artistic skills to the test with a group project: the Mystery Celebrity Portrait. Each student received a few pieces of a large poster of a celebrity, and then drew exactly what they saw on each square onto a new one. The identity of the celebrity was a secret, so the students were trying to guess who it was all the way along! Little by little, a face with its features, hair, jewelry, and clothing took form and the identity became clear….

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Senior Signing Day Should Be A National Holiday

May 02, 2011 by Mark DiBella

I have decided to make it official. Senior Signing Day is now a national holiday. I haven’t actually gotten this approved by anyone but I have emailed the President, so I’ll let you know when I find out more. Given that I look forward to SSD more than my own birthday, I’ve decided it needs to take its place as a fully recognized holiday. In fact, as I was heading to SSD on Friday, I started making a list of my favorite days every year. It was crazy to realize that next to Christmas and Thanksgiving, SSD is arguably my favorite day of the year. Of course, the last day of school is a close 4th.

For those of you that have never attended a Senior Signing Day, you should put next year's event on your calendar.  Senior Signing Day started as a way to honor our graduating seniors for the

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