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23 Things to Know about Teach For America Aluma and YES Prep Southwest teacher Reem Semaan

August 27, 2010 by Jeremy Jones

1. yes prep southwest biology teacher and university of north carolina alumni and teach for america alumni Reem Semaan Name: Reem Semaan

2. Position: Bio Instructor/9th GLC

3. Years of Experience: 3rd year

4. Family: Mom, Dad, 1 older brother

5. Hometown: Greensboro, NC

6. Birthday: March 1, 1986

7. College: UNC-Chapel Hill

8. Major/Minor: BIOLOGY!!/Chemistry

9. Favorite (it was movie but I changed it) Show: How I met your Mother

10. Favorite Food: Shawerma (Mary’z on Richmond has the best)

11. Hobby: Dancing, reading, movies, grading…(hah)

12. Pets: None, but I used to have 2 fish

13. Growing up, I wanted to be: A Doctor! (Teaching is actually making me reconsider)

14. The one thing I can’t live without: FAMILY!

15. The world would be a better place if: Everyone had respect for others

16. If I could go back and do one thing differently: I would have

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Teacher Feature: Andria Groover of YES Prep North Central

August 22, 2010 by Jeremy Jones

For the past ten years, 100% of YES Prep's graduating seniors have been accepted to top colleges and universities across the country. The success of our students is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our teachers, a group of individuals from diverse academic and professional backgrounds united by a sense of frustration at the status quo. We believe that teachers are the single greatest factor determining student achievement. In our weekly series, the Teacher Feature, we hope to show off our greatest resource: our teachers.

yes prep north central teacher and aggie andria groover Andria Groover

I grew up in Mérida, Yucatán, México. I am originally from Houston, but moved to the Yucatan peninsula when I was 9 years old when my dad felt called to be a missionary.
I attended Texas A&M University! Whoop! I

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Five YES Prep teachers receive the Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award

August 22, 2010 by Allison Poarch

Last night over 700 faculty and staff from YES Prep, KIPP and TFA gathered at the Hilton-Americas for the Be the Change Dinner. After a cocktail hour and three-course meal, five teachers from each organization were recognized with the Kinder Excellence in Teaching award. This is the second year that Nancy and Rich Kinder have funded this award, and we are truly grateful for their generosity. Below are the 5 YES Prep teachers that went home with a much-deserved $20,000 check for their outstanding work in the classroom:

Karen Autrey

Ms. Autrey started teaching at YES Prep eight years ago and has since become a role model for YES Prep Southeast. She teaches classes ranging from AP Language and Literature to Spanish III, and her students consistently rank among the highest on campus

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