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Introducing our 2011-2012 Spectra Energy Alumni Fellows

February 29, 2012 by Brittany Baize

Thanks to a generous grant from Spectra Energy, the YES Prep Alumni Program has established the Spectra Energy Alumni Fellows Program. This program serves as a unique persistence tool targeted at building alumni connection and engagement at Texas public universities in an effort to increase persistence and graduation rates at these institutions.  Alumni Fellows have been charged with:

• Building relationships with fellow YES Prep alumni on their campuses
• Informing fellow alumni of on-campus support services, resources, and social happenings
• Serving as a link/voice between their campuses and Alumni Program staff, particularly when individualized support or intervention is needed

Alumni Fellows will also participate in leadership development trainings and activities

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Record breaking fundraiser: YES Prep’s 7th Annual Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Tournament

February 28, 2012 by Brittany Baize

This year, we set out to continue to achieve the jaw-dropping results of our largest annual fundraiser.  We are excited to report that we raised over $1,000,000 at the 7th Annual YES Prep Texas Hold 'Em Oil & Gas Tournament!  This is a tournament and YES Prep fundraising event record.

Success like this cannot be achieved without the generosity, support, advice, volunteerism, and philanthropy of EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU - including the 50+ YES Prep staff volunteers that support the event.  YES Prep has an amazing group of supporters, and you have made this incredible accomplishment possible.

Although attendees can only play for bragging rights, this year Mickey Barrett joins the VIP Winner's Circle as the 2012 Poker Tournament winner!  Mickey serves on YES Prep's Board of

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Join us for the 2nd Annual YES Prep Author Night

February 22, 2012 by Brittany Baize

By Leigh Anne Rayburn

We hope you will join us for the 2nd Annual YES Prep Author Night!

The Author Study is a three-month project that AP English Language students in the twelfth grade undertake in the spring semester.  The objective is to explore one author in great depth and breadth.  Students must read over 700 pages by the writer they choose, and the reading may be a collection of nonfiction, fiction, drama, poetry, and essays.  They are charged with becoming fluent in that author’s style, attitude, and influence to the literary canon. 

At Author Night, seniors from YES Prep Southeast, Southwest, and North Central come together to present their findings and converse with literarily-minded folks from around the community:  not just staff members within YES, either.  Last

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Alumni Spotlight: Peter Gotting, YES Prep Southeast Class of 2005

February 21, 2012 by Tenesha Villanueva

Peter Gotting graduated from YES Prep Southeast in 2005.  He attended the University of St. Thomas where he majored in Environmental Studies and graduated in 2009.  Peter currently serves as a Community and Environmental Organizer for Texas Gulf Coast and will defend his Masters thesis in Community and Regional Planning from the University of New Mexico later this spring. 

Peter on his experience at YES Prep...

What is your favorite YES Prep memory?  

I honestly do not know which to choose. My seven years at YES Prep was full of so many defining or meaningful moments for me that I find it difficult to have a favorite. At the risk of sounding cheesy, some of the most special moments for me were school assemblies. Seeing everyone grouped together, all of our teachers, the

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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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