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NBA Draft 2024 was a great opportunity to host a Mentoring Night Out on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. It was so inspiring to hear the stories of how the young men who were drafted to the NBA started their journey and the challenges and obstacles they overcame. The commitment and tenacity it takes to succeed…
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The High School Academic Support Program held its Class of 2024 Recognition Luncheon at Flaming Grill in Newark. The Program included recognition of post graduation choices including: college acceptances, military enlistments and Trade School enrollments. Newark Tech Senior, Lukas Wurster was recognized for having the highest GPA in the Class of 2024(4.7 GPA), Tajeune Smith,…
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The High School Academic Support Program hosted a Campus trip to the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore in Princess Anne, Maryland on April 25th-26th. Thirty seven high school juniors and seniors were in attendance from various high schools in Newark: East Side, Central, West Side, Barringer, University, Arts High, Weequahic, and American History. Our teens enjoyed…
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Our Teen Outreach Session on Wednesday, April 17th was a great experience. We were able to register teens to vote, complete Financial Aid, apply for part-time jobs, gain acceptance to colleges and complete scholarship applications. We are grateful to all of our recruiters who participated in this event. Kudos to TossedNJ for the delicious dinner…
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The High School Academic Support Program hosted a campus visit to Penn State University on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. 25 Teens from various high schools: West Side High, East Side, Donald Payne Tech., Newark Data Science, Weequahic and University High School were in attendance. Our teens enjoyed a very informative information session, Q@A from Admissions…
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Our final college visit was held on April 4th. We visited Norfolk State University and enjoyed a great tour which included visits to the Student Center, dining hall (where we enjoyed Soul food Thursday buffet) and met many students, faculty and members of various Greek organizations. Current students shared insight on what they like most…
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Our visit to NC A&T and North Carolina Central were awesome on April 3, 2024. We were able to tour the campus of North Carolina A&T on Wednesday morning after enjoying a night of bowling. We ventured to NC A&T’s campus. We toured the campus and had the chance to speak to several current students…
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Our students shared reflections after the trip that I felt compelled to share: “Duke University was an amazing experience. The campus was beautiful and I have never visited somewhere this nice before. The food there was amazing and the campus was active. Everyone was outside having fun together and it really seemed like an all-around…
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Day 1 was a great day for our teens who visited Virginia State University. After traveling in torrential rain, we arrived on a sunny and lively campus on Monday, April 21st. We were greeted by our VSU student tour guides who gave us a great campus tour and shared insight on the campus food, various…
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The Newark Board of Education’s Class of 2025 College Fair was an awesome event on March 26th. It was great to greet and meet so many awesome high school juniors at the Prudential Center. We were able to share college and scholarship information, employment opportunities for teens and distribute permission slips for our upcoming campus…
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