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| A monthly e-newsletter from SisterMentors. | |
| October 2006 | |
| CELEBRATING SISTERMENTORS' JOURNEY TOWARD ITS 10th ANNIVERSARY: CONGRATS TO OUR 12TH GRADERS! | |
| As SisterMentors celebrates its journey toward its 10th anniversary in September 2007, good news continue to roll in. Congratulations to two of our twelfth graders, Roxie Jairrels who has already been accepted into college and Shannon Scott who was recently honored in Hollywood! Read on... | |
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One of SisterMentors' twelfth graders, Roxie Jairrels, has already been accepted into college. Roxie was admitted in September to the Art Institute of Pittsburg ("AIP") and should she choose to go there, will graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in Photography. Founded in 1921, AIP is the oldest of the art institutes in North America, has a history of excellence and emphasizes technology. Roxie has a passion for photography and has won awards for her work and sold some of her photographs. |
| Like other girls in SisterMentors, Roxie is imaginative and creative. She writes poetry and fiction and her writing is very strong. She has taught herself to play the piano, and she makes jewelry and likes Japanese Anime. Roxie also does community service. This fall, she is volunteering to teach senior citizens how to use computers and navigate the Internet, and is tutoring children in elementary school.
Roxie has been in SisterMentors since eighth grade. She is one of five SisterMentors girls who will head off to college in 2007. To see a slide show of some of Roxie's photographs including the one that she sold, click here. | |
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 Shannon pictured with Tavis Smiley | |
| Shannon Scott, another SisterMentors twelfth grader, received the Youth Advocate Award from the Tavis Smiley Foundation on October 7, 2006. The award recognizes Shannon's unwavering commitment to helping youth. She was honored at the foundation's "Salute to Youth Leadership Gala" in West Hollywood, California. Shannon began volunteering when she was nine years old and has won numerous awards for her service. Like Roxie, Shannon has been in SisterMentors since eighth grade. She went on our first college visit in 2003 and, this past April during her spring break, she spent three days with us at Douglass College, Rutgers University. Shannon is one of the five SisterMentors girls who will head off to college in 2007 where she plans to major in Business and the Arts. | |
| Shireen K. Lewis, Ph.D. Executive Director EduSeed | |
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