Kassandra Mercado won our monthly drawing Students if there is anything that you would like published in the newsletter please let Kathie LaBarge know.. College of the Month– Oneonta
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U P W A R D B O U N D
Vol ume 5, I ssu e 30 October 2011
Spotlight on UB Students!
Congratulations Papa Jo Amissah for being
crowned Homecoming King
Matt and Nick Raponi are doing a great job in
cross country leading the pack in many of the
races
The varsity football team featuring; Chris
Rodriguez and Gabe Amaya, has a
solid record of 9-0 Carlos Mercado, who is part
of the jv team has been asked to join the varsity team They are heading to the SUPER
BOWL November 5 Good luck!
If you earn an 85 or higher on a test, quiz, or homework bring it to us to have your name put in
our fishbowl for a drawing Kassandra Mercado
won our monthly drawing
Students if there is anything that you would like
published in the newsletter please let
Kathie LaBarge know
ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS
We are starting a new policy for stipends
Stu-dents need to sign in each day in the UB office to
receive a stipend If a student does not come in
the office and sign the sheet they will not receive
any money for that day
College of the Month– Oneonta
SUNY Oneonta is located on 250 acres centrally
located between Albany and Binghamton The
College maintains a complex in nearby
Coopers-town, which houses its Biological Field Station
and Graduate Program in History Museum
Stud-ies The campus community has access to
Col-lege Camp, for educational, recreational, and
so-cial opportunities It is approximately a mile from
campus, located on 284 acres of former farm and
woodland
Founded in 1889, the College at Oneonta
be-came a charter member of the State University
system in 1948 Today, the College enrolls more
than 5,800 students in 69 undergraduate majors
and fourteen graduate programs A liberal arts
college with a professional focus, SUNY Oneonta
is noted for an outstanding and accessible
fac-ulty, students committed to academic
achieve-ment and community service and our beautiful
campus
Students accomplish amazing things at Oneonta
They might do original research in the lab or get
an impressive internships in the world of
busi-ness, or win an NCAA Championship At
One-onta, it's not just academic superstars or natural
born leaders who do these things Oneonta's
friendly atmosphere and exceptional supportive
faculty make this a place of
opportu-nity Everyone who wants to can achieve
some-thing remarkable here
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UPWARD BOUND October 2011
Creating Workforce Solutions, for YOU!
BIRTHDAYS
September
Taliq Sims 4th Victor Paredes 14th Angela Hanke 16h
October
Alyssa Bruno 7th Papa Jo Amissah 9th Illenis Quinones 24th Mike Rich 26th Jonardy Anil 27th
November
Jonathan Magaletti 1st Kathie LaBarge 4th Ashley Bruno 8th Josh Gonzalez 9th William Toro 10th Nick Lomauro 13th Giovanni Lopez 21st Greg Kerrick 26th Sam Kilgore 27th
EVENTS
We had a very successful fundraiser October
17-19 in support of Domestic Violence
Aware-ness The students sold purple ribbons and
made food for the bake sale, they raised $67
NICE JOB! We also donated $14 worth of food
to the flood victims from previously raised
money
October 13 Upward Bound students attended a
college fair at Fulton-Montgomery Community
College
We had a very successful summer program
The following students received awards;
Eng-lish and History, Angela Hanke, Math,
Johanna Palma, Science, Brianna Pelcher,
Spanish, E Cole Amissah, Tutor Counselor,
awards Kassandra Mercado, Illenis
Quinones, and Victor Paredes, Overall
Olajuwan Lewis
UPCOMING EVENTS November 5, 2011 Scholar’s Bowl
November 16, 2011 Cultural Thanksgiving
After school we will have a dinner where each
student is asked to bring something to share
that they eat as a tradition on Thanksgiving
This provides the opportunity for students to
share and learn about different cultures
In February we will be scheduling a Financial
Aid day On that day we will help parents with
their FAFSA More information will be coming
soon
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Front row; J.D Haberek, Ashley Bruno, Brianna Pelcher, Angelica Tirado, Danielle Reid Middle row; Kassandra Mercado, Elton Crounse, Carmen McKinnish Back row; Robert Damasco, Bill Bush, Gabe Amaya, Taneesha McDonald, Olajuwan Lewis, Papa Jo Amissah Missing from photo; Diane Figueroa, Alisa Mascaro, Sean Mastropole, Victor Paredes, Michael Rich, Lauren Ripple,Chris
Rodriguez, Jasmine Velasquez
It’s going to be a FANTASTIC
SENIOR Year!
We can’t wait to see all your college acceptance letters !