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Greetings!
What an exciting month it has been for Uplift Education. This May marked Uplift's 9th graduating class from North Hills Prep and our first graduation for our oldest urban school, Peak Prep.
We're extremely proud of both schools for graduating 100% of their seniors and having 100% of their seniors accepted to colleges and universities across the nation. Combined, these students received more than $5 million in scholarship awards. Some of the schools that Uplift Education graduates will be attending in the fall are Texas Christian University, Southwestern University, University of Michigan, University of Texas, University of North Texas, Baylor University, Austin College, Stephen F. Austin State University, George Washington University and Duke University.
Even though school is out for the summer, it's a busy time for Uplift Education. With two new schools set to open in August, construction of Heights Prep and Laureate Prep is moving fast. We've also got renovations going on at our existing campuses, including a new secondary school building for Summit International Prep, a new primary school building at Williams Prep, a 12,000-square foot classroom building for North Hills Prep, and upgrades for two science labs at Hampton Prep.
Lastly, I hope you will join Uplift staff and families in attending one of the DFW screenings of The Lottery next Tuesday, June 8. This is a great feature-length documentary about a charter school in New York. Details about the screenings are below.
Shine through,
Yasmin Bhatia, CEO
P.S. We will be chronicling the transformation of our new schools on our
Facebook page, so make sure to become a fan today!
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News & School Highlights |
| · Laureate Prep to focus on science
See The Dallas Morning News article here. · Museum connects with Hampton Prep
See The Dallas Morning News article here.
· Peak Prep sends all its grads to college
See The Dallas Morning News article here.
· Uplift students to be guest columnists
Rising seniors Lily Ngaruiya and Ricardo Morales from Summit International Prep were selected to serve as guest columnists to The Dallas Morning News for 2010-2011. They will submit two columns each semester. Uplift will share their columns as they run.
· Hampton Prep Middle Years Programme
Hampton Prep's Middle Years Programme (MYP) Application A was accepted, and they are now
officially an IB Candidate School.
| · Starfish Scholarship Award Recipients
Seven Peak Prep seniors received Starfish Scholarships from The Todd and Abby Williams Foundation.
Four-year award (worth up to $16,000):
Edith Gracia, Maria Mancera, Miguel Rocha
One-time $1,000 Award:
Elizabeth Velazquez, Brenda Barron
One-time $500 Award:
Sonia
Huizar, Rebecca Rayo
· Thank you to our recent funders
The M. R. & Evelyn
Hudson Foundation: matching capital grant for Laureate Prep
The Boone
Family Foundation: grant for teacher incentive pay, master teachers, and Reasoning Mind at Summit and North Hills.
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 "The Lottery" playing in DFW on June 8
Don't miss this inspiring documentary on Tuesday
"The Lottery" is a feature-length documentary that follows four children through the highs and lows of a
life-changing lottery, where the prize is a spot at one of New York
City's best charter schools. Interviews with politicians and educators
reveal a ferocious debate surrounding the future of public education.
On June 8, "The Lottery" will be released in over 50 theaters around the country for one night only! There will be two screenings in the DFW area. Ticket prices vary, but will be around $10 per person.
The Lottery
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
7:30 p.m. screening
Studio Movie Grill - Royal
11170 N. Central Expy., Dallas, TX
North East Mall
1101 Melbourne Rd., Hurst, TX
Watch the trailer at www.thelotteryfilm.com. Connect with other Uplift Education fans who will be at the screenings by RSVPing on Facebook.
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 2010 graduation ceremonies
100% of seniors from North Hills and Peak graduate and receive acceptance to college
Last weekend, Uplift Education celebrated the graduation of 95 seniors from Peak Prep and North Hills Prep. This represented the first graduating class from our first urban campus, Peak Prep, and the 9th graduating class from North Hills Prep. We're extremely proud of all of our seniors because 100% of both classes graduated and received acceptance into colleges.
Peak Prep hosted their commencement ceremony at SMU's Crum Auditorium, with Mayor Tom Leppert as the keynote speaker. Click here to view a highlights video.
North Hills Prep hosted their commencement ceremony once again at Irving Bible Church, with Dr. Frank Lazarus, president emeritus of the University of Dallas, as the keynote speaker. Click here to view a highlights video.
Check out the Graduations 2010 album on Facebook for pictures.
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 How are Uplift students spending their summers?
College visits and academic camps top students' plans
Ask an Uplift student how they plan to spend their summer, and prepare to be impressed. Here's just a sampling of how our students shine through - even during the summer months.
Sagar Segal (Summit) will attend an aquatic sciences summer enrichment
program at Texas State University. He's pictured here at the June 1 Duke TIP State Recognition ceremony at TCU for scoring a 1480 on the SAT as a 7th grade student.
Trachelle Jones (Hampton) was invited to participate in the National Youth Forum on
Medicine to take place in Atlanta in July.
Taelyr Roberts (Hampton) will attend the MITES summer engineering enrichment program.
Jay Jen (North HIlls) will participate in the Texas A&M Governor's School.
Luis Reyes and Juana Padron (Peak) will participate in the ExxonMobil Green Team internship program.
Theresa Reyes (Peak), Jasmine Lucero (Summit) and Raquel Zuazua (Summit) will attend the UNT Governor's School.
Tania Landa (Williams) won the Tommy Trachin Award to attend
Dallas Black Dance Theatre's Summer Intensive Workshop in ballet, jazz, and
modern dance.
Alma Rodriguez (Williams) will participate in the STARS science enrichment program at UT Southwestern.
And through their Uplift end-of-year college field experiences, our students are visiting colleges across the nation including Baylor, The University of Texas, Prairie View A&M, Texas A&M, Stanford, UCLA, New Mexico, NYU, Harvard, Yale, Florida and Central Florida.
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Employees of the Year
Congratulations to our exemplary staff
The following staff members were recently honored at our end-of-year recognition event for their exemplary efforts.
Teachers of the Year
Hampton Preparatory:
Dionel Waters - Elementary
Leeta Robertson - Middle
LaTanya Johnson - High
North Hills Preparatory:
Brian Hills - Elementary
Karen Edwards - Middle
Katie Biela - High
Peak Preparatory:
Danielle Erbert - Primary
Misti Whitley - Middle
Sally Curtis - High
Summit
International Preparatory:
Candice Reid -
Math 5th grade
Ryan Lininger - AP Social Studies
Leslie Murillo -
HS Math Teacher
Williams
Preparatory:
Sol Acuna - Elementary
Victoria Mack - Middle
Riya
George - High
| Outstanding
Campus Teams:
Hampton Prep Primary School Team
North
Hills Prep Middle Years Programme Team
Peak Prep 8th
Grade Team
Summit International Prep Science
Team
Williams Prep Math Team
Best
Collaboration:
10th
Grade Science Teachers
Best
Innovation of the Year:
iShine User Support Group
CMO Employees
of the Year:
Lisa Spears
Rhonda Nelson
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Want to know why our students think Uplift teachers are the best? Check out this video.
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| Bottom Line |
12 of our 14 schools were rated Exemplary or Recognized by TEA for 2008-09. |
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