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 | | Senior Noe Nunez has been selected as a Gates Millenium Scholar Finalist! |
Greetings!
I am excited to share with you that Noe Nunez, a senior at Peak Prep, was recently notified that he is a finalist for the Gates Millennium Scholars program!
Each year the Gates Millennium Scholars program selects 1,000 talented students nationwide to receive a renewable scholarship that covers their full unmet financial need at the college or university of their choice. Recipients also receive leadership development; academic support; and graduate school funding for continuing their education in the areas of computer science, education, engineering, library science, mathematics, public health or science.
We are excited to have an Uplift senior continuing in this scholarship competition and look forward to hearing the results in late-April.
Additionally, the class of 2011 has already received more than $12 million in scholarship offers! I'm confident that number will continue to rise as we progress through college application season and that will have lots to celebrate on May 24 when we gather for our Annual College Signing Day celebration at Moody Coliseum.
Shine through,
Yasmin Bhatia, CEO
 Help us reach 1,000 fans before College Signing Day!
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2011 Uplift Science Fair |
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Upcoming Events:
- April 1 - Join us at 7 p.m. at North Hills Prep for a screening of the education documentary, Race to Nowhere. Click here to buy tickets online.
- April 30 - Join us at Riverchase Country Club for the Second Annual North Hills Prep Golf Tournament. Tee-off is at 2 p.m. Cost is $100 per player or $350 for a team. If you don't play golf, you can still join us for dinner and music at 6 p.m. for $20 per person. Click here for more information.
Here are a few of the awards our students have recently received for their participation in extracurricular activities: - Summit's Speech & Debate Team competed in the National Forensic League's Texas Qualifier. Two students qualified as alternates for the national competition.
- Williams Prep Lady Falcons Basketball Team won their State Championship game.
- Summit's rookie 8th Grade FIRST Robotics Challenge Team made it to the FIRST Tech Challenge Semi-Finals and placed 10th out of 48 teams.
- Emily Martinez, a North Hills Prep senior, is advancing to the state level Visual Arts Scholastic Event competition after medalling at the area level competition.
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 | | Candelaria Mercado (Williams Prep) has been accepted to Purdue, The University of Texas and Texas A&M. She also interviewed with Brown University. |
Class of 2011 interviews with top tier colleges
80% of Uplift seniors already accepted to college
Uplift's seniors are receiving invitations to interview with highly selective colleges and universities nationwide! The Class of 2011 has already had interviews with Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Purdue, Rice, Tufts, USC, Yale and several other top-tier schools. Across its five high schools, 80% of Uplift seniors have already been accepted to college. "I just finished my interview with Columbia a few weeks ago. My mentor and Road to College counselor coached me for my interview. The interviewer made me feel very relaxed and told me that he was happy to see me there as I was the only Hispanic student he was interviewing for Columbia." - Jacqueline Perez, Williams Prep Check out our Facebook page for the most recent college acceptance stories. Peak Prep was the first Uplift school to achieve 100% college acceptance this year. Peak's senior class has also received more than 50 scholarships totaling more than $2.5 million. |
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Pardis Ghamasaee's project, "A Sweet Deal?," took top honors in the 2011 Uplift Science Fair |
Congratulations to the Uplift Science Fair Winners
Top prize goes to Pardis Ghamasaee
Congratulations to the students who participated in the Inaugural Uplift Science Fair on Saturday, March 5. Pardis Ghamasaee, a North Hills Prep sophomore, took top honors in the high school division. She received a $1,000 voucher to use toward any college preparation item (such as a laptop) for her project on the different sugar levels in bread. The goal of her project was to determine which bread products are best for diabetics and verify the health claims made by distributors. High School1st - Pardis Ghamasaee: A Sweet Deal? 2nd - Ranna Al Dossari, Tahsin Rajabali, and Zebad Aseres: Effect of Oils on the Rate of Photosynthesis 3rd - Divisha Ellalapalli: Hot and Spicy Middle School 1st - Kimberly Contreras and Francisca Alfaro: Memory Game 2nd - Kriti Sinha: When Oil Spills 3rd - Ruhee Wadhwania: Bacteria, Where For Art Thou Bacteria? Primary School
1st - Rogelio Ramirez, Giovanni Rivas, and Alberto Salazar: Drop, Drop, Drop 2nd - Maria Rodriguez, Denise Loe, and Luis Guel: How does your garden grow? 3rd - Solomon Muniz and Kayley Wilson: Ice, Ice, Baby Click here to see some of the participants share about their Science Fair projects. |
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Anders Fisher, son of deck park donor Richard Fisher, shakes hands with Julian Meza, 5, of Laureate Prep. Julian gave Fisher a drawing of his idea for the park. |
Laureate Prep scholars steal the show at The Park announcement
Scholars meet with city leaders and philanthropists
As Laureate Prep continues to build relationships with the downtown community, unique opportunities for its scholars to participate in downtown life sometimes arise. On February 24, kindergarten students from Laureate Prep joined with Dallas leaders at the Hunt Oil Building to commemorate new donations to the Woodall Rogers Park.
Laureate Prep's scholars stole the show with their perfect behavior and adorable actions as they recited the school pledge for a packed room.
The scholars also shared their visions for a great downtown park with former mayor of Dallas Tom Leppert and park donors. Framed artwork from the Laureate Prep scholars served as gifts for the donors recognized at the event.
Check out more pictures from the event on Facebook. |
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