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An estimated 180 faculty, staff, and administrators attended our Student Leadership Series event in Chicago on August 29. The event was the opening session of in-service training week before the start of the 2012/2013 school year, and focused on teaching undocumented students and English language learners, the importance of reading in building vocabulary and gaining knowledge, and one person's unconventional path to success.
 Our featured speaker was Dr. Samuel Betances. USHLI appreciates the leadership and assistance provided by Mr. Juan Ocon, Principal, and the entire leadership team at Benito Juarez High School. This was our 24th SLS event of 2012, bringing the total number of students, parents, and professionals served to 32,745 in 17 states.  The primary goal of the Student Leadership Series is to ensure that every Latino family has a student that is one of the following: the 1st student to graduate high school; the 1st student to enroll in post-secondary education or training; the 1st student to graduate post-secondary education or training. The USHLI 2012 Student Leadership Series officially launched February 16th and consists of Stay-in-School Rallies for middle school and junior high students, Career & College Recruitment Fairs for high school students, Regional Leadership Summits for college students, and, whenever possible, Parent Leadership Training and Professional Development.
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