Upcoming TOUCHPOINT EVENTS
| | KICK-OFF : Years 2-4
When: October 4th, 2012
Where: Roosevelt University, 425 South Wabash, Room 418
Who's Invited:
All AIM High Students, Mentors, and Parents
Neighborhood Cultural Event
When: October 23rd, 2012
Where: TBD
Who's Invited:
All AIM High Students,and Mentors
*Registration Coming Soon*
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BIG THANK YOU's
| | Summer 2012's Internship Companies
We would like to thank the following companies for hosting their AIM High Mentees for an Internship over the Summer:
ADP
Enterprise
KPMG
SysmexWe would like to also thank the following host mentoring companies, Roosevelt University
for our weekly Internship Practicums and UHC for our Financial Aid Deep Dive!
Thank you!
Ms. Armel Jason, Thank You for Chaperoning!
We would like to send a special "Thank You" to our Parent chaperone who accompanied us on our 4-day College Bus Trip to Washington D.C. We could not have done it without you!
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Kudos!!!
| | CONGRTULATIONS STEVE MILLER!
Over the summer, AIM High Mentor Steve Miller from McDermott Will & Emery was announced as the recipient for the "Making A Difference" Award by Lawyers Lend-A-Hand for his outstanding work as a mentor. He will receive his award at a Luncheon on September 20th, if any mentors and/or students would like to attend. GREAT JOB, STEVE!
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| Don't Skip This: TAKE ACTION! | | WELCOME BACK!
The MMAHM is back for the upcoming school year of 2012-2013, and we have a GREAT year planned ahead! As always, this is the best place to get an update on all thing AIM High and Center for Companies That Care, so make sure you are clicking on your section to get the information you need!
We will be handing out (and mailing home, students!) copies of this year's AIM High Calendar at our Kick Off event, feel free to click here to review this year's AIM High calendar!Companies That Care is Getting a New Home! We are very excited to announce that we have moved downtown to our new West Loop office located at 954 West Washington Blvd., Suite 430 this week. We will be centrally located for both students and mentors, and with double the space, the office will be available for more of our students' needs! Jobs for AIM High Alums?We recently have become aware of several of our AIM High Alumni that are currently looking for jobs. If you are aware of any job opportunities that we can share with our alumni, please email Syndhia and she will communicate the information to the students. |
Information For Students
| Welcome to a new School Year!
We hope that you all enjoyed your summer, and whether you were with us at the Summer Events, Internship, College Bus Trip, or enjoyed yourself on another summer adventure, we hope you had fun!
This year we have a lot of exciting things planned and we cannot wait to get started. See below for upcoming important dates
Touchpoint: Kick Off, Years 2-4
Date: Thursday October 4th, 2012 Time of Event: 5:00pm - 7:30pm Location: Roosevelt University, 425 South Wabash, Room 418 Who's Invited: All AIM High Students, Parents, Mentors and School Liaisons Transportation: Provided for CTD, GWWCP, NLCP and Urban Prep-Bronzeville students. Students coming from UCW and Urban Prep -Englewood campuses pay $6 each. Bus will pick up and drop off students at Urban Prep-Englewood. UCW students need to make their own arrangements to get to and from Urban Prep. Cost: Free to all AIM High Students, Family Members and Mentors
Leadership Institute starting the week of September 24th
Students, be aware that the first day of Leadership Institute will be as follows:
September 19th Westinghouse College Prep (tentative due to CPS)
North Lawndale College Prep
Chicago Talent Development
September 21st Urban Prep- Bronzeville
UCW and Urban Prep-Englewood Students, we are still working on a place and time to have our Leadership Institutes. Please continue to check back here for updates
Senior Year! Getting things started right...
Most of you participated in this year's Internship, and during our Friday Practicums we were able to make some headway on your Common Application. Make sure you keep those essays and short answers handy as they will make this year A LOT easier. For those those of you who did not have a final draft turned in after the last Friday of the Practicum, please email Syndhia so that we have that saved for future use. Also, we have a lot of exciting things coming up to make sure this senior year is a great one!
Coming up
Next Touchpoint after the Kick-Off will be the Neighborhood Cultural Event. Check back here to find out where we are going and to register. Below are some of the details you may need to know:
Neighborhood Cultural Event
Who's Invited:
All AIM High Students,and Mentors
*Registration Coming Soon*
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Information for Mentors
| Mentor Training: THIS FRIDAY, September 21st Kick Off-Years-2-4, from 12-1 p.m.
Mentors, the first Mentor Training for the first Touchpoint event of this school year will be taking place THIS Friday, September 21st, from 12-1 p.m. Only one person per mentoring team needs to be on the call, and, as always ALL are welcome.
Call in number: 641-715-3200
Access code: 225334#
Upcoming Mentor Training Dates
-October 12, 2012: Neighborhood Cultural Event
-November 16, 2012: Take Your Mentor to School
New Mentor Training: September 28th, 12-1 p.m.
Welcome to the new mentors who have joined AIM High within the last few months! Thank you for choosing to make an impact on the lives of high school students. We will have a training session for new mentors take place on September 28th from 12 till 1 p.m. Please click here to RSVP for the session. If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact Syndhia.
Touchpoint: Kick Off, Years 2-4
Date: Thursday October 4th, 2012 Time of Event: 5:00pm - 8:30 p.m.( includes mentor mingling hour) Location: Roosevelt University, 425 South Wabash, Room 418 Who's Invited:All AIM High Students, Parents, Mentors and School Liaisons Transportation: Provided for CTD, GWWCP, NLCP and Urban Prep-Bronzeville students. Students coming from UCW and Urban Prep -Englewood campuses pay $6 each. Bus will pick up and drop off students at Urban Prep-Englewood. UCW students need to make their own arrangements to get to and from Urban Prep. Cost: Free to all AIM High Students, Family Members, and Mentors Register here Mentor Mingle
Mentors, we have scheduled an hour after the Kick Off event on October 4th for a mentor only time. This was a success last year and is a great opportunity to not only meet some of the other mentors in the program,but also get some advice on your own mentoring relationship from mentors who have been in the program for several years.
Some light reading: Education in America
We came across this New York Times article "Reading, Math, and Grit" written by Joe Norcera, which provides some interesting information regarding what makes students succeed. Check it out, and also look at the new book How Children Succeed by Paul Tough. Coming up
Next Touchpoint after the Kick-Off will be the Neighborhood Cultural Event. Check back here to find out where we are going and to register. Below are some of the details:
Neighborhood Cultural Event
Who's Invited:
All AIM High Students,and Mentors
*Registration Coming Soon*
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Information for Schools
| | Leadership Institute Institute to begin the Week of September 24th
Liaisons and Administrators, we hope you have all been able to enjoy the summer, and that the school year has started off on the right foot. Please be aware that Leadership Institute will be starting either Wednesday, September 26th or Friday, September 28th, depending on the strike, and school schedules for advisory period. If you have any questions/concerns with making these arrangements contact Syndhia Javier, by email or call 312-661-1010.
Liasion Training: September 24th or September 27th?
AIM High Liaisons, Welcome back! We had a hard time scheduling a time that would work for all the of the Liaisons to be available, but we would love to meet with you before the Kick Off event on October 4th. Right now the tentative dates are 4:30 p.m. on either Monday, September 24th or September 27th. The training will take place at our new offices located at 954 West Washington Blvd, Suite 430. Please email Syndhia which of the two date options you would prefer.
Touchpoint: Kick Off, Years 2-4
Date: Thursday October 4th, 2012 Time of Event: 5:00pm - 7:30pm Location: Roosevelt University, 425 South Wabash, Room 418 Who's Invited: All AIM High Students, Parents, Mentors and School Liaisons Transportation: Provided for CTD, GWWCP, NLCP and Urban Prep-Bronzeville students. Students coming from UCW and Urban Prep -Englewood campuses pay $6 each. Bus will pick up and drop off students at Urban Prep-Englewood. UCW students need to make their own arrangements to get to and from Urban Prep. Cost: Free to all AIM High Students, Family Members,and Mentors Coming up
Next Touchpoint after the Kick-Off will be the Neighborhood Cultural Event. Check back here to find out where we are going and to register. Below are some of the details:
Neighborhood Cultural Event
Who's Invited:
All AIM High Students,and Mentors
*Registration Coming Soon* |
Information for Families
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Touchpoint: Kick Off, Years 2-4
Date: Thursday October 4th, 2012
Time of Event: 5:00pm - 7:30pm
Location: Roosevelt University, 425 South Wabash, Room 418
Who's Invited:All AIM High Students, Parents, Mentors and School Liaisons
Transportation: Provided for CTD, GWWCP, NLCP and Urban Prep-Bronzeville students. Students coming from UCW and Urban Prep -Englewood campuses pay $6 each. Bus will pick up and drop off students at Urban Prep-Englewood. UCW students need to make their own arrangements to get to and from Urban Prep.
Cost: Free to all AIM High Students, Family Members,and Mentors
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Information for Alumni
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Monthly Check-ins
All AIM High alumni, please get in touch with Rozjolei Jackson, who is also an AIM High Alum and will be in charge of AIM High:College this year. She will update you on the time and date for the first webinar of this school year.
Who is an AIM High Alumni?
If you're in college now, YOU are an AIM High alum!
Rozjolei recently sent out an email to figure out what would be the best time for you all to talk. Please let her know ASAP so that you can all get started. You can reach Rozjolei at: [email protected]
Make the AIM High college program work for you!
Adjusting to college is hard for everyone. Its very natural to go through periods of great excitement and enthusiasm and periods of feeling overwhelmed and even a bit depressed. Having an outlet, where you can just be yourself with people who already know you can make it easier. That's the purpose of this group. Therefore, please let us know what would make these webinars valuable for you.
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| For The Memories | Pictures of all the Summer Events we've had will be posted soon! Keep checking back!
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