Greetings!
When NBC's Education Nation hosted a "Voices of the Nation" discussion with current and former students (including a high school dropout), here were some of their thoughts on education: - Every young person has a dream. Your job is to help bring us closer to our dreams.
- We need more than teachers. We need life coaches.
- The community should become more involved in schools.
- Even if you don't want to be a teacher, you can offer a student an apprenticeship.
(20 Things Students Want the Nation to Know About Education)
The F4K Team -Susan, John, Rebecca & Ann |
| 8th GRADERS & F4K | |
 | Evita and another
job shadow student
made splints for each other |
How early should you have a plan? For Evita Sanderson, 8th grade wasn't too early. She started exploring careers in class through Futures for Kids. Evita's natural curiosity and F4K's quizzes and career information helped her create a plan--a career as a Physical Therapist.
What does she like best about Physical Therapy? Working with people and the opportunity to help them regain their independence. After job shadowing, she has greater understanding of the challenges the patients face and is more excited than ever.
Read Evita's story here. |
| THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS! | |
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Special thanks to AT&T for their
$25,000 donation to Futures for Kids!
 | | (L to R) Ann Turnbill, F4K Corporate Relations Manager; Venessa Harrison, Executive Director and Chief of Staff to the President of AT&T North Carolina; Susan Sanford, F4K Executive Director; and Cynthia Marshall, President of AT&T North Carolina |
And a big thank you to TE Connectivity for their $10,000 donation and Rex Healthcare for their donation of $5,000.
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| DID YOU KNOW? | |
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According to a
new survey from Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute, American manufacturing companies cannot fill as many as 600,000 skilled positions--even as unemployment numbers hover at historic levels.
- USA Today reports the amount of student loans taken out last year crossed the $100 billion mark for the first time and total loans outstanding will exceed $1 trillion for the first time this year.
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