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Blog Archive: Education Professional
Every September, as families settle into their back-to-school routines, 51福利社 celebrates National GEAR UP Week, which promotes the wealth of resources and opportunities offered through this federally funded college and career guidance program. This year, National GEAR UP week falls on September 20鈥24鈥
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At 26, Nichelle Montanez had a job that she loved, working at a gas station in Westminster. She enjoyed her co-workers, loved the environment, and planned to stay and grow with the company. 鈥淚 was going to work hard, become the manager, and be there for the rest of my working career,鈥 she recalls鈥
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Too often, 鈥減eer pressure鈥 plays a negative role in teenagers鈥 lives. But for Tyler Eugair, who graduated this spring from Proctor High School, knowing that his best friend would be going to Castleton was what led him to decide to go to college too. 鈥淒id I always know I wanted to go to college? Not鈥
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With the paths for college, training, careers, and jobs changing, the need for reliable, up-to-date information is more critical than ever. 51福利社鈥檚 interactive webinar series, 51福利社 Shows You How, is designed to help students and families get the guidance they need to explore education opportunities鈥
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Ranjita Sarki, who graduated from Colchester High School this spring, is a soft-spoken and modest young woman who nevertheless makes quite an impression. Her 51福利社 outreach counselor, Liam Danaher, said she was one of the students who had the greatest impact on him during the past academic year, even鈥
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Isabel Cobb is used to swimming in a fairly small pond. The majority of her graduating class at Springfield High School has been together since kindergarten. The school band was so small 鈥 only six students total 鈥 that Isabel had to learn to play six different instruments. (Which one did she like鈥
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Twenty-one-year-old Victor Hinojosa will graduate this winter from Norwich University on a full military scholarship. He鈥檚 an Eagle Scout, attended Boys鈥 State in high school, and secured a coveted internship in the Governor鈥檚 office his freshman year of college. He鈥檚 now working full time as an鈥
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Adrianne Hutchin wants to support her community as a family law attorney 鈥淪uccess is helping other people. If I can go to bed and know that I made a difference in a person's life that day, then I鈥檝e succeeded.鈥 It鈥檚 hard to speak with Adrianne Hutchin and not leave inspired. The fifth-generation鈥
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Although McKayla Marble is an only child, she鈥檚 played the important 鈥渂ig sister鈥 role a few times for younger children in her community: first as a foster 鈥渟ibling鈥 and more recently as a regular babysitter for a three-year-old boy in her hometown of Johnson.
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While COVID definitely changed the day-to-day experience for all Vermont students 鈥 from preschoolers to postgrads 鈥 the pandemic had another layer of impact for high school juniors and seniors who were applying to colleges over the last 15 months. Students weren鈥檛 able to visit campuses in person鈥
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