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Category: Student Spotlight

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Student Spotlight

Student Spotlight: Madison W.

We are excited to recognize Madison W. for our ACCESS Academies Student Spotlight program!

Grade: Madison is currently in 6th grade, and has been attending St. Louis the King since 3rd grade.

Teacher: Ms. Lay

Favorite Subject: Science
“We are learning about space. Space is interesting because there is no gravity, and lot of stars, colors, and planets.”

Favorite Memory: End-of-the-year field day!  In third grade, Madison’s class played a game called Sponge Race Relay. According to the rules, organizers must divide the players into two teams and have them line up behind a starting line. Each team gets a small empty bucket and a large sponge. At the finish line, place two larger buckets filled with water. Tell the campers that on the word go, the first person in line must run to his/her team’s water bucket, dunk the sponge in, run back with it and squeeze all the water from the sponge into the team’s empty bucket. They then pass the sponge to the next person, and so on until one team fills up their empty bucket with water. That team wins.

Current Enrichment Programs: Building Futures, Robotics, Girl Talk, and Music Writing

Favorite Enrichment Program: “Robotics, because you get to build robots and program them at the same time.”

Activities Outside of School: “I like to play basketball. I play on a parish team called the Anointed Feet, and we are winning this season.”

Hardest Obstacle Faced this School Year:Learning something new in Mathematics is hard. The first time I try something new in Math it is hard, but when I go back and try again it is easier.”

Future Career Aspirations:A lawyer because there are many people wrongly accused of crimes, and I want to be there to help them.”

Prospective High School: Cardinal Ritter College-Prep High School

Prospective College: Harvard

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Student Spotlight

Student Spotlight: Urive M.

We are excited to recognize Urive M. for our ACCESS Academies Student Spotlight program!

  • Grade: 7th
    Urive has attended St. Cecilia since Kindergarten!
  • Favorite Teacher: “I like them all, but Ms. Vogt really stands out.”
  • Favorite Subject: Math
    “I like Math because you are going to need it the most in the future.”
  • Current Academy Electives: Mosaics, Leadership, Printmaking, and Yearbook
  • Favorite Academy Elective: “All are my favorite as you get to do a lot of different stuff. I like being active and learning more, doing more.”
  • Future Career Aspirations: “I would like to be a professional soccer player, and then after my soccer career is over, I would like to be an engineer.”
  • More on Soccer:I play for St. Cecilia and a select team, Ajax. We finished indoor soccer and we are going to start outdoor soccer in the spring.”
  • Favorite Memory of School: Field Days.
    “Mostly we go to Carondelet park and have fun with our teams by playing different games like tug-o-war.”
  • Achievements/Accomplishments: In addition to Honor Roll, and an academic scholarship, Urive’s poem was recently selected as the winner of the 7th Grade Poetry Contest.
  • High School: Urive is currently considering SLUH, Vianney, or Bishop DuBourg.
  • Reason Nominated: Urive is a very hard worker. He goes above and beyond class expectations and keeps detailed notes and shows great study skills.  He has all A’s and B’s for the 3rd Quarter.  His poem was recently selected as the winner of the 7th Grade Poetry Contest.  He will go on to present his poem with other 7th graders across the city of St. Louis in the Spring.  He is a talented athlete and a wonderful caring big brother.

 

 

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Student Spotlight

Student Spotlight: Talyiah H.

We are excited to recognize Talyiah H. for our ACCESS Academies Student Spotlight program!

  • Grade: 7th grade
    Talyiah has been a student at MHT since the fifth grade!
  • Teacher: Mr. Cherry
  • Favorite Subject: Mathematics
    I like being challenged. We just took a test on Algebraic expressions.”
  • Current Academy Electives: STEP, Praise Dance, Music-Choir, and Crochet Club
    Talyiah is actively involved with MHT, and performed in the school’s talent show. She also has two upcoming events this spring- a praise dance performance and a fashion show.
  • Favorite Academy Elective: Music
    I love to sing, and have been singing since I was able to talk. I sing outside of school for choir my church, Galilee Missionary Baptist Church.”
    It should also be noted that Talyiah is a soprano!
  • Future Career Aspirations: gospel singer or lawyer
    Why lawyer? “My uncle is a lawyer and I like to argue.”
  • Favorite Memory of School: “My favorite memory was when I sang ‘Hero’ by Mariah Carey with another student for last year’s graduation.”
  • Achievements/Accomplishments: Scholarships for grades and honor roll
  • Prospective High Schools: I am considering Nerinx Hall, Ursuline, Rosati, & IWA.

“Most Holy Trinity is a great school and it will help you succeed and the teachers/staff are determined to help you graduate.”

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Student Spotlight

Student Spotlight: Montrell R.

We are excited to recognize Montrell R. for our ACCESS Academies Student Spotlight program!

  • Grade: 8th grade
    Montrell has been at St. Louis the King for the past five years!
  • Teacher: Ms. McDonald
  • Favorite Subject: Literature, English, and Science.
    “We are learning about ‘The Bronze Bow’ in Literature. I like the details, but don’t like the stuff about slavery and what characters say about other people.”
    “My favorite science experiment was making fire using baking soda, lighter fluid, and cane sugar.”
  • Current Academy Electives: Building Futures, Public Speaking, Man Up, and ACT Test Prep
  • Favorite Academy Elective: “Man Up because it is fun. We learn, talk about stuff, and sometimes go to the basketball court.”
  • Future Career Aspirations:I like the idea of directing movies.”
  • Additional Achievements/Accomplishments: Honor Roll
  • High School: Accepted to Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School!
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Student Spotlight

Student Spotlight: Mary L.

We are excited to recognize Mary L. for our ACCESS Academies Student Spotlight program!

  • Grade: 6th grade (a student at SLK since third grade!)
  • Teacher: Lay
  • Favorite Subject: Mathematics- Mary is currently learning about Unit Rate.
    “You get to work on several different problems, and you get to learn about different ways to solve them.”
  • Current Academy Electives: Building Futures and Robotics
  • Favorite Academy Elective:I like Building Futures because you get to build projects and use your imagination. My favorite project was building a clock. Mine looks like a wii game pad because I like to play wii.”
  • Future Career Aspirations:I have thought about becoming a teacher, but am keeping my options open.”
  • Favorite Memory of School: “Last year we were acting out the station of the cross and taking the steps Christ took when he was committed to death.”
  • Achievements/Accomplishments: Honor Roll

 

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Student Spotlight

Student Spotlight: Terrence G.

ACCESS Academies Student Highlight: Terrence G., a Senior Athlete at CCA

Saint Louis, MO. May 22, 2013 Terrence G., a senior at Collinsville Christian Academy, will become the first in his family to attend college this fall thanks to the education he received during his early formative years through ACCESS Academies.

The oldest of six children, Terrence was an active and eager participant in the St. Louis NativityMiguel program at Most Holy Trinity Academy in North St. Louis, when his mother moved to Georgia with his three sisters. Because the quality of education he was receiving at Most Holy Trinity School, his Aunt Debra stepped in to became legal guardian for Terrence so that he could remain with the program.

After completing middle school, Terrence’s academic achievements place him at Collinsville Christian Academy (CCA), where he became involved in the academic and athletic programs offered at the schools.

“At CCA, Terrence plays soccer and basketball and is one of the most athletic people at the school,” wrote BJ Brinkley, on the CCA Warrior weblog.

Even though money was extremely tight, Terrence’s aunt was able to use ACCESS Academies’ financial aid to help pay for his college-prep high school tuition. However, shortly after he started at CCA, Aunt Debra’s employer cut back her hours threatening the future of Terrence’s college-prep education. Mr. Anthony Lemons Sr., the Academy Director at Most Holy Trinity, and ACCESS Academies, then stepped in to offer additional resources and support to ensure that she was able to secure additional financial aid to safeguard Terrence’s education.

While at CCA, Terrence “lit up the halls with his humor,” and remained motivated to excel academically in all of his courses.

Sadly, Aunt Debra, a role model of strength and support for Terrence, passed away in November 2012 after a battle with cancer. Terrence persevered during this painful time thanks to the support of friends, CCA, ACCESS Academies, and another aunt and uncle who welcomed Terrence into their home.

Terrence is dedicated to his family and has stepped up as the oldest to help raise his two brothers and cousins, whom he lives with now, but his aunts shared his vision for a better life and offered support and strength, enabling Terrence to work hard in the classroom and on the court.

As a result, Terrence’s personal goals in are becoming a reality. Not only will he graduate this year with a 3.5 GPA, in April 2013, Terrence received a full-ride basketball scholarship to McKendree College in the fall, where he will continue his studies in hopes to become a sports agent.

For more information regarding this release, please contact Julie Linder, Public Relations for ACCESS Academies, by calling (573) 268-0639.

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