tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37331387647918933942024-09-08T07:50:48.680-07:00Atlanta-based, nonprofit youth development organization that provides high quality, STEM based learning opportunities along with a wide range of services that support the overall personal, social and leadership development of youth residing in some of the city's most distressed neighborhoods. Raising Expectationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09391788354860703638noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733138764791893394.post-15860854014412902322014-02-20T09:36:00.000-08:002014-02-20T09:36:55.803-08:00

  When I graduated from the University of Minnesota, one of my hardest decisions was moving to Georgia on pure faith and hope. I had no job lined up, I barely knew anyone, and for the first time in my life I did not have school to fall back on.   But when I learned about the opportunity to work as an Americorps member through Raising Expectations, a place where I would have

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People always say, "There are two sides to every story". Well with the Raising Expectations story, there are two sides to the journey. As a former student and mentee, I only saw the student's perspective. This perspective consisted of field trips, getting homework done (most expeditiously), "Take A Student to College Day", Poetry, Community Service, but most of all, always staying involved in

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Making the decision to come to Raising Expectations (RE), by way of AmeriCorps, was a hard life-changing decision. Before beginning my service at RE I was attending graduate school at Mercer University majoring in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. But after several months at Raising Expectations, I can say that my decision was well worth it. My experience at RE thus far has been one of the

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The relationship between Raising Expectations and me did not occur by happenstance. No, this relationship was definitely by divine intervention orchestrated by Jesus and all his disciples. I say this because I was always the person who said that I did not like children and that I would never have any of my own. Granted, I was in high school when I made those statements, but I believed

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2012 marks RE’s 10th year in partnership with Breakthrough Atlanta, a tuition-free program that works with middle school children with a six-week academic summer program for rising 7th and 8th graders that encourages academic success. We are proud to announce that 8 RE students that attend Kennedy Middle School have been accepted and will plunge into the challenge of using their summer time

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Never brought into the LightBut trust me, we won’t go down without a fightBecause being Black is having pride in our raceNot being mad at the white man’s faceStolen from the motherland, and Stripped from our culturesOur history disappearing like meat eaten by a vultureBut at last, we prevailAnd we’re here to tell our taleBeing Black is being blessedIt’s God himself putting us to the testLike the

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Raising Expectations works hard to bring new and unique opportunities to the youth we serve through our Social Discovery programs. Before Christmas Cavalia donated some great tickets for their Oddyseo performance. For most of our youth seeing this amazing show with horses, acrobats and performers from all over the world, was a first. Here are just a few of the comments they shared about their

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As a part of RE's weekly programs, all of our youth are enrolled in activities that we call Enriching Experiences. The poems below are reflections from a class entitled, Creative Expressions, which is led by our in-house and talented artist, Mr. Kevin Parker. Enjoy these poems from several of our middle school youth. Feel free to respond and give these young people some positive reinforcement

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High school students to earn college credit at Clark Atlanta University Raising Expectations is proud to announce that 1 of our students is in this program. What a great opportunity! Great job Angelina Barden!

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Check out our Raising Expectations Project RISE Summer camp video. Our 7 week camp covered topics from Traveling around the Globe, Protecting our Environment, Science and Technology just to name a few.

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Our first day of camp at Georgia Tech was not what I expected but I enjoyed it. We went to see a chemical engineer that taught us how to make gel. Mykia and I were partners, we mixed water and other chemicals to make something that turned out like jell-o. Then we went to a nail polish station and designed our own colors. We also visited an airspace station and learned how airplanes fly.

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Click here to view AJC article.

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Wow! When I went to 11 Alive I had a tremendous time. The people there were so nice to us. While at the station we got to be on the news and we got to see what the different types of jobs were behind the scenes. We got to speak with sports anchor Sam Crenshaw and the operations manager Kevin Johnson who told us in order to get a job we had to always be on time. Being late at a tv studio means

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Have you ever been to a show that leaves you speechless? Well, I really think you should go and see the Cirque du Soleil. It's a French word that means "fun" and "excitement" My Raising Expectations group took me to see it and I was so stunned by the acrobats. The whole show was fun and magnificent. I have never seen acrobats this close up in my life. All of the characters were very creative.

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“Somebody grabbed my leg. Everybody was screaming.”On October 29th R.E. took over 50 kids to the annual Haunted House in Graves Hall at Morehouse College. My favorite part of the haunted house was when one of the dudes from the haunted house picked me up. Then another character popped up from under the newspaper and attacked me. My second favorite part of the haunted house was when my mentor

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We had a fantastic time!Cirque du Soleil donated 50 Tickets to R.E.! We all were kids that night. On two separate nights we took the RE family over to see OVO at Atlantic Station and had an amazing time. Below are some of the kids reflections My favorite part of the circus was when they flipping . That’s my favorite part because they looked so flexible and amazing and I wish I could do that

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We're half way from ending our YouthWork summer program. It's been an exciting opportunity to share with 22 of Raising Expectations high school students. We've already had workshops sessions on how to have healthy dating relationships, abstaining from sex (my favorite option), how to organize community projects, performed 3 community clean ups in the English Avenue neighborhood, listened to two

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College TourBy: Christian Essimbe11th grade (Therrell High School) The college trip I went attended during Spring Break 2010 was very exciting. My fellow Raising Expectations classmates Giovonni Banks and Javonte Martin went on the college campus tour trip with me. It was a life time experience, one that I will never forget. Things were going slowly at the beginning of the trip because it

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Visiting Turner Broadcast Studios opened my eyes to so many job opportunities that there are in the world. While walking around it appeared that TBS was a very relaxing workplace compared to the other stations I have visited. TBS has a very unique atmosphere because there are many cartoon characters and colorful areas around the office space. The people that work there can have a flex schedule.

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When a president and a general share a stage, the announcement is rarely a good one. When President Obama and Gen. Colin Powell shared the stage, with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Alma Powell, the announcement was a good one. GradNation was introduced, a ten year campaign to increase graduation rates of the United States. Its goals are to see ninety percent of today’s fourth graders

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I never thought I would be an advocate for educational change and student success. I always knew I valued education and loved kids, but never thought I would choose a career in education. I began working with Raising Expectations because I wanted to do some volunteer work while I was at Spelman College. I would work with children a few hours a week and be able to handle my course load all at

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We have received many stories about how Raising Expectations has helped people out in their life and thought we would share one with you:The reason why I said the life skills retreat was my favorite trip was because it gave us a time to bond with the mentors and really get to know them and we also had fun. It gave me a chance to really express my feelings to mentors and show them who I really am

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This post features several students who responded in writing to a visit they paid to Hampton University. As you will see, for some of them, this trip opened up all kinds of possibilities. Enjoy!Kira McLaurin8th GradeHampton, Virginia—now that’s the place to visit! Well, we actually went to the school, but I think you get what I’m trying to say. Hampton University is a very interesting campus.

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RE is pleased to announce that it will be hiring several students as summer youth employees! These students will help with office work and plan and complete a summer park project as well as develop life-long skills that will be useful for school and future family and job situations. We are excited for the summer to start and are working to make it all a success!

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The purpose of this blog is to share all of our great stories with you...keep checking back to see what's up!

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