Reminder – if there is any Life Skills class you cannot arrive ‘on time’ or you are forced to be absent, please send me a text or email BEFORE CLASS to inform me of your absence or tardiness. This action, expected in any future internship or job, will help build a responsible, respectful, opportunity-creating brand. […]
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Today’s class happened because a Hope Life Skills student with a strong, positive brand had the courage to push out of their comfort zone to ask! Kalimah Priforce grew up in a New York City group home. At eight years old, he held a successful hunger
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The summer of 2016. Another year of internship opportunities for Hope Life Skills students. From the corporate offices of one of the America’s largest and most successful companies to the friendly confines of a community bookstore, 5 Hope Life Skills students were learning 21st century skills, expanding their networks of successful professionals and earning […]
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Tuesday evening, May 24th, within the friendly confines of a fully catered, field level corporate suite at McCoy Stadium during a Pawtucket Red Sox game, proved once again a perfect venue for showcasing the amazing talent, spirit and professionalism of Hope High School’s Life Skills students to so many successful businessmen and women. For the […]
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Marta Aparicio was today’s guest. Marta is a Hope High School Life Skills graduate and the class valedictorian of Hope High’s graduating class of 2010, a Georgetown University double major graduate (Political Science and Sociology) in 2014, presently a Director of Retail Operations at the Follet Corporation and an Adjunct Professor Miami Dade Community College, […]
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Today’s guest was Neil Amper, Vice President of Capstone Properties, a commercial real estate company. The Life Skills class host welcoming Neil Amper to Hope High School and introducing him to the Life Skills class was Juan Corona. Juan introduces Neil to his classmates at the beginning of today’s Life Skills class. “My family was […]
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1. As Enio shared his story with us today and Maria shared her story with the bookstore supervisor during her recent job interview and Ayobami, Travis, Valentina, Jose, Juan and Fatima will soon share their story during their interviews for a paid summer internship at CVS Health corporate headquarters, the rest of us will often […]
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Today’s guest was Enio Pinto, managing partner of The International Entrepreneurship Center (IEC), in Newton, Massachusetts. Accompanying Enio was Chad Huemme, another partner at the IEC and a professor of Global Studies at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts and Tino Chow, entrepreneur, Singapore native, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) graduate and marketing consultant. Today’s […]
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Today’s Life Skills host was Jose Orellana. Jose welcomed the artist, Aristides Membreno, to Hope High School and, soon after, introduced Aristides to the Life Skills class. “He is a graphic artist but refers to himself as a ‘designer’ designing toys at Hasbro and sneakers and shoes at Converse. His name is Aristides Membreno but […]
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“Your brand is amazing! Your level of maturity, the sophistication of your questions and your courage to ask them among our staff here at Amica is unlike most groups visiting our Amica campus. You seem to have no trouble pushing out of your comfort zone.
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Today’s guest was Nick Decesare, the Creative Director at TWOBOLT, a marketing strategy and services company. Our Hope Life Skills host today was Djovan Davega. Class began with student reflections on yesterday’s visit to the CVS Health corporate campus. “I was amazed at the number of CVS Health staff members who were happily working in […]
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