
Today’s field trip was to Rhode Island College’s amazing Langevin Center for Design, Innovation and Advanced Manufacturing. Robots and routers. Pneumatics and prosthetics. Fingerprints and security threats. 3D printing and whatever you wish to design and make.
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Today’s guest was Kyla Paolucci, artist, graphic designer, coder and entrepreneur whose clients include World Wrestling Entertainment, Seventeen Magazine and now, Home Box Office (HBO). The Life Skills host for today’s class was Travis Barbour. The continuous theme running through Kyla’s story today was ‘change’. “I was an athlete in high school. Sports were my […]
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Today’s guest was Yasah Vezele, a Senior Engineering Test Technician at the Waters Corporation in Milford, MA. The Life Skills class host welcoming Yasah to Hope High today and introducing her to the classmates was Chanda Nuth. “Don’t ever give up!…Always persevere to try again. Regardless of the misfortune or challenges you face, don’t give […]
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Our guest today was Anna Barcelos, the Director of Marketing for the international software company, Vector Software Inc. The Life Skills class host of the day who welcomed Anna to Hope High and introduced her to the Life Skills class was Cris Quenes. Anna began her story describing her company, Vector Software Inc, and her […]
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1. Connect on LinkedIn with Michelle Nguyen, Senior Director of Planning and Analytics PMO at CVS. 2. Read today’s post on this web site – Today’s Class: November 6, 2015, and write a comment in the LEAVE A REPLY section of this web site of your reaction, your opinion of today’s class with Michelle Nguyen. […]
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Today’s Hope High Life Skills guest was the Senior Director of Planning and Analytics at CVS (PMO), Michelle Nguyen. Our host for today’s class, responsible for welcoming Michelle to Hope High School and introducing her to the Life Skills class, was Delvany Soares. Michelle’s story began with her journey as a 15 year old Viet […]
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Today’s guest was George Ortiz. George is a successful entrepreneur with experience in many different fields. He has been the owner of a successful consulting company working for major brands like McDonalds, TWOBOLT and Coca Cola as well as serving in the United States Marines. He is presently the Founder and President of the Elisha […]
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Improvisation! Students will eventually learn that the creative skill of ‘improvisation‘ with its prerequisite attitude of ‘perspective‘ will serve them well during their quest for lifetime success. Today’s guest was John Garcia, Development Officer at Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island. Upon discovering early this morning that Friday’s school schedule had been changed to accommodate […]
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1. Please read the profile of Preston Tucker in your “Brand” textbook (pages 107 to page 114). After reflecting on the information you’ve read, state, in one sentence, your opinion why Preston Tucker’s dream of creating a successful car company to challenge Ford and General Motors in the late 1940s was unsuccessful. Thank you. 2. […]
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Today’s Life Skills class guest was Adriana Dawson, the Director of Employer Outreach & Engagement at Roger Williams University. Our Life Skills class host, welcoming Adriana to Hope High School and introducing her to the Life Skills class, was Valentina Gomez-Rincon. Adriana’s story was about ‘tough choices’ and finding ‘courage’ to make them. “My parents […]
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Here is your homework assignment for this week. Send your answers to my email address no later than Tuesday, October 13th, 11:59 pm. Make sure your answers are well written with good sentence structure, proper grammar (punctuation, capitalization and no ‘run on’ sentences) and perfect spelling. Thank you. There is a very specific reason why […]
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Our first guest of this school year was Dereck Mendoza, a Senior Research Technician at one of the world’s largest and most successful property insurance companies, FM Global. Our first class host of this school year was Maria Dasilva who introduced Dereck to her Life Skills classmates with great poise and clarity. FM Global has […]
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