For the 5th consecutive year, Hope Life Skills students had the opportunity to attend an amazing convocation of inspirational, international story tellers at the Trinity Theatre in Providence at BIF 10. Each storyteller shared a story from his or her life journey, often about doubt and adversity, sometimes failure, but always ‘never give up’ to […]
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It was day when everyone felt good. For the Hope High Life Skills students, it was about a summer work experience in ‘supply chain management‘, ‘computer programming‘, ‘analytics‘ and ‘corporate communications‘ at CVS Health, a $140 billion dollar, international company. For the CVS Health staff, it was observing the return on their personal investment […]
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Gisabel Salcedo. Fernando Perez. Hafzat Akanni. Jessica Dough. Destination: Washington, D.C. The National Youth Leadership Forum on CSI and Law. Hafzat, Fernando, Jessica and Gisabel left Providence on Monday morning, July 20, on a direct flight to Washington, D.C. to represent our Hope High Life Skills class, Hope High School, their families and their own […]
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This Life Skills field trip has become an annual ‘final exam like‘ event where students use the networking and personal brand building skills developed during the school year to meet and speak with successful members from the area’s business community and colleges and universities. And, now that the grades are in, it’s no surprise Hope […]
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Today was our last class of this academic year. And, with each last class, students were asked to respond to an anonymous evaluation of the Life Skills program and teacher Stephen Cronin’s performance as its teacher. Here are some of the questions students were asked to respond to: Here’s a chance to grade the […]
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Today’s guests were Sergio Sousa, the Director of Marketing at TWIN RIVER CASINO and Megan McGuinness, the Founder and President of McGuinness Media & Marketing, a Marketing consulting agency. Sergio and Megan were introduced to the Hope High Life Skills class by today’s host, Raymond Perez. Today’s topic was ‘Marketing‘, what it is and its […]
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Today’s Life Skills class guest was Jeff Sparr. His message – tell your story; take charge of your destiny! Jeff has been telling his story all over the world for many years. In the process, Jeff has changed lives, not least of whom, his own.
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Marcey Santos, the Lead Accountant at Amica Mutual Insurance Company, was today’s guest. Chevell Burgess was our Life Skills host providing an outstanding introduction of Marcey to the class. There were many important life lessons Marcey shared with us, from the benefits of a great personal brand and getting involved in community activities to the […]
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1. Please send me the names of any Hope students you think would benefit or enjoy being part of next year’s Life Skills class. Thank you.
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Scott Boulis joined our Life Skills class today to speak about the creative and entrepreneurial opportunities for our students through his company web site, Teespring.com. Jessica Dough was the Life Skills host who introduced Scott to the class.
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Today’s class featured this statement from CVS Health Vice President, Donna Mumma. “I didn’t know much about Hope High School until I met and worked with Jean Rodriguez and Antoinette Muhammed during their internships at CVS last summer. From that experience with Jean and Antoinette, I now associate their brand with the school they came […]
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Fernando Perez, Raymond Perez, Olimpia Aldana Perez, Manny Rivas, Gisabel Salcedo, Hafzat Akani, Jessica Dough, Richard Quinnila Gonzales, Zach Reyes and Joan Tueros traveled to Bristol, Rhode Island for a day of inquiry and discovery at Roger Williams University. The trip proved ‘questions are more important than answers’ and ‘getting out of one’s comfort […]
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