Spring 2012 Student Services Survey

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Welcome to the 2011-2012 School Year!

Welcome back!

We have our tentative schedule for the 2011-2012 academic year. I'll be adding the events to Facebook, and of course we will be mailing home a calendar and newsletter (look for them!), but here's a quick list of what we have coming up:

September
5 - Labor Day, no school!
10 - Back to School Bash
12 - Tutoring begins (more details to come)
24 - Saturday Academy

October
1 - SMU v. TCU football game, at TCU (Fort Worth)
7 - GPISD holiday
10 - DISD holiday
15 - Saturday Academy

November
5 - Saturday Academy
12 - Saturday Academy
21-24 - Thanksgiving break

December
3 - Saturday Academy
17 - Before the Break Bash (we're thinking of going bowling. What do y'all think?)
19-30 - Winter break

January
2 - New Year's Day holiday
7 - Saturday Academy
16 - MLK Day, no school!
21 - Saturday Academy

February
11 - Saturday Academy
14 - Valentine's Day. (If we plan something, do you think we'll get snowed out, like last year?)
25 - Saturday Academy

March
3 - Saturday Academy
12-16 Spring Break!
24 - Saturday Academy

April
14 - Saturday Academy
28 - Saturday Academy

May
5 - Saturday Academy
19 - End of the Year Bash
28 - Memorial Day, no school!


Our Saturday Academies will run from 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM. We look forward to working with you this school year!

President Obama to Participate in Televised Town Hall on Education

Image via WikipediaHave any questions for the President on education? (I know I do!)

On March 28, President Obama will host a "televised town hall" on education, specifically focusing on Latino students. Univisión will televise the event, called Es el momento: el Presidente, los hispanos y la educación (This is the moment: the President, Hispanics, and education).

If you (or your parents) have questions, you can submit them here. The event will be shown in English and in Spanish; you can get more info about it here.

What would you like to ask the President about education? About Upward Bound? About his commitment to students like you to help you succeed in high school and college?


President Obama to Participate in Televised Town Hall on Education | The White House

MVC/LULAC UB trip to Austin

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This Spring Break, MVC and LULAC Upward Bound programs will take a trip to Austin, to tour the Texas State Capitol Building and the University of Texas campus.

We will depart MVC at 5:00AM on Tuesday, March 15th. Please make sure you are here on time! We will serve breakfast at 4:00AM; please be here no later than 4:30 so we can load the buses and leave by 5:00.
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Lunch will be in Austin, probably on the UT campus. Dinner will be in Temple, on the way back to DFW.

We should be back at the MVC campus around 10:30 Tuesday night. Make sure someone is there on time to pick you up!

For more info and to RSVP, check out the Facebook event.

Stipend News!

We received word yesterday that Higher One has your stipend information. You should receive a check in the next 7-10 days -- if you do not receive a check in 10 days, please contact us so we can help you figure out where your money is.

Your check will be mailed to the address you have on file with Higher One. If you have moved since the last time you logged in to Higher One, your check will be mailed to the wrong address! You must contact Higher One as soon as possible to give them your correct address.

For those of you who started this summer, or those of you who've lost your login info, on Saturday, October 9th, we will have a workshop to help you log on to your Higher One account. You will need to update your address and other contact info, and select whether you want to receive the money on your card or if you want to receive a check.

We strongly recommend you DO NOT choose the card, that you request to receive a check -- each time you use the Higher One card, you are charged two dollars for the transaction (they take an extra two dollars out of your account every time you want to use your money. If you swipe your card to buy a Coke for $1.49, you pay $3.49 for that Coke).

If you need to reset your password or have forgotten your login info, please call the UB office to let us know (214-860-3628). Please help us spread the word to other MVC UB students!

Tutoring starts this week!

It was great seeing you all at Orientation Saturday! Our academic year has officially started -- which means you need to start logging your tutoring hours.

For those of you who attend Kimball, SOC, Molina, or GPHS, check the slideshow below to find out the days and rooms for tutoring. Those of you who attend other schools, you need to get tutoring from your classroom teachers and document your hours with the Outside Tutoring Form (which you can download and print here).

(We will have tutors at A. Maceo, South GP, and Dubiski, but we'll let you know when those tutoring sessions will begin. For now, please use the Outside Tutoring Form.)

Have you "liked" us on Facebook yet? It's a quick way to get updates and other info from MVC UB!

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