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Message from the Upward Bound Director & Staff. We wish all students and families a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Have a safer and wonderful time with family and friends during this holiday time.
January 2012
January 2nd Study Plus Resumes January 26th FAFSA Night January 27-28th
February 2012 February 8th FAFSA Night February 11th Saturday Activity February 25th TRIO Day Activity
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL THE DECEMBER & JANUARY UB STUDENTS!!! Xitlaly Galvan-Soto Dec 4th Ismael Lopez Dec 13th David Krause Dec 19th Aaron Clark Dec 23rd Charles Barrios Dec 28th Anthony Harden Dec 29th Ajai Foster Dec 31st Suriya Phommavongsa Jan 6th Abraham Herrera Jan 19th Alicia Smith Jan 29th Rodney Fair Jan 30th
Page 3 Rock Valley College Upward Bound Program and The Parent and Community Empowerment Department of the Rockford School District have partnered to present Parent Power, a series of workshops for parents designed to increase career and college readiness. The series will address topics that aim to give parents practical information on how they can contribute to ensuring their students success. All parents are welcome!
Bell Ringing—December 3, 2011 Upward Bound Students went Bell Ringing for the Salvation Army Saturday December 3, 2011 at the Cherryvale Mall and Walmart. All meet back at RVC for Hot Cocoa and Homemade cookies made by our own Brenda Fisher and Megan Magnuson. I hear they were really really good.
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Upward Bound Creed I am part of the fellowship of Upward Bound. I have the power of knowledge. The die has been cast. I have stepped over the line. The decision has been made. I will graduate from college. I won’t look back, let up, slow down, or back away. I am Upward Bound. My past is my foundation, my present makes sense, my future is secure. I’m finished and done with low living, sight walking, small planning, colorless dreams, tamed visions, mundane talking, cheep giving and dwarfed goals. I am Up-
ward Bound, and my goal is a college diploma.
I no longer need pre-eminence, prosperity, position, promotions, plaudits or popularity. I don’t have to be right, first, tops, recognized, praised, regarded or rewarded. I am Upward Bound, and my goal is a college diploma. My fate is set, my gait is fast, my goal is a college degree, my road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions few, my mission is clear. I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, turned back, diluted or delayed. I am Up-
ward Bound, and my goal is a college diploma. I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of adversity, ponder at the pool of popularity or meander in the maze of mediocrity. I won’t give up, shut up, let up, until I have stayed up, stored up, studied up, paid up, for the cause of education. I am Upward Bound and my goal is a college diploma!
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