Sienna List August 2019

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Cum Yah Gullah

ThE REAL LIST

with sienna list's expert real esate agent SARA NGUYEN

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community outreach The George Foundation

MEAGHAN BARSAMIAN C o F ounder - P ublisher @MeaghanBarsamian

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Party Hardy

August 17th | 10:00am until 6:00pm | Community Park | 1700 Glenn Lakes Lane, 77459 Come out to a day of fun and relaxation! Fun, music, food and FREE!

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All Breed Open Horse Show

August 25th | 8:30am until 6:00pm | Sienna Stables | 8255 Camp Sienna Trail, 77459 The Embroidered Vest Series is back and open to the public! Come out and support local equestrians and Sienna Stables!

Witchy Wreath Fun

September 5th | 6:30 until 8:00pm | Sienna Recreation | 10323 Mount Logan, 77459 If you love to embrace your “witchy” side, come join us as we whip up a whimsical and colorful “Witchy Hat Wreath” for your holiday door. The fun will leave you cackling!

Conversation Circle

September 5th | 10:30am to 2:30pm | Sienna Branch Library | 8411 Sienna Springs Blvd, 77459 English-language learners of any level are invited to practice conversation in a friendly, relaxed environment.

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silver screen GOOD BOYS AUGUST 16th

A 12-year-old boy and his two best friends skip school to retrieve his father’s missing drone.

IT: CHAPTER TWO SEPTEMBER 6TH

Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with the terrifying Pennywise, the Losers Club have grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back.

the GOLDFINCH SEPTEMBER 13th

A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy Upper East Side family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

HUSTLERS

SEPTEMBER 13th Former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.

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Summer 2019 has come to a close, our kids are picking up their backpacks, heading out the door and we are capturing the ever fleeting first day of school pictures. Even with school back in session we are still looking for ways to keep our children physically active and their minds expanding. This August, The List Magazines teamed up with local businesses to bring you a LIST of afterschool programs and activities to keep your children active and thinking outside of the box.

Century Fine Arts

281-201-2991 3527 Highway 6 Ste. #220 centuryfinearts.com Sugar Land TX 77478

There is no better way to enhance your classroom learning than pairing it with musical education. Studies have proven over and over again that learning an instrument improves brain development, reading skills, builds confidence, relieves stress and teaches discipline. Musical studies can also furnish the student with an ability on how to profoundly learn a skill which thus can be applied to many aspects of life.

Century Fine Arts provides private lessons in piano, voice, guitar and wind instruments along with homeschooling classes in theatre and guitar. Our early music education group classes begin for students as young as 2 years of age.

Many performing opportunities are part of the student’s curriculum as well as weekly music theory classes. We have monthly mini- shows at local community centers and senior living establishments as well as our seasonal recitals.

These rewarding opportunities teach the students how to perform and present their work in front of others while building their self-esteem and learning how to give back to their community.

Century Fine Arts’ faculty is comprised of the finest music educators who hold true to our mission: “Planting the seeds of Creativity.”

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Huntington Learning Center

At Huntington, we focus on helping our students become more successful in school by not only improving academic skills, but by building confidence and motivation. We tutor students of all ages on working to improve reading fluency, reading comprehension, sight words, phonics, vocabulary, math, writing, and study skills.

Our proven method begins with a full academic evaluation to pinpoint needs. We then develop a personalized learning plan and build success through individualized instruction.

We have built a solid reputation in Test Prep and Subject Tutoring.

We prepare our students to get the scores they need for ACT, SAT, ISEE, GED, and STAAR tests. If a student needs help in a specific class, we have the tutors to help them in Algebra, Geometry, Calculus, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, English, and Spanish.

To learn how Huntington can help your child make this the best school year ever, call the Sienna/Missouri City Huntington at (281) 437-2100 or Sugar Land Huntington at (281) 242-7483.

Cynde Lomonte's Dance Dimensions

Cynde, a Sienna Plantation resident, enjoys providing a family/community-based studio for her dancers.

Obtaining a Bachelor’s Degree and teaching at the college level, with Dance Certification and certified by test to teach through Dance Masters of America and South Texas Association of Dance Teachers, Cynde pursues continuing education through Dance Masters, providing her students with the very best in dance training and other training/scholarship opportunities that only DMA member teacher’s students enjoy. CLDD ’s well-rounded curriculum offers a positive, nurturing environment to help dancers enjoy their classes and achieve their personal best. Beginning at age 2 -dancing just for fun interested in a competition company -or aspiring to have a professional career, they have Non-Competitive classes and Competition Companies available.

Natalie, Cynde’s daughter, resides in NYC where she is a professional dancer and choreographer.

Visit NatalieLomonte.com for her professional company, Broadway, movie and television accomplishments.

Register now for a great environment to enjoy learning one of the most beautiful of the arts! Visite our website at cldance.com and reach us at dancyn22@aol.com or 281-499-1111.

Bushi Ban Martial Arts & Fitness 7746 Highway 6 Missouri City, TX 77459

(832) 833-0030

We do more than just care for your child.

We teach life skills to navigate a complex world.

Embracing: Respect of Others Self-Discipline Focus Goal Setting Leadership Skills Healthy Activity Rewards for Hard Work

Bushi Ban Benefits: Home-School PE Alternative Free Uniform Multi-Child Family Discount Seasonal Holiday Activities Parent’s Night Out

Serving: Sienna Plantation River Stone Sienna Pointe

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(281) 303-5590 www.sugarlandprep.com

Sugar Land Preparatory Academy

Sugar Land Preparatory Academy (SLP) is a nationally accredited private school for stellar students. The faculty at SLP has committed their lives to educating, nurturing and ensuring that every student achieves success academically, socially, and emotionally. When you walk in the doors of our technology-infused, student-driven, learning environment you feel the faculty’s dedication. The atmosphere they have created is designed to mimic a modern university setting that is intended to empower 5th-12th grade students and delivers “off-the-charts” results.

When you walk in the doors of SLP you feel the dedication…

"Sugar Land Preparatory Academy not only provides a one-of-a-kind learning

environment for middle school and high school students but also offers unique teaching opportunities for all the educators. As I begin my fourth year at SLP, I have come to realize the immense privilege it is to impart knowledge to our outstanding student body. It is of utmost importance to myself to ensure well-rounded students who are academically, socially, and emotionally ready for college and the rest of their lives. One of the ways SLP educators are able to influence students holistically is due to the small class sizes. With the one teacher to five student ratios, teachers have the ability to educate each student individually. I have had the opportunity to understand each of my student’s goals, wants, and needs. From there, students have a deeper understanding of academic material that they can apply now but also later in college and beyond. I am tremendously blessed to be an educator, especially at Sugar Land Preparatory Academy."

Sincerely,

Mrs Mathews Mrs. Mathews

"Sugar Land Preparatory Academy is a unique environment, allowing its students as well as its faculty and administration to work together as a team for the students’ utmost success. It allows teachers to focus on each student at an individualized level. The academically focused atmosphere gives the students and faculty the ability to focus on intellectual and personal growth. The caliber of our student body is so incredible and allows me, as a teacher, to be able to praise and focus on each student’s success. Over the past seven years, I have had the honor of forming unique relationships with each of our middle school students and watching them grow and accomplish their goals. The incredible feeling of joy and reward is unparalleled. At the same time, it is bittersweet as I witness them receive their high school diplomas, bid them farewell and watch them go off to their universities."

Sincerely,

Mrs Mirza

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We believe every child should know the love of Christ.

Sharing His love with children is the reason we exist.

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We are a community of families, students, educators, and friends who are dedicated to working together to help our children thrive. That’s why we call ourselves “The Divine Savior Family.”

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lthough summer is starting to wind down, there’s still time to enjoy some of the exciting exhibits being featured at Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center. The latest exhibit, Cum Yah Gullah, presents guests with the chance to experience the live of the Gullah. A West African culture that survived through the harsh years of slavery, the Gullah made their home along the Sea Islands, a chain of barrier islands found off the coat of the Southeastern United States.

Between the 1600s through the 1800s, West Africans were shipped to the united States as part of the slave trade. While many of those who made the journey were disconnected from their culture, the Gullah managed to preserve much of their lifestyle. Located up and down the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia, the Gullah were able to keep their culture largely because they were so isolated from the rest of the country. Visitors to Cum Yah Gullah have the chance to experience life in one of these Gullah villages.

Guests to the Discovery Center have the opportunity to learn about the Gullah through folktales and songs that the Gullah themselves would have told and sang. Visitors are led through a Gullah village, escorted by Deja, a young Gullah child. As visitors walk the exhibit, Deja explains how different parts of the village functioned and how a typical day went. Guests have a chance to see crafts made by the Gullah and visit the Praise House, the spiritual center of Gullah life and the place where locals would go to sing Gullah spirituals.

The tour of the Gullah village doesn’t end there. In the Gullah Home, guests can see what a traditional house in the village was like and how people lived their lives. In the Tellin’ Forest, people can gather around local Gullah story tellers to be entertained in the same way that the Gullah entertained themselves a hundred years ago. Finally, at Livin’ off the Land, guests can see how the local Gullah survived. Visitors can see the village gardens witness Gullah making nets for catching shrimp. By the time the tour is over, visitor will have seen every aspect of daily life in a Gullah village.

It should be no surprise that there are plenty of activities for toddlers visiting Cum Yah Gullah to participate in. Part of the adventure includes helping young children connect with the children of a different culture. Through these connections, young children are taught how to identify with people from sometimes incredibly different cultures while also finding out what they have in common with these people.

Parents interested in taking their children to Cum Yah Gullah can find out more by calling (832) 742-2800. The Discovery Center can be visited at 198 Kempner Street, just minutes north of Interstate 69.

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THE REAL Sara LIST Nguyen with Sienna List's Real Estate Expert

Welcome to The Real List! If you don’t already know, buying and selling a home can be an overwhelming experience with a good deal of twists and turns. That is why you want to make sure that you have a trusted real estate professional by your side to provide you with guidance and support, in the hopes of making the process as stress-free as possible. Protecting your investment by making sound decisions regarding the purchase or sale of a home is vital. Therefore, it becomes important to stay educated about the current trends in real estate as well as becoming Median Sale / Sq. Ft

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Just a little about me‌. I have been working in real estate since 2004 and absolutely love helping people through the transitions and transactions of buying and selling their homes.

I am a Realtor, wife, mother to two beautiful daughters, and an active volunteer in the community. I have a heart for service and I aim to make sure that my clients feel that as I work to represent them. Most recently, I have been fortunate to be the Top Producing Agent for the first quarter of 2019 in the following categories: Listings, Buyers & Sales Production for the Fort Bend Office of Better Homes & Gardens RE Gary Greene (BHG RE Gary Greene) and #8 Individual Agent citywide in All BHG RE Gary Greene for 2018 and 2018 Emerald Elite. I have also just been cast and will be featured on the national TV Show, The American Dream.

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esidents of Fort Bend County looking for an opportunity to give back to their community may want to look at helping with the George Foundation. The George Foundation traces its roots to 1824, when Henry and Nancy Jones moved onto land located along the Brazos River. Years of hard work led to prosperity, and the two went on to be successful farmers and ranchers. The couple also came to be parents of 12 children. Of their children, Polly inherited the majority of the couple’s possessions, and the land and business continued to pass down through her descendants.

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ne of those descendants, Mary Elizabeth married Albert P. George. Together, the two moved onto the original property along Brazos River and carried on the family’s cattle raising legacy. However, with no living children of their own as they entered old age, they established The George Foundation in 1945. This foundation, managed under its board of trustees, has awarded more than $180 million in grants to various nonprofit organizations through the county and continues to further the vision of Albert and Mary George.

Over the years, the George Foundation has committed time and effort to helping improve the Fort Bend County through its numerous programs and charitable efforts. The foundation offers numerous scholarships designed to help people further education, including scholarships for high school students, technical scholarships, and scholarships designed to help increase the number of nurses and social workers in the workforce. The foundation also offers grants designed to help further efforts in social areas such as education, health, and the enhancement of the community. However, scholarships and grants are only two of the areas where the Foundation helps.

The George Foundation also hosts several programs meant to help the community. The Excellence for Nonprofit Leadership is an eightsession course intended to help increase the knowledge and skills sets of leaders, including organization senior staff, board members, and leaders of nonprofit organizations. Individuals who finish the program are better equipped to improve their organization’s performance and forge important networks of fellow professionals.

The program is hosted in conjunction with the Fort Bend Forward of the Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce.

One of the best known programs the Foundation hosts is targeted toward young people. The Youth in Philanthropy Program, also known as the YIP Program, annually helps up to 175 high school students get up to eight months of hands on experience volunteering for charitable cause. The YIP Program brings together juniors and seniors from Fort Bend County high schools and connects them ongoing volunteer opportunities, with students volunteering on six Saturdays from September through March. The students are also challenged at the end of their program to assess the different nonprofits they worked for and determine which receives grant dollars from their foundation, with assessments based on these students’ experiences volunteering for these organizations. Anyone interested in learning how to support or gain more information about the foundation’s grants and scholarships can reach the George Foundation through their website www.thegeorgefoundation.org or by calling (281) 342-6109.

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AUNTIE A’S HOMEMADE HUMMINGBIRD NECTAR Hummingbirds are beautiful to watch. If you keep a feeder filled and clean in a shadyplace,you’ll see plenty of them in your yard this month!

Ingredients: 1 cup of sugar 4 cups of water Red food coloring What you need to do: Boil the water and dissolve the sugar until it’s thick and syrup-like. Add the red coloring to a desired bright color that will attract the hummers. Fill into the feeds once cooled and hang in the yard under a tree in a shady place. Keep stored in the refrigerator and add to the feeder as needed. Remember to clean the feeder every two weeks and start from scratch!

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In the garden it’s time to gear up for the humming birds!

They love shade and you’ll want to keep their feeders clean and with fresh nectar. See recipe below for making your own homemade nectar.

Planting a garden full of flowers that attract both hummers and bees alike will insure the proper pollination for your fall gardening efforts. They love salvia and lucky for us that’s a hearty plant that keeps coming back in your garden year after year.

It’s time to plant tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. Feed the soil with Medina Soil Activator! Plants from seeds should be protected from the harsh sun until strong enough to be put out into the main garden areas.

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School days are here again and there’s always a need for books and supplies. Now is a great time to take an inventory of your magazines and books in your home library. Put aside those that you and your children have read and reread and are ready to share. Donate them to your local library!

Picking up an extra set of school supplies or donating too small uniforms to your school will also be a welcoming gesture. Remember there’s always a need for supplies, uniforms and books.

Go through your medicine cabinet and stock up on shampoo, deodorant and other necessities. I also recommend purchasing all flu and cold remedies now. When everyone else is sick and buying, you’ll have what you need without being amongst those germs.

Call your doctors and schedule well-woman checks, well-male checks, eye appointments and dental exams for end of the year insurance claims. Many plans require that you use eligible benefits in an annual format and you want to take advantage of those prior to years end.

Think back on your goals for the year and see what’s still left to accomplish. You still have a 5 month push to complete anything that you really wanted get done. Sign up for a January marathon to get you motivated to get healthier and finish out this year strong.

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As always take time to enjoy your family and friends.

Schedule an end-of-summer poolside BBQ or make a trip to the zoo and check out all the lovely new babies we have there. If your children are artistic have them bring along a sketch book to draw their favorite animals. Better yet, make it a photo shoot day at play and bring home lots of fun photographs to use in your holiday newsletters!

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On my bedside table now is Robin Benway’s Far from the Tree and Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys.

Canning up all the summer veggies and pickle and jam making now will make your life so much easier this fall!

I try to get fresh raspberries and oranges to make jam for Thanksgiving giveaways too. There’s nothing better than a Ritz cracker topped off with a slice of brie and turkey and just a dollop of my raspberry and orange jam!

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RESOLUTION PROGRESS

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he statistics are terrible when it comes to New Year’s Resolutions. It’s estimated that a quarter of all people abandon their resolution one week after the New Year begins. Almost 46% of all people abandon their resolutions after a month. Up to 64% of people abandon their resolutions after six months. How many people actually make their resolutions stick? The numbers say that only 19% of all people are able to keep to their resolutions two years after they make them.

So, if you’re like most people, you’re part of that 64% of people who have either given up on their resolutions or feel as if it may be time to abandon them. With only a few months left in the year, where do you stand with your resolutions? Have you joined the

majority of Americans who have abandoned their resolutions?

If you have given up on your resolution but still feel the itch to get back on track, you can still get it together and make your resolutions work. Getting back on track will take work though, since most resolutions need people to make major changes that they aren’t fully equipped to make. Change is hard, and it can only start when you have a sense of urgency about why these changes need to be made.

When it comes to changes, if you don’t have a sense of urgency, you won’t be motivated to change your habits. For instance, if you want to lose weight, you have to consider what being overweight will do to your health over time. From critical disease such as heart disease to a simple inability to get around like you’d like, being overweight can cause a lot of harm to your lifestyle. It’s important to think about these things and use them to motivate your changes.

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t can also be a little discouraging to think about the fact that you’re halfway through the year and still nowhere close to completing your resolutions. To motivate yourself, you need to reframe how you think about things. Again using weight as an example, you can either look at the glass as half empty and get discouraged because you haven’t lost the weight you said you would. On the other hand, you could take a positive approach to the situation. You could instead say to yourself that getting on a workout routine and eating healthier will have benefits over your whole life. Who cares if you didn’t get it done the last few months? Starting right now, you can make the changes that will lead to a happier, healthier you in the long run.

After that, it’s time to lay the groundwork for your success. Talk about your resolution with close family and friends who will support you during your efforts. People are more likely to complete their resolutions when they feel others are backing them up. Also, new technology makes it easier than ever to track your progress. Phone apps and software make it possible to track everything from how much money you’ve managed to save to weight loss you’ve achieved.

Give yourself the best chance possible of succeeding at your resolutions through a combination of motivation, social support, and tools that will help you make your changes permanent.

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he first year of high school is rough. Students have to learn how to get around their new schools, make new friends, and get used to new challenges. High school is harder than middle school, and a lot of students get bogged down trying to balance their studies, extracurriculars, and friends. Succeeding at high school starts with sticking to a schedule. Set time aside when work needs to get done, time for things like sports, band, or theatre, and don’t forget to set time aside for friends.

Everyone needs to have time away from school when they can relax.

Succeeding at high school also means getting to know a high school as good as possible. High schools are bigger than middle schools and offer a lot more opportunities.

There are lots of organizations for students who love music, enjoy science, or like making art. Lots of these organizations can help students explore their interests and what they might like to do for a career, so it’s important not to overlook them.

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t the start of every year, students will want to get a planner or journal and write down all the important dates that they’ll have to remember. What sorts of dates re we talking about? Dates when tests will be due, when projects will need to be turned in, and when grading periods will be over. If all of these dates are in one single place, it will be hard to get confused about when certain things are due. If there’s a website where these dates can be found, that makes it even easier to record all the important dates that will need to be recorded.

Relationships are also important in high school, and not just the relationships that friends have. It’s important to get to know the teachers, counselors, and principal of the school. Students will be working with these people for the next four years of their lives, so it’s important to get to know them from the start of the year. These are the same people that students will need to go to when they’re struggling with their grades or need to report bullying around school.

Since high school can be tougher than middle school, it’s a good idea to find out what sort of extra help is available for succeeding at classes. Tutoring and study groups can make a big difference when it comes to learning, especially in tough classes. It’s best to find about things like study groups or meet important people, like teachers, before the school year starts. Most schools have some sort of open house at the start of the year when students and their families can go and learn about the high school. This is the perfect time to start getting familiar with how the school works and learn about all of the student organizations that are on campus.

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ATHLETIC TRAINING RESIDENCY

PROGRAM EARNS REACCREDITATION

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he athletic training residency program at Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital recently received reaccreditation for a seven-year term.

The national Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) granted the reaccreditation following an extensive review of documentation and a threeday site visit in January. This process ensures that athletic training residency programs meet or exceed 103 standards set by CAATE to ensure quality of care.

“This is a tremendous validation of our residency program, which gives highly qualified athletic trainers the advanced experience and knowledge they need to support sports teams and athletes at any level,” said Marie Charpentier, program coordinator, board-certified physical therapist in orthopedic and sports medicine, and manual therapy fellow at Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine. “The seven-year designation is proof that CAATE recognizes the quality of our training, the commitment of our people and the learning opportunities we provide.”

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital’s 2019 Residency Program Graduates Top row, left to right: Jordan Bishop, DJ Ignacio, JeJuan French, Courtney Scott Front row, left to right: Isabella Pregozen, Marie Charpentier, Melanie Kwok

The hospital’s athletic training residency program is the largest of its kind and the only accredited multi-site program in the country. The hospital began with just two residents per year in the first few years, but the program has since grown in both stature and numbers.

Currently, there are 18 residents in the program who split their time between didactic classroom instruction and actual athletic training coverage at middle and high schools in four area school districts, including Fort Bend ISD.

“The Houston Methodist Sugar Land residents provide an extremely valuable service to the schools, delivering athletic training care and game coverage on-site, accompanying students to an orthopedist/ sports medicine specialist if necessary, and coordinating physical therapy and rehabilitation both at the hospital and at the school,” said Richard Gregoire, head district athletic trainer for Fort Bend ISD. “Their efforts extend the ability of our schools to provide knowledgeable, experienced athletic trainers who can help keep students healthy.”

In the past, residents have even provided life-saving responses to students who suffered severe medical emergencies or injuries.

“There is a definite need for skilled athletic trainers in many states,” said Charpentier. “It’s a profession that is evolving in its scope and complexity, and many school districts are short-handed when it comes to having knowledgeable people who can provide coverage.

We are doing our part to help, not only by providing athletic trainers today but by expanding the overall talent pool for the future.”

More than 60 residents have completed the year-long program since its inception in 2013. Most are now working full-time at high schools across Texas, while some have gone on to work in military settings or attend medical or physical therapy school.

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