ANCHOR INTRO: A LOCAL PROGRAM THAT’S BEEN ON THE RISE FOR THE LAST DECADE CONTINUES TO ADD NEW PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES TO HELP LOW INCOME STUDENTS GET TO COLLEGE. N-C-C NEWS DANIELLE BULLUCK SHOW US HOW. )
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AHMEED TURNER HAS AN OFFER FOR THESE STUDENTS THAT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
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(“YOU CAN GO TO COLLEGE TUITION FREE, THAT IS A MAJOR INCENTIVE”)
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FOR THE PAST DECADE SAY YES TO EDUCATION HAS SENT STUDENTS TO COLLEGE ON FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIPS.
AHMEED TURNER THE CHAPTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT SAY YES SAYS THE MISSION STARTS WITH SOMETHING THEY CALL THE THEORY OF ACTION.
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(“One is Through Wrap Round supports’)
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WHICH IS AN INSIDE-SCHOOL STUDENT SUPPORT CENTER THAT ALLOWS STUDENT TO BE MATCHED AND PROVIDED WITH RESOURCES TO WHATEVER KIND OF SUPPORT THEY NEED.
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(“THE OTHER MAJOR TENANT IS THROUGH EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AND WE DO THAT WITH AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING.”)
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SAY YES OFFERS ALL TYPES OF OUT OF THE BOX LEARNING.
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(“IN SOME SCHOOLS THERE’S FENCING AND IN OTHER SCHOOLS THERE IS CHESS TEAMS”)
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BUT BEING ON THE CHEST TEAM OR LEARNING HOW TO FENCE ISN’T JUST IT, BUT IF A STUDENT GETS IN TROUBLE…
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(“THERE’S A LEGAL ISSUE THERE, THEY CAN GET FREE LEGAL SUPPORT”)
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THEY BEGIN PREPPING STUDENTS EARLY WITH FREE TUTORING FOR S-A-T’S
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(“SO I WAS ABLE TO GO THERE AND GET SOME TEST PREP AND I KNOW A LOT OF KIDS FROM MY SCHOOL WENT”)
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SAY YES SCHOLARSHIP PROVIDED NATALIE MOONEY WITH A FREE WAY TO COLLEGE. BUT SHE WASN’T THE FIRST IN HER FAMILY TO GET A HELPING HAND.
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(” I’M NUMBER FIVE”)
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BUT BEING NUMBER FIVE ISN’T ALWAYS AS EASY AS IT SEEMS, WHEN
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(” EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY IS LIKE CRAZY BRILLIANT, AND SO I’VE ALWAYS FELT LIKE I’M LIKE FUNNY AND NO ONE’S REALLY ENCOURAGES THE ACADEMIC SIDE OF ME”)
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NATALIE AND HER 5 SIBLING (WILLIAM) NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL IN SYRACUSE, NY
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(“SO WHENEVER THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT ME, IT WAS NEVER THIS IS WHAT NATALIE’S LIKE IT WAS ALWAYS LIKE YOU’RE LIKE A COMBO OF THIS SISTER AND THIS SISTER.”)
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STANDING IN HER SIBLING SHADOW WAS SOMETHING NATALIE KNEW SHE COULD NOT DO.
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(“AFTER THAT, I REALLY STARTED TO, JUST KIND OF DRESS LIKE MYSELF AND SORT OF UNAPOLOGETICALLY BE ME”)
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BUT THEY STILL SHARE MORE THAN A FAMILY NAME. THEY ALL HAVE DETERMINATION
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(“MAINLY I KNEW IF MY SIBLINGS COULD DO IT THEN SO CAN”)
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NATALIE WONDERS WHERE HER FAMILY WOULD BE WITHOUT THE HELP OF “SAY YES.”
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(“OH BOY, IT WOULD’VE BEEN A TOUGH ONE”)
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(“5 OUT OF 10 STUDENTS WILL GRADUATE FROM SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL AND ALTHOUGH THAT’S JUST HALF. ITS 20 PERCENT HIGH THAN WHEN SAY YES FIRST STARTED)
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(” IN 2015, WE SAW ABOUT A 6-7 POINT JUMP IN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES, WHAT I WILL MAKE IN CORLATION IS, THOSE STUDENTS THAT. GRADUATED IN THAT YEAR WERE THE FIRST OF STUDENTS TO RECEIVE ALL THOSE SUPPORTS ALONG THE PATH WAY TO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. THAT CLASS WAS THE FIRST CLASS TO HAVE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, THAT HAD MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS IN THEIR SCHOOL AND LEGAL CLINIC AD ALL OF THOSE OTHER SUPPORTS”)
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GUIDANCE COUNSELOR NATASHA SANTIAGO HELPS STUDENTS FIND COLLEGE OPPORTUNITIES, BUT SHE SAID THE PROBLEM ISN’T GETTING THEM TO WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE.
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(” SO SOMETIMES THEY THINK COLLEGE IS SOMETHING THAT SEEMS LIKE OTHER PEOPLE DO.”)
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SYRACUSE SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOLS IS STRIVING DO MORE TO HELP STUDENTS GRADUATE AND MAKE THEM AWARE OF OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM LIKE SAY YES.
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(“WE HAVE LOTS OF SCHOLARSHIPS ONLINE FOR STUDENTS TO ACCESS THROUGH NAVIA, WHICH IS SORT OF OUR ONLINE APPLICATION MANGER THAT WE USE, AND THEN WE ACTUALLY HAVE PAPER SCHOLARSHIPS THAT COME THOUGH, AND YOU KNOW WE MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT.”)
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FOR NATALIE SAY YES GAVE HER THE OPPORTUNITY
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(“I DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW TO PUT INTO WORDS, SU CHANGED MY LIFE EDUCATION ASIDE THE MEMORIES I’VE MADE THERE, THE FRIENDS I’VE MADE AND LIKE EVEN WHERE I AM TODAY”)
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BUT FOR SAY YES AND OTHER CITY SUPPORT GROUPS AND SCHOLARSHIP AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ALL HAVE ONE GOAL.
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(” HELPING STUDENTS ALONG THE PATH WAY TO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. HELPING STUDENT TRANSITION FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE. AND THEN HELPING STUDENT COMPLETE THEIR POST-SECONDARY OPPORTUNITIES.”)
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DANIELLE BULLUCK N-C-C NEWS
