GED Graduation 11.09

GED GRADUATION, 11.20.09

The ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ reverberated through the hall once again for HANAC-BWS GED Graduation. The recent graduates some already enrolled in CUNY schools, some are working, and some on the wings of either employment or post secondary education had the time of their lives soaking in their accomplishments that others are still working on.

Melissa Mark-Viverito, Council Member of the 8th District, of Manhattan took time from her busy schedule to address the graduates. She was joined by other speakers, Maritza K. Pritsos, Program Director & Beverly Campbell, Site Supervisor in congratulating, encouraging, and empowering them to move on, and scale heights the world has opened up for them.

The graduates’ response was led by Loretta Gaillard, Andrene Reid and Saoirse McLaverty.

800 is Perfect Score

HANAC GED GRADUATION, batch # 2 for 2009 will be on November 20, 2009 in ceremonies to be held at the State Building in 125th Street. Once again we celebrate the efforts and accoplishments of our successful candidates.
Here's something special to this group. Two students have aced some subjects that most examiness dread taking.

Antoinette D Pisano of GHD (Teacher - Mr. Junior Johnson)

• Language Arts Reading - 800


• Science - 800


• Mathematics - 800

Camille Watson of AEP (Teacher: Ms. Sarah Beck)

• Language Arts Reading 800

Congratulations once again, and I'm sure your teachers are pleased and proud of your achevements.

Congratulations Warren and Thank you NYC

Back from hiatus, I would like to start on a positive note.

HANAC staff and friends, congratulates Warren Keith (class GHE; a GED class under Mr. N. Stevens) on passing the test and getting the Cerificate in Food Protecton. He took this course online. The city has offered this course free online on a limited time, which would have cost him $105.00 had he chosen the teacher/classroom option.

The 15 lessons online was rigid to say the least. It has time and grade requirements. A score of 100 is required before moving up to the next lessons. He is the first among a number of students from our site who enrolled for the online option.

The 2009 GED Graduation

Picture this:

“I messed up somewhere along the way and I truly regretted it. Lost time is lost time and I can’t go on regretting what had been. Now I write my own history by going back to school, right the wrong by focusing on my classes. Finally the moment came. This diploma is the first step towards a more meaningful life for me and my family.”
That was the common denominator for all of the smiling faces who graduated. Will you be next?????

Fausto Bernal writes...

I want a paradise en una gran isla bonita
I want a palm tree and your kisses
and fresh strawberry as your caress

I want also a rain falling white,
white when you are dreaming
and rose when you are just playing

I want a sun that is brighter
and a moon that is forever tender
and some friends and some angels

I want a paradise with all my heart.

"The Winner Takes it All. . . . ."

Recognition, honor, and party marked the simple awards day for the winners of our Attendance Tracking Initiative. Since its inception on October 2008, it’s been observed that some classes are consistently keeping up with their interests and motivations to come to classes on a regular basis. The most consistent winner, cruising its way month after month so far, is class LHE under Mr. Amir Rasoulpour – Teacher, and ably supported by Case Workers Adrienne Harris and Ana Wilson. They’ve been winning all the way from October ’08 to February 2009. Our Program Director Maritza K. Pritsos and Site Supervisors Annora Cadogan and Beverly Campbell were all praises for the group and at the same time wishing them renewed interest and to keep up the good work. Congratulations!

Other winners for A Week were:
Classes Teachers: Case Workers:
GHE Mr. Nathan Stevens Ms. Kimberly Blair
WHG Ms. Donna Ortiz & Ms. Fatima Gaspar Ms. Lilian Estrella


Other winners for B Week were:
Classes: Teachers: Case Workers:
WHS Mr. Nathan Stevens Ms. Kimberly Blair
LHB Mr. Amir Rasoulpour Ms. Adrienne Harris & Ana Wilson
LHC Ms. Donna Ortiz & Ms. Fatima Gaspar Ms. Lilian Estrella

GHD Mr. Junior Johnson Ms. Adrienne Harris
WHB Ms. Christine Steele Ms. Kimberly Blair

Attendance Tracking Initiative

Winners for the Class of the Month from December 2008 to February 2009 were released today. Congratulations students and teachers. Celebrate!!!! Click on the link below to view.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p24SVq_FunywwxsakZgnKEA&hl=en

Learn and Help a Worthy Cause

Yes, you can work on your Language and vocabulary, Math, Science, Geography, Arts, and other subjects. Every time you get a correct answer rice is donated to help ease poverty and hunger. Click on the link below and start helping and learning more.

World Math Day 2009

"1,2,3, Boys and Girls, Ladies and Gentlemen Stop"; and with that the World Maths Day 2009 officially ended. Thank yous and Congratulations were all over the web to all the participants and teachers behind them. The sponsors Voyager and UNICEF were all praises for the 48-hour web based Math challenge of historical proportions.

Total participants: 2,001,570
Number of countries: 204
Total questions answered in 48 hours: 452,681,681
Total number of schools – 20,000

Top 3 Individual Students
1st: Kaya G - Team Australia - 129,106
2nd: David M - Aloha College, Spain - 119,843
3rd: David A - Fraser Coast Anglican College, Australia - 115,571

Top 3 Individual Classes
1st: F2 Team A - Cempaka Schools, Malaysia - 1,004,202
2nd: F3 Team A - Cempaka Schools, Malaysia - 975,339
3rd: F4 Team A - Cempaka Schools, Malaysia - 818,083

Just for the thrill of it....
I checked in on the world event twice and the third time would be the final result. Here's how it was at:

10:04 PM 07: 55: 36 to finish
10,399 - users online
Total CORRECT answers 406,803,759

12:21 AM 05: 38: 49 to finish
7289 - users online
Total CORRECT answers 418,402,959

Afterthought....

Where was United States? Up to midnight last night, the top US class was hanging on to 10th place and when it's all over it dropped to 17th place. Still not bad considering that there were 20,000 schools in total.

The top 10 classes were all Malaysia, except the 7th placer which was Tevitol High class 9 from Turkey. Like any international event, flag Malaysia was all over. along with Turkey.

Two new words I learned: mathometer & mathletes

National Reading Day - March 2, 2009

Hello Reading Teachers

Are we doing something special to motivate our students to read for themselves and to their children?

For 12 years now, NEA The National Education Association annually sponsors Read Across America. Let's log in to: http://www.nea.org/ to get some help and use some of their resources that they're suggesting we can; my choice is the certificate for the adult who will read to a child.

PS to National Reading Day-

We're snowed out and we have extra time to devote to reading.

Math Teachers and Students

The third Annual World Math Day will be on Wednesday, March 4, 2009. There is a free competition and it will be participated by learners all over the world in a Web based Math challenge. Last year was a huge success and this year it is expected to make history. The number of questions correctly answered last year was at a staggering number of 182,455,169 questions correctly answered. This year's target is 250 million math questions.

Be in the loop, read more about it by logging in to http://www.worldmathday.com/

fast forward to March

We have a few days left and it will be March and it is.......

American Red Cross Month
Women’s History Month
National Reading Day March 2
World Math Day – first Wednesday of March
International Women’s Day – March 8
The Ides of March Anniversary
St Patrick’s Day – March 17
Human Rights’ Day (South Africa) March 21
World Water Day March 22

Invitation

May I have the pleasure of your company???? Just accept my invitation, you don't have to make travel arrangement, buy a gift, or buy a new outfit to wear. Take it from one who is always challenged with limitations. This month brings out one of them; writing. Writing is not my natural gift and yet I have to face the challenge of scribbling out one to start the Hanac-nyc125 take off the digital runway.

What's in you February

You're the shortest month consisting only of 28 days except when it's a leap year that you get to be 29, still short of 30 or 31. The song says that you are for little people, will you agree to that?

You might be an afterthought too; you see, you're the last month along with January that was added to the Roman calendar. Your history doesn't even specify when you got on the calendar but it's sometime around 700 BC. And to make it even more interesting winter was regarded then as a monthless season.

And yet.....

You are filled with events, holidays, rituals around the world, healthy competition for the cheapest tours and travel , fun filled holidays, ice sculpting, cleansing rituals, dancing and practices to drive off the demons and anything unlucky in other countries and a disclaimer that festivities are subject to change without notice - check with your agents.

Here are your events:

Groundhog Day: February 2 United States and Canada
National Foundation Day in Japan: February 11
Valentine's Day: February 14
Flag Day of Canada: February 15
Presidents Day (United States, third Monday)
Dominican Republic Independence: February 27
Liberation Day (Kuwait) February 26
Leap Day: February 29 (Every 4 years, with some exceptions)
Black History Month (Canada and United States)

On a troublesome note, strict accountability of anything that translates to the troubled economy, bailouts, increasing jobless numbers, increasing numbers of financial institutions crying out for more federal help, businesses closing, and even school hours. School hours! This too needs to be accounted for in its exactitude never before as astringent as this. Take this as a friendly reminder.

Your flower is violet and your stone amethyst. They're lovely I must admit.

On a personal note, it's at this month that my tolerance is tested. I can't wait for spring. This is the longest shortest month to bear until I will be surrounded by the greens all around and the blazing sun to soothe the winter blues away. This quote is a big help and it might be to you too.

"February is merely as long as is needed to pass the time until March."- Dr. J. R. Stockton