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Response from the students was given by Francisco Lopez.

Dr. Thelma Adair: Director of Community Life Center, one of the speakers with some of the students.

Domnique Lynch, Councilmanic Aide from the office of New York City Council Member Inez Dickens.

New York State Senator, Bill Perkins addressing the Graduates. Also in photo are; left to right, Annora Cadogan, HRA Site Supervisor, and Maritza K. Pritsos, Program Director.

NYS Senator Bill Perkins with the graduates.

Bill Perkins to Address HANAC GED Graduates

What's special about June 10, 2011? It is not the weather, of course. It is because HANAC-BWS/LWS is honoring 63 successful students who passed their GED examinations. They will receive their certificates of accomplishments from Maritza K. Pritsos, Program Director of HANAC. These students have reached their short term goal, and now they are on their way to start their long term goal of college education or job training at the very least.

New York State Senator Bill Perkins of the 30th District is going to be the keynote speaker. Other city officials, Dr. Thelma Adair, Director of the Community Life Center, and Dominique Lynch, Councilmanic Aide from the office of Council Member Inez Dickens will also address the graduates.

Congratulations Graduates!!!!!

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?????