MARCH ISSUE 2018

LEADING HOUSTON FORWARD

Approach to Growth

How does YES Prep decide where to open future schools? Guest blogger and Chief Operating Officer, Recy Benjamin Dunn, discusses growing to serve more students at the intersection of need and opportunity.

STUDENT SUCCESS

Alumni Spotlights

YES Prep Southeast's first Posse scholar, Adriana Castillo (Class of '14), is finishing her senior year at Carleton College. Find out more about the obstacles she faced in college and her plans for the future.

PATHWAYS TO OPPORTUNITY

Foundation Invests in Teacher Pipeline

The Walton Family Foundation invested $790,000 in Teaching Excellence, YES Prep's first-year teacher training program, to grow and diversify the teacher pipeline in the Houston region. Read the press release and coverage on The 74, Education Dive, Houston Public Media, and the Walton Family Foundation blog.

SPOTLIGHT

Bold Commitment to Equity

In our Bold Commitment to Equity blog series, members of Team 2020, our Executive Leadership Team, share how their work helps to eliminate educational inequity to advance social justice. This month, you'll read the fourth installment by Chief Program Officer, Nella García Urban.

HEADLINES

Paper City magazine features YES Prep's poker tournament for raising 1.3 million.
YES Prep Brays Oaks 11th grader, Eliott Flores, shares his experience as a DACA recipient with ABC News.
YES Prep East End students create handwoven vests as part of Color Bursting Hermann Park, Paper City reports.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Cycle for YES
April 15, 2018 @ CycleBar Sawyer Heights. YES Prep Professionals is thrilled to invite you to the first-ever YES Prep Tour de College charity ride. YES Prep North Central’s very own 8th Grade U.S. History Instructor, Caitlin Wales, will be leading a high-energy hour of cycling. Learn more and register.

Senior Signing Day 2018
May 29, 2018 @ Minute Maid Park. This year, we will celebrate ten campuses and 1,000 new YES Prep graduates, raising our total alumni base to over 5,000. Stay tuned to future News Updates for more information.

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