Uplift Voices Special Education scholars from Uplift North Hills took part in a real-world-experience field trip as they went grocery shopping and then prepared a feast for their entire class. After boarding the bus, scholars and their teachers headed to a local grocery store where they worked together to check off all the ingredients on …
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Uplift Voices Life After Uplift provides an in-depth look at what Uplift Education alumni experience after graduating and going off into the real world. In this edition of Life After Uplift, Mariah Steward takes us through her experiences after she graduated and her journey in the early stage of her career. Mariah, a graduate of Uplift Luna Preparatory, first became interested in education in high school as …
Uplift Voices Life After Uplift provides an in-depth look at what Uplift Education alumni experience after graduating and going off into the real world. In this edition of Life After Uplift, we learn about Fahim Ahamed, founder of Hold My Chai, a chai business set for its grand opening in Frisco this summer. “When I was at …
Uplift Voices Bedrick Topovich remembers being a little kid and having his mom ask him to look at a spreadsheet instead of watching cartoons. Bedrick’s mother was an accountant in Peru specializing in bookkeeping and auditing. “At first, I would get upset because it wasn’t fun at all,” said Bedrick. “But then it eventually …
Uplift Voices Beginning with the high school class of 2022, it is now a state law in Texas that every graduating senior must fill out a FAFSA, TAFSA, or sign an opt-out form to graduate. FAFSA stands for Free Application for Federal Student Aid and TAFSA stands for Texas Application for State Financial Aid. Both …
Uplift Voices One of the biggest trends in education these days is something called a Common Assessment (or Interim Assessment). These kinds of tests are given by districts and charter schools throughout the nation as a way to ensure that all scholars are learning at the pace needed for them to be successful on state-mandated …
Uplift Voices “Literacy unlocks the door to learning throughout life, is essential to development and health, and opens the way for democratic participation and active citizenship.”—Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations 1. Make time for reading!Though it may seem like an obvious suggestion, this one is incredibly important. In order for reading to …
Uplift Voices Uplift Alumni Board: Building a Dream Life Geovanni Murguia remembers what started it all. It was time to go back to school and his parents took him to Payless to buy a new pair of shoes for school. “It was 2008, and the recession was in full swing, both my parents had lost …
Uplift Voices Uplift Summit’s library has books of all shapes and sizes, but they also have an innovative way to increase reading engagement. Librarian Tonja Tate and Teacher Assistant Imelda Gutierrez have spearheaded a program called Reading Wheels. This past August, Fit Desk bikes were installed in the secondary library at Uplift Summit. Scholars have the opportunity to read while exercising which stimulates both their brain and …
Uplift Voices We are only a few days away from the first day of school and we cannot wait to see our scholars back in person! That being said, we are aware that for some of our scholars, it has been several months since they have been on campus. That is why we have created …
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Uplift’s mission is to create and sustain public schools of excellence that empower students to reach their highest potential in college and the global marketplace and that inspire in students a life-long love of learning, achievement, and service in order to positively change their world.
Uplift Education Board of Directors : Richard Frapart, Chair, Cullum Clark, Vice-Chair, Cristina Barbosa, Roslyn Barker, John Beckert, Michielle Benson, Kevin Bryant, W. Carey Carter, George Conant, Adam Cox, Cathleen Crews, Dawn Davidson, Pilar Davies, Tony Dona, Ossa Fisher, Ricky Garcia, Rusty Jaggers, Cameron Johnson, Andre McEwing, Elena McFann, Melissa McNeil, John McPherson, Lael Melville, Harold Montgomery, Ryan Moss, Michael Stack, James Stanton, Ed Tauriac, Christine VanDeVelde
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