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This High School is Doing Whatever it Takes to Mentor First-Generation Students

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Despite any obstacles students face, since its creation in 2002, the school has enjoyed impressive outcomes, boasting a college readiness score 27% higher than the city’s in 2019. A range of foundations and community-based organizations help meet the school’s ambitious goal of ensuring both high school graduation and college matriculation.

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What MLB Pitcher Jon Lester and 4 Other Professional Athletes Teach Us About Overcoming Obstacles

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Then, in May 2008, he became the 18th pitcher in the history of the storied Red Sox organization to throw a perfect game. For Rudolph, the goal was everything. Never one to let a perceived disability stand in the way of his goals, he pursued athletics with his heart and soul. As of 2009, Lester is cancer-free. “I

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Never Broken: How Singer-Songwriter Jewel Became a Mental Health Advocate

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Jewel’s mental health organization: Inspiring Children Foundation In 2002, after many years of putting what she learned to action, Jewel co-founded the Inspiring Children Foundation , which provides mental health programming to youth whose financial circumstances are a barrier to access. Sometimes, bad things happen,” she says. “So,

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Leading with Kindness: 14 Most Charitable Celebrities

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In 2002, Kendra Scott designed her first jewelry collection with just $500 in the spare bedroom of her home. Chance the Rapper’s 2023 started with a free music festival he organized in Ghana for around 52,000 people, and he’s working on something similar to take place in Jamaica next year.

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Bioteams Part 4: The Team Organization Zone

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This article is the final in a four-part series which describes each of the 4 Bioteams Zones, continuing with t he Organization Zone. In an earlier article, I argued that traditional teams have key weaknesses and limitations and are now being replaced in organizations by Virtually Networked Teams. Introduction. Bad stuff stays out.

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What Is Happiness and Why Is It Important?

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in his 2002 best-selling book, Authentic Happiness. So although you may not be able to change your baseline range, your goal should be “to try to reach the top of that range as often as possible,” offers Rubin. Consider this chain reaction: Optimists set more goals for themselves, believing, optimistically, that they can attain them.

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