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We are worked very hard and the youth employees are learning a lot. Ivan is preparing his budget. During the first
two weeks, the youth selected careers. After the selections were made, they used Department of Labor data to find the
yearly salaries for the careers they selected. Next, they started working on preparing budgets.
We subtracted 15% from their salaries and then the youth had to search for housing, a car and estimate how much they
would pay for utilities, groceries and other expenses. Then they had to figure out how much money they would have left
over for savings and retirement.
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Choreographers stage and direct dancers. They create original dance routines.
Shanaa and victoria would like to study dance in college and become choreographers. Their backup plan is to become teachers.
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They would like to attend the Juilliard School of the Arts in New York. Their safety schools are the University
of Maryland and Montgomery College.
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Everyone worked hard to prepare their resumes. They had to list experience, skills, awards and interests. All
of the employees had prior work experience. For exmaple, they had worked as babysitters, floor sweepers in a barbershop,
lawn mower, and swimming pool aides.
Ramece, Shanaa and Victoria also participate in the Police Athletic League (PAL) Program at the Good Hope
Community Center where they participated in a leadership program. Ivan had attended the Youth Rock Convention sponsored by
the United Methodist Church twice where he learned life skills.
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Lance and Ivan worked together to to prepare their part part the evaluation.
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During this process the employees had to indicate what they considered the what worked well and what needed to be
revised for the job readiness program.
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Congratulations
to all!
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Elizabeth Nyang the program director (left) and Rev. Joye Jones (right) presents a certificate to Victoria future choreographer
and dancer.
Elizabeth and Rev. Jones also present a certificate to Carlos. Carlos wants to become a professional basketball player.
His backup profession is math teacher.
Lance accepts his certificate with a smile. He wants to attend Penn State and study law.
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Shanaa and Victoria spent a lot of time discussing dance steps, choreography, and college options. We captured the mood
by using different tones in this picture.
Ramece had a very good interview. Let's take a look at his resume.
Click here to download Ramece's resume
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Stacey Matthews and the employees
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