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GEAR UP for College APRIL 2010, Issue 4 GEAR UP Students Tour ASCC
GUAS hosted three GEAR UP High Schools to April 2010 tour ASCC campus during the 4th Quarter. Each of the schools visited the Institute for Trades and Technology (ITT), the Center for Special points of interest: Community Resources (CNR)/Land Grant, Agri- • ASCC Campus Tours culture Division, the Library, Le Book Store and • Student on-line Grade Access the Lecture Hall where they were given a pres- entation on college Financial Aid Assistance. • GEAR UP Coordinators Each group of 10th graders started their tour on • 10th Grade Honor Society campus with a warm welcome from the GEAR • Pima Pacific Partnership UP Director Tupua Roy Fua, who said, “Our students need to seriously begin visualizing • GEAR UP Student Training Manumalo Baptist Academy High School Sessions themselves as college bound”. starts their tour at the GEAR UP Office GUAS Portfolio Fair Inside this issue: May 5 GEAR UP College Tours 111 Portfolio Fair: May 5 111 On Wednesday may 5, the first annual Student Portfolio Exhibit will be held at the ASCC Gym- GUAS Student Grades 111 nasium. The purpose of the Exhibit is to display Access onon--line--linelineline portfolios that students from each of the cohort GEAR UP Coordinators 222 schools have been putting together as a part of the countdown to graduation process. The Best GEAR UP Summer 222 student portfolios will be awarded certificates. Academy 10th Grade Honor Soci- 333 Nu’uuli Voc. Tech students learning about ety GUAS Students GUAS Student Grades Financial Aid in the ASCC Lecture Hall Accessed on-line Pima Pacific Partnership 444 GEAR UP Training 444
GEAR UP is proud to have worked with the eight cohort High School Principals, Counselors and Teachers. In addition to managing their day to day administrative and teaching responsibilities, these dedicated GUAS staff work before and after school to help provide the additional help to students who need the extra academic support. The GUAS Coor- dinators play a major role in facilitating all GUAS activities on their High School campus. The Coordi- nators monitor the English and Math teachers Homework sessions (both before and/or after Seira Moors, THS Valasi Lam Yuen, LHS school) as well as help collect data from English and Math teachers. They also help to coordinate the Wrap Around Service (WAS) sessions and attend monthly GUAS Site Managers/Coordinators meet- ing hosted by the GUAS Office. A big fa’afetai tele lava to all Site Managers and Coordinators. They are really making a difference! GEAR UP Summer Academy: June 7 –18, Marvis Vaiaga'e, NVTHS Puletele Peleti, IAA The GEAR UP Program will be holding a Summer Academy focusing on the core academic subjects of English and Math. GUAS Summer Academy will include: 1) Autodesk Academy, 2) Algebra Acad- emy, 3) Pre-SAT Academy, 4) Robotics Academy and 5) Reading Academy . Each of the Academies will enroll 25 students and will run for two weeks June 7-18, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at the ASCC campus. Academy applications will be given to the High School Coordinators. Students interested in partici- pating in the Summer Academy must fill out the ap- plication and submit it to the GEAR UP Office. Ap- Miriam Parungo, MBA Richard Masunu, FMHS plicants must be a GUAS student, and have good school attendance, excellent behavior and be recom- mended by their School Coordinator. GUAS will solicit all GUAS Teachers and Tutors to participate in the Academy sessions in order to learn the various strategies and technology compo- nents that will be used. GEAR UP’s intent is to train students on the advanced content material as well as to provide hands on training for teachers on different strategies and technology programs needed to integrate the advance lessons into the regular classroom. Taufeu Aiava, KFHS Julie Ekeroma, SHS APRIL 2010, Issue 4 Page 3 10th Grade National Honor Society GEAR UP Students
The GEAR UP High Schools are proud to announce the increased number of 10th Grade GEAR UP students into the National Honors Society this 2010 Spring semester. We are proud of their accomplishment and look forward to their academic excellence in their remaining two years of High School. * Represent GEAR UP Active students.
Leone High School Faasao Marist High School Samoana High School
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Iakina Adventist Elizabeth Ah Ching* Torise Misifosa* Academy Epafara Moananu Angelina Bahn* Kanana Fou High School Sunny Chan* John Pu’e Miranda Galo* Ashley Faumuina Lusia Tasi* Agaoleatu Autele* Naphatalia Reed* Annie Fiatoa* Teraina Osoimalo Albert Tuaua* Patricia Tofilau* Vaotupu Galeai Filoisamoa Langkilde Alex Malele Quenton Failauga* Nairy Galemoa* Joseph Zodiacal* Alumauoalii Filoialii* Lottie Haleck Tiara Williams* Areta Vee* Ryanny Hall Snow White* Brenda Foleni* Nuululii Voc. Tech High Maria Ioane* Rasmus Ulberg* Destinee Afalava* School Angel Baby Ifopo Jermaine Tuiasosopo* Dora Pulu* Mona Iakopo Finao Tuiasosopo* Elisapeta Tafaovale* Aloese Su’a* Tafelefele Iuta Lorilei Teofilo* Earnest Puletasi* Sione Satini* Iata Tinitali Laine Tele’a Joseph Fruean* Sandra Purcell* Young Suk Jeong Darien Tauiliili Lorelei Haleck* Suiamai Tuimaseve* Talimeli Taufetee* Fetinai Taitai* Marcus Mamoe* Peninatautele Suka* Emmanuel Sword Kofesina Pula Samuel S. Lacambra* Colleen Vou* Rachel Kite Masina Pua Snira Tuilagi* Shon Satele* Merina Ng Lam Nainiu Aliitaeao* Tautala Seti* Tausunu Keisa Luau* Temukisa Matagi* Monson Mamea* Toni-Marie Hollister* Jeanette Tunoa* Meaalofa Leite Jireh Kruse Trixie Mavaega* Iosefa Su’a* Tuafale Fay Emosi* Tuiemanu Ripley* Samoana High School Tyra Aofia Poa* Manumalo Baptist Academy Aliiovavega Tunufa’i* Fi’a Vaeoso* Vaiema Ale* Charity Ativalu* Anne-Marie Seui* Glory Magele* Jeffery Buenaventura* Christine Hall* Ioasa Tu’u* Ching Ho Hunkin GEAR UP for COLLEGE
GEAR UP for College GEAR UP working with GEAR UP American Samoa Pima Pacific Partnership American Samoa April 15, marks GEAR UP American Samoa’s 4th Community College year of completion. It also brings us to the task of P.O. Box 2609 preparing and submitting our Annual Performance Report (APR) to the U.S. DOE GEAR Pago Pago, Am. Samoa UP Office. This important task will bring our 684, 699-9166 Office program research evaluator from Tucson, Arizona 684, 699-9165 Fax Pima Prevention Partnership (PPP) on island to [email protected] conduct our yearly subjective assessment, the Pima Pacific Partnership Website: GEAR UP Perspective, as will as to finalize the Harry Kressler and Carol www.gearup.as APR. PPP Research Evaluator Bryna Koch will be Carpenter and the GUAS staff. conducting focus group sessions during the first PPP is soon to open a Pima week of April to interview partners, teachers and GEAR UP Pacific Partnership Grants students, and to solicit their successes stories and technical assistance center FOR COLLEGE recommendations to the GEAR UP program. here in American Samoa.
GEAR UP Student Training Sessions Pre-SAT Sessions The second four week Pre-SAT Algebra Sessions have been meeting in the ITT course started in March and ends on Wednesday, April 7. Computer Lab B, Monday and Wednesday afternoons Over 25 students from Iakina Adventist Academy, Leone High from 3:00 to 4:30 pm. We are very fortunate to have School, Samoana High School and Faasao Marist High Ms. Joyce Auau, ASCC student tutor, and our newly Schools have attended this SWAT orientation course. Despite hired Math Instructor Mr. Anthony Felise as resources island-wide competition that included the annual Speech Fes- for Gear Up schools. Anthony, a recent graduate of tival, at least 20 of these high school students have had 100% ASCC and the University of Texas A&M in Mathemat- attendance. ics, is an example of our youth who return home with the Just as in the first four week Pre-SAT course, students were content area expertise that is needed in the classrooms. introduced to the essay, grammar, vocabulary, and reading Anthony’s work with the students is showing improve- comprehension sections of the SAT. Students practiced draft- ment in our after-school Algebra Lab sessions. We are ing and writing two essays, being quizzed on over 50 vocabu- very pleased to have Anthony join the GEAR UP Team. lary words, orally completing a reading comprehension test, and practicing grammar with puzzles and fun worksheets. The primary focus of the Pre-SAT is to teach students skills to Autodesk Sessions have taken another forward improve performance on reading comprehension exams. Stu- step in the designing process for our GEAR UP students. dents will learn the format, timing, and scoring of the SAT This semester focuses on modeling and becoming famil- Reasoning Test and develop test taking skills. In particular, iar with scene creation utilizing Autodesk three dimen- students will improve in literacy elements and devices. sional Max 2010’s designing features. The characters and scenes of a famous Oscar winning movie “Avatar” Robotics Sessions GEAR UP and ITT Electronics In- were designed using Autodesk 3ds Max. It is a design structor and advanced Electron students are partnering to- program that professional movie makers are using, as gether to offer the Robotic Session this summer for our GEAR well as a great motivator for our students. GUAS is UP students. 4 Robotic Kits have been procured and will pro- very fortunate to have Mr. Lupe Tapua’i our Data Sys- vide an opportunity for 25 students (who will work in groups tem Manager and Technology Instructor, for his tech- of 6) to construct the Robotic kit and to compete with other nology skills and teaching abilities with the Autodesk Robotic teams through a number of obstacle courses giving systems. A big fa’afetai tele lava to ITT for letting GEAR the students the knowledge of electronic design and robotic UP use the computer labs. Know that we are preparing operations. Students must sign up for the Robotic Session. your future ITT students.