Happy Summer Break YESS Students!

Congratulations ACHS students on completing another year of high school! It was finals week at ACHS this week. Students in their YESS classes organized end of the year potluck celebrations. Students had the opportunity to do some extra studying for their other classes and catch up on any missing work. Students also had time to say goodbye to their mentors/mentees. The majority of the ACHS students in YESS expressed a desire to be in YESS for the upcoming school year, and many of the mentees requested to be mentors for their junior year. Happy summer break to all of the YESS students at ACHS!

Congratulations Graduates!

It was the last week of school before finals at ACHS. Students had extra time to complete missing work and study for their finals in their YESS classes. This week students learned about resumes and cover letters. Students had the opportunity to critique several resumes and discuss what they should and should not put on their resume, how to format them, and effective ways to communicate their skill sets. In some classes students are working on their own cover letters and resumes for extra credit. 

This weekend was the high school graduation for ACHS students! Angel, Fernanda and Tony (former YESS student) all received top honors for maintaining a 4.0 GPA or higher over their four years of high school. Fernanda gave a beautiful and impassioned valedictorian speech about overcoming challenges and fears and not giving up on your goals. She discussed overcoming her fear of public speaking while addressing a stadium full of people.

Congratulations Angel, Fernanda, Grace, Julissa, Noah, and Ricardo on graduating high school! The YESS community is so proud of all of you. 

Fernanda and Ms. Salyer 

End of Year Celebration!

It was a busy week at ACHS with the end of the year celebration and the last week of high school for seniors! Congratulations to Grace Elia for receiving one of the YESS scholarships that was awarded at the year end event. Also, congratulations to Destiny and Brandon, who received mentor and mentee of the year awards respectively. I would also like to thank all of the speakers from ACHS for doing such a great job last Wednesday, including Daniel, Genavee, Fernanda and Angel. The event was a huge success and ACHS was excited to be a part of it this year!

I would also like to congratulate Grace Elia and Julissa Martinez who both received the All Ways Up Scholarship. This is a four year renewable scholarship for $2,500!

Grace Receiving the YESS Scholarship

Genavee, Adams City's most enthusiastic Broncos fan,
teaches her classmates some cheer moves
while waiting for the event to start

College

This week at ACHS juniors and seniors had the opportunity to work with Emily on college navigation for the last time this semester. In class, we began a our short unit on college and post secondary education. Students discussed questions and fears they had about going to college. Students then broke into groups where each group chose a topic related to post secondary education to research and then present to the class. Some of these topics included study abroad, the difference between public and private universities, the differences between technical college, junior college and community college, and what things do colleges consider in the admissions process. At the end of the week students read statements about successful first generation college students such as, "first generation college students were most successful when they knew who to talk to about academic support." Students then discussed these statements and were encouraged to brainstorm who at their own high school could be part of their support system when they start applying for college.

Students present their research on study abroad program

Students wrote their questions
 and fears about college on the board

Consequences

This week at ACHS students learned about different personality types and the careers that match each of the personalities. Students brainstormed ways in which each personality type might approach a challenge. Students were then encouraged to think about what personality types they most identified with and why. Later in the week students completed an activity  to help them think about the impact of the choices they make through a lesson on consequences. Students brainstormed different scenarios as a group and worked through the different choices they could make in each scenario and how these choices might impact their future. Students then broke into smaller groups to complete scenario stations.

Thank you Fernanda and Angel for taking time out of your busy senior schedules to attend the YESS breakfast on Wednesday!

Consequences Scenario