Get to Know Candice Love!

As I have mention in previous posts, a young woman named Candice Love has come to nearly every meeting, teaching the students about Essay Etiquette and prepping them for their future college essays. After last weeks meeting, I briefly interviewed Candice concerning her interests, hobbies and life goals.

Candice is 19 years old and entering her sophomore year at Washington University in St. Louis. She attended a boarding school, Phillips Exeter Academy, from 9th-12th grade. Although she attended high school in New Hampshire, she was born in St. Louis, Missouri and attended elementary school in North County. During her senior year, she worked as an intern for the United States Senate in Washington D. C.

Candice is currently majoring in English and hopes to become a teacher in an urban setting. She also has a strong interest in politics and is a proud libertarian; she is a writer for Washington University's political magazine. Fun fact: Candice is a fanatic Cardinals fan!

Ms. Love has been an essential member of this program and words cannot express how grateful we are to have her!

Third Meeting, Hello Ms. Irving!

July 9th, our guest speaker, Ms. Jennifer Irving of BJC School Outreach, spoke to us about careers in health-care and ways to explore our interests in the medical field. She explained that, while the internet is a great source of information, shadowing and volunteering can offer hands on experiences you cannot receive in front of a screen. After explaining some of the well paid, lesser known careers in heath services, she discussed resources available to students through BJC Health Care. She provided us with volunteer forms, brochures and her contact information. Students now have the opportunity to not only shadow physicians, but any career in health care! The visits can range from following a doctor in an ER to witnessing a surgery. We are so excited!

First Meeting!

Summer Seminar (S.S.),  is a program designed to enhance a students knowledge in the area of college readiness.  Participants will learn how to study more effectively and learn strategies to raise their grade point average(GPA). They will also gain and explore opportunities through hands on career shadowing and strive in the area of service.  We will frequently invite guest speakers who discuss their passions, college experiences, work life and more. 

Today  was my first meeting with the North Tech Health Sciences students. We discussed what a grade point average is, means and how it determines one's college options. As many students did not know their current GPA, we were able to use a scale to find it manually.  I also presented a power-point pertaining to ACT prep. We discussed opportunities for students to shadow physicians. Lastly, we briefly touched on the importance of volunteer work. We will have a speaker come for the next meeting and will continue to make great progress!