Wednesday, February 2, 2021
A moment in Black History submitted by Simone Robinson
Fred Hampton -
Fred Hampton was an American activist and revolutionary socialist. Fred Hampton was an active youth leader in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He joined the Black Panther Party in November 1968 and quickly became chairman of the Illinois chapter of the party. Hampton’s activism and leadership made him an FBI target. So in December 1969, tragically, Fred Hampton, 21, and Mark Clark, 22, were killed and several others were seriously wounded by police officers as they lay sleeping in their Chicago apartment. The 14 police officers fired 99 times and none of the police officers were injured when they executed a search warrant to turn up weapons and explosives that they alleged the Black Panthers were hoarding inside. In 1983, a federal judge approved a settlement that awarded $1.85 million to survivors of the raid and families of the two men who were killed, to be paid by the federal government, the city of Chicago, and Cook County State Attorney’s Office. Malcolm X said “The Black Panther Party had dynamic leadership that drew people to it, and Fred Hampton was a wonderful example of that. He would have made a wonderful leader.”
Yesterday's moment in Black History was submitted by Petua Mukimba
Tomorrow we will highlight Nannie Helen Burroughs- If you completed an ALP in the first semester we want to hear from you. Please write a short summary (approximately a paragraph) of your work and (if possible) include a picture--we would love to share it with the school community. Attached you will find a folder that you can drop these summaries in. We will try to publish the newsletter next week. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qXvA-iPv7-5F9piVIdkMNUNs087H8G94?usp=sharing
SENIORS FAFSA Support
Please use your resources to complete your FAFSA (you can call the admissions/financial aid office as well).
DIY - https://www.mefa.org/blog/
all-things-fafsa (great webinar to do it step-by-step) FAFSA Help - February 7th - En Espanol 2:00-3:00pm https://www.mefa.
org/events/fafsa-day-ma-event- in-spanish The FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) became available on October 1, 2020 for students attending college in the 2021-22 academic year. Have questions about filling out the FAFSA? Financial aid experts will go through a short presentation in Spanish followed by a live Q/A session to get FREE help applying for financial aid for college. Live transcription will be available.February 11th, 7:00pm-8:00pm
https://www.mefa.org/events/
fafsa-day-ma-event The FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) became available on October 1, 2020 for students attending college in the 2021-22 academic year. Have questions about filling out the FAFSA? Financial aid experts will go through a short presentation followed by a live Q/A session to get FREE help applying for financial aid for college. Live transcription will be available.
- Hi Seniors,Last call for an opportunity for Instant or Express Accept to 17 MA State Colleges on February 4thSign up for one of the orientation sessions, and get the keys to the castle. You can sign up for as many as three interviews with admissions officers (17 colleges to choose from). If the MCAC Orientation times don't work for you, reach out directly to Ms. Cuffee-Gray2/3 Wednesday 8:15am https://meet.google.com/bqr-
tgaa-zci 2/3 Wednesday 12:00pm https://meet.google.com/kym-efxy-jms 2/4 Thursday 8:15am https://meet.google.com/xrp-fnng-hds Bay Path UniversityBridgewater State University, Bridgewater
Fitchburg State University, Fitchburg
Framingham State University, Framingham
Greenfield Community College, Greenfield
Holyoke Community College, Holyoke
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams
Salem State University, Salem
Springfield Technical Community College, Springfield
University of Massachusetts Boston
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Western New England University
Westfield State University, Westfield (simple application available - )Worcester State University, Worcester
- Class of 2022 -If you have not received a couple of emails from Your Friendly Neighborhood College and Career Advisor, Ms. Cuffee-Gray, it is likely that your Naviance emails are heading straight to your spam folder. In a reality that is incredibly frustrating and inefficient, the @arps.org system designates Naviance as SPAM. You need to go into your email settings and designate emails from Naviance as something you want to receive. This is called "whitelisting" (why is it "whitelisting" and "blacklisting"? hmmmm...), and you'll begin receiving all my little love notes about preparing for Life After ARHS. Cheers - Ms. DCGOn another note, it seems I misdirected juniors regarding the 54/22 question survey that is required of you to set up a meeting with me. Not a mean trick, just a mistake.Here's what you should do:1. Go to "About Me" in your Naviance account (upper right tab);2. The dropdown list there has "My Surveys"3. Choose what is appropriate for youThat should take care of it.Here's a video
