Fulton Montgomery Community College

U P W A R D B O U N D

Volume 5, I ssue 30 October 2011

Spotlight on UB Students!

Congratulations Papa Jo Amissah for being crowned Homecoming King.

Matt and Nick Raponi are doing a great job in cross country leading the pack in many of the

races.

The varsity football team featuring; Chris

Rodriguez and Gabe Amaya, has a

solid record of 9-0. Carlos Mercado, who is part of the jv team has been asked to join the

varsity team. They are heading to the SUPER BOWL November 5. Good luck!

If you earn an 85 or higher on a test, quiz, or homework bring it to us to have your name put in our fishbowl for a drawing. Kassandra Mercado

won our monthly drawing

Students if there is anything that you would like published in the newsletter please let

Kathie LaBarge know.

ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS

We are starting a new policy for stipends. Stu-dents need to sign in each day in the UB office to receive a stipend. If a student does not come in the office and sign the sheet they will not receive

any money for that day.

College of the Month– Oneonta

SUNY Oneonta is located on 250 acres centrally located between Albany and Binghamton. The College maintains a complex in nearby Coopers-town, which houses its Biological Field Station and Graduate Program in History Museum Stud-ies. The campus community has access to Col-lege Camp, for educational, recreational, and so-cial opportunities. It is approximately a mile from campus, located on 284 acres of former farm and woodland.

Founded in 1889, the College at Oneonta be-came a charter member of the State University system in 1948. Today, the College enrolls more than 5,800 students in 69 undergraduate majors and fourteen graduate programs. A liberal arts college with a professional focus, SUNY Oneonta is noted for an outstanding and accessible fac-ulty, students committed to academic achieve-ment and community service and our beautiful campus. Students accomplish amazing things at Oneonta. They might do original research in the lab or get an impressive internships in the world of busi-ness, or win an NCAA Championship. At One-onta, it's not just academic superstars or natural born leaders who do these things. Oneonta's friendly atmosphere and exceptional supportive faculty make this a place of opportu-nity. Everyone who wants to can achieve some-thing remarkable here.

UPWARD BOUND October 2011

Creating Workforce Solutions, for YOU!

BIRTHDAYS

September

Taliq Sims 4th

Victor Paredes 14th

Angela Hanke 16h

October

Alyssa Bruno 7th

Papa Jo Amissah 9th

Illenis Quinones 24th

Mike Rich 26th

Jonardy Anil 27th

November

Jonathan Magaletti 1st

Kathie LaBarge 4th

Ashley Bruno 8th

Josh Gonzalez 9th

William Toro 10th

Nick Lomauro 13th

Giovanni Lopez 21st

Greg Kerrick 26th

Sam Kilgore 27th

EVENTS

We had a very successful fundraiser October 17-19 in support of Domestic Violence Aware-ness. The students sold purple ribbons and

made food for the bake sale, they raised $67. NICE JOB! We also donated $14 worth of food

to the flood victims from previously raised money.

October 13 Upward Bound students attended a college fair at Fulton-Montgomery Community

College.

We had a very successful summer program. The following students received awards; Eng-

lish and History, Angela Hanke, Math, Johanna Palma, Science, Brianna Pelcher, Spanish, E. Cole Amissah, Tutor Counselor,

awards Kassandra Mercado, Illenis

Quinones, and Victor Paredes, Overall

Olajuwan Lewis.

UPCOMING EVENTS

November 5, 2011 Scholar’s Bowl.

November 16, 2011 Cultural Thanksgiving.

After school we will have a dinner where each student is asked to bring something to share that they eat as a tradition on Thanksgiving. This provides the opportunity for students to

share and learn about different cultures.

In February we will be scheduling a Financial Aid day. On that day we will help parents with their FAFSA. More information will be coming

soon.

SUMMER FUN

Our Seniors

Front row; J.D. Haberek, Ashley Bruno, Brianna Pelcher, Angelica Tirado, Danielle Reid. Middle row; Kassandra Mercado, Elton Crounse, Carmen McKinnish. Back row; Robert Damasco, Bill Bush,

Gabe Amaya, Taneesha McDonald, Olajuwan Lewis, Papa Jo Amissah. Missing from photo; Diane Figueroa, Alisa Mascaro, Sean Mastropole, Victor Paredes, Michael Rich, Lauren Ripple,Chris

Rodriguez, Jasmine Velasquez.

It’s going to be a FANTASTIC

SENIOR Year!

We can’t wait to see all your

college acceptance letters !