HBCU Tour November 19 Meeting Minutes

'Building Leaders of Tomorrow' a Voice to Higher Education

Early College Awareness: Closing the Gap

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Agenda:

• Good evening and welcome to our 3rd HBCU Tour meeting. I really thank u for taking the time to be here tonight on this dreary day. I know Thanksgiving is next week and you have a lot to do, whether you're traveling or entertaining at home. Therefore, We will adhere to the agenda as close as possible. Hopefully, we'll finish in about an hour. I still encourage you to ask questions if u have any. Please ask them as we move along.
• Mr. Scott, from Poets Athletics Club, is facilitating another HBCU tour meeting tonight @ Chesapeake HS, and couldn't be here with us.
• Tour Itinerary: Most of you are familiar with our itinerary, but in fairness to our new members, I will review the itinerary again. Everyone should have a copy of itinerary. If you don't , raise you hands. Please don't hesitate to ask any questions as we go along.
• By the next meeting, every parent will have a copy of our daily schedule including hotels, tour times, location, meal times, etc. We will adhere to that scheduled as much as possible so that every parent will know where their child is at any given time and what they are doing. You will be provided with Chaperones cell phones numbers. We will make sure that your child has a memorable experience.
• I know there was a lot of confusion about the dress code policy for the tour. In order to alleviate the confusion, we as a team have come up with the following dress code and it is final. The dress policy will be posted on the web site.
  • Boys:
    • For the Colleges : a polo shirt with khaki pants or jeans (no holes or cuts anywhere in your jeans). Belts must be worn.
    • White House/Capitol Building: Wear khaki pants and a polo or dress shirt
  • Girls:
    • Colleges: Girls may wear khaki pants and a polo or dress shirt. You may wear skirts; however, they must be knee length or just above the knee. Also khaki or capris shorts are appropriate. Girls we strongly suggest that you wear comfortable shoes; please no heels higher than 2 inches, if you must. You may wear wedges, which are comfortable and give you the height, yet elegant
    • White House: Absolutely no jeans. Wear a pair of comfortable slacks with a polo shirt or blouse. If girls choose to wear skirts, they must be at least knee length

• The highlight of the night is our new website, http://www.buildingnewleaders.com, and without further adieu I give you Dr. Yancy, who has donated the website.
• The website is up and running. I encourage everyone to take time to visit and join the website. Our goal is for everyone to have access to all materials (old and new) for the HBCU tour on the website. If you need anything you can download directly from the website under HBCU Tour tab on the front page. There is also a link to access scholarship information that we will be updating regularly.
  • Also, we are pleased to announce that we can accept payments and donations through the website using PayPal. If you don't have a PayPal account, then you can still use your credit card through PayPal. Now you can tell family and friends that they can donate toward the tour on the website. Any donation amount is welcomed and appreciated. We will also recognize all the tour sponsors on the website. Also, there is information on scholarships on the website. Again, we encourage you to sign up for the website in order to keep you connected so that we may disperse important information to you even beyond the tour. We have partnered with the National Education Foundation to make these courses available to us at an extensive savings to you.
• We also have extensive training resources on the site for SAT preparation, math (algebra through Calculus) and science (AP Physics, Biology, etc.). Also, computer training courses at discounts for students. I encourage you a to look at it. We have partnered with the National Education $75 per package for the entire year (regularly priced at $400), comparable to the cost of 1 hour of tutoring. For example, the math includes:

Elementary Algebra Online, Introductory Algebra 1A Online, Introductory Algebra 1B Online, Introductory Calculus I Online, Introductory Calculus II, General Calculus I Online, General Calculus II Online, AP Calculus AB I Online,

AP Calculus AB II Online, AP Calculus BC I Online , AP Calculus BC II Online

We even offer math for our younger students. I already have it at home for both of my boys. Unfortunately I had to buy 2. As an educator, and as a parent, it's the $75 that I invested in education. Your own virtual classroom

Packages: Math 1-5, Math 6-8, High School Math, HS Humanities, HS Science (AP and College Prep) – Good SAT scores opens doors to scholarships and access to better colleges, leads to better jobs. This course has been shown to increases SAT scores as much as 150 points.

For information, visit the website, http://www.buildingnewleaders.com

Computer packages from Microsoft Office to Web Development. Again, visit the website.

• Will refer to new proposed bus route document. It is posted on the website. However, I will briefly review it here. If you have any comments, please don't hesitate to make them on the website concerning the proposed bus route.
• Scholarships: Information on the website about the Baltimore County Foundation (BCF) scholarships.
• Holiday Gala is about month away. As a reminder every parent is responsible for 2 tickets. We do have a few more tickets. Also, all the money for the gala tickiets need to be collected by December 4 at the latest; if you have a child at Randallstown HS, then send it through your child or otherwise call me and we will make arrangements. We encourage you to invite parents, siblings, friends, etc. to support us. It will be an elegant affair. I trust that everyone received the menu via email but it also available on the website. Our honoree for the night will be the Delegate Dr. Rev. Emmet Burns. I hope to see you all there. It is a semi-formal affair. Gowns are welcome.
• Closing Remarks: Finally, before you go, Take one College 411 and What's Next After High School (These were handed out during the meeting. We still have some left. We will bring them to our next scheduled meeting.) 
• Again I encourage you to visit the website, http://www.buildingnewleaders.com
• 3rd payment installment due: reminder – you may now pay it online