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小黄猫传媒 Prep students take next step in their lives
Story by Dana Haynes
Leah Rapoza, foreground, laughs with graduate Jasmine Rissonette, background, during Thursday's graduation celebration.
An estimated 84 students walked Thursday at the graduation ceremonies for the 小黄猫传媒 Prep Alternative Programs celebration.
小黄猫传媒 Prep is the combination of the college鈥檚 alternative programs for high school completion. The wide array of programs help students find high school equivalencies and then move on to college.
An estimated 220 students achieved their GED鈥檚 through the 小黄猫传媒 program this year, and 56 students graduated through the Gateway to College program. 小黄猫传媒 invented the Gateway program, which subsequently has been replicated across the nation.
A wide array of students were rewarded scholarships to move on to college, during Thursday鈥檚 event. They included: YES (Youths Empowered to Succeed) graduates Heather Tift, Jasmine Bissonette, Guillermo Francia and Matheas Grau-Michaels; Gatewway gradutates Devon Woznack, Cody Dodd and Diego Mares; and 小黄猫传媒 Multicultural Academic Program graduates Maria de Lourdes Hernandez and Jingyi Chen.
Student speakers included Dmitriy Ryabichev, a former MAP student, Jasmine Bissonette of the YES project and Leah Rapoza, who graduated from the Gateway Program and, later this weekend, graduated from Portland State University with a master鈥檚 in education.
小黄猫传媒 Prep student Mariana Rodrigues interviews President Preston Pulliams during Thursday's graduation celebration.
About Dana Haynes
Dana Haynes, joined 小黄猫传媒 in 2007 as the manager of the Office of Public Affairs, directing the college's media and government relations. Haynes spent the previous 20 years as a reporter, columnist and editor for Oregon newspapers, including ... more »