Study Habits Anyone?

Ms. Currie, Northeast’s Guidance Counselor and Graduation Specialist, talked with students about the importance of developing good study skills. She provided us with ways to develop those skills. She also talked about the importance of time management. To see how we use our time, we completed a time management activity. We had to keep up with what we did for a week. We compared the amount of time we spent on school-related, work, personal, health-related, travel, out-of-school commitments, etc by finding the percentage for each activity.

Dress for Success

Once a month GCSA members “Dress for Success”. This activity gets us out of our jeans and t-shirts for at least one day.

1st Block: Yolanda Lopez, Maria Corona, Stephanie
Spriggs, Meagan Johnson, Jada Barron, Quenteuna
Jenkins, and Jasmine Stephens.

3rd Block: Erick Angeles, David McLean, Javion
Dunnum, Andrew Pettiford, Joshua Reid, Alex
Geiger, Chasity Terrazas, Jocelyn Long, Maribel
Arzate, Tania Reyes, and Lily Garcia.

4th Block: Andrea Perrin, Megan Berry, and Shauna Saxon

Charting Your Path: High School and Beyond

Ebony Hicks, 4th year Tift County High School, Northeast Campus GCSA member, attended a student workshop sponsored by Proud Loving Individuals Giving a Hand to Teens ( P.L.I.G.H. T.) of Tifton, GA on September 19, 2009. The purpose of the workshop was to provide students with tools and information to help them make decisions for their future.

Pictured from left to right are
Speaker Ryan Wilson, GCSA Member Ebony Hicks, and Speaker Jennifer Dean

Tifton Teen Maze

Northeast Campus students had the opportunity to attend a Teen Maze on October 13-14. Each student spent about 40 minutes in the maze facing the consequences of their choices. The choices were actually randomly selected. For instance, if a student “chose” to drink, they were sent to a holding cell, finger printed, and appeared before a judge for sentencing. The choice of sexual activity in some cases led to pregnancy and child birth requiring detours into decisions about child care, application for DFCS services, or consideration for adoption. For some sexual activity led to an STD which meant a need for medical and psychological services and possibly death. The purpose of the maze is to show teens that the decisions they make now will have a long lasting effect of their lives and the lives of the people around them. At the end of the maze, students received an evaluation, a book detailing their trip through the maze, including mug shots and graduation pictures. Students also received a t-shirt. Students who reach graduation received diplomas. GCSA members and their results are pictured below. D represents died, G represents graduated, and DO represents dropped out.

Stepping Out

GCSA members, Takevian Boone, Ebony Hicks, Kimbrianna Clark, Raven Hammock, Brittney Nelson, Christopher Callahan, Stephanie Spriggs, Elizabeth Kilpatrick, Jada Barron, Meagan Johnson, Andrew Pettiford, and Javion Dunnum, volunteered at the 3rd Annual Stepping Out Event sponsored by Tift Regional Medical Center and businesses in the community. During the event, GCSA members were responsible for issuing t-shirts to volunteers, distributing water, gatorade, and bananas, and cleaning up.

Career Pathways

On October 6, Tift County’s CCAE Supervisor, Mr. Brain Smith, spoke with GCSA members about Career Pathways and the programs offered at the main campus, Tift County High School.