REMINDER

END OF THE YEAR MCMP GATHERING

ME N ED'S PIZZA PARLOR

CEDAR & ASHLAN

3:00- 5:00 p.m.

Come hungry and ready to reflect and laugh....

No crying allowed.

Thank you for your hard work and dedication.

Eddie, Alfredo, and Janelle

Were at kings canyon and we just finished with the first group of students and we played basketball. They really enjoyed it and we discussed the importance of working as a team and trying hard even when your not good at it. We had all our students make a basket and they were all excited!!

Wednesdays meeting went great we had a full class room and we played people bingo. They really enjoyed it and we made it a competition. Went great!

Caruthers hs end o year bash

Thank u Ricardo yadira miss cabrera mr iñiguez and d rest of d staff.
It was a great year. Lots of fun but most importantly lots o learning.
We wish u nothing but d best.
Alfredo Eddie and Janelle.

Ks ms end o year celebration

Thank u panhia Yesenia kcms staff and students. They sAy
A picture tells a thousand stories. I will let u analyze this one. It
just gives me such a sense of satisfaction. Congratulations on a
wonderful year.
Alfredo Eddie And Janelle....

End o year celebration. Ks ms

Thank u panhia Yesenia and all of d ks staff. They say a picture says
a thousand words. I will let u interpret this one

West Fresno end o year bash

Thank u Hmong, Cesar Miss. Pianetta Mr. Mendoza and all of d students.
All of d students are full of hope and prepared to begin their hs
careers. They seem to know d A-G rewuirements back and forth. They are
full confidence and ready to conquer their dreams. Great job guys....
Alfredo, Eddie and Janelle.

Tranquility end o year bash. Really...

Tranquility hs end o year bash. Thank u Jose and Martina and d all of
d golden plains staff.
Although u started late, u had d one of d largest groups. D students
were wonderful and full of hope and gratitude. D tacos d asada and all
of d desserts were wonderful. I had about 6 tacos and lots of flan.
Eddie was shy. He only had 5. All of s students had doggie bags and
Martina took d rest. About 16 tacos worth. College students... I
cleaned of course. Lupe did... Good luck students at uc Merced, csu
Fresno, Fresno city college and d rest...

Mendota hs end o year bash.

Thank u Maria Adi Marie and all of d students for a great year. U
girls are all going to do great things. Good luck in college. Alfredo
Eddie and Janelle.

Parlier hs award cerony.

Thank u Maria, Adrian, Janeth, and all of d students of d migrant
club. U had a great year. It is a great beginning for 2010-2011 school
year. Here r 6 of 30+ students in d club. Dream big work hard and take
chances....
Alfredo, Eddie and Janelle.

GREAT JOB MENTORS....YOUR HARD WORK AND DEICATION IS BEING VIEWED BY OTHERS AROUND THE STATES!!!

I received this email and wanted to share it with you.................

Eddie,
Good Morning, my name is Jose Leon and I work for the Harlem Education Activities Fund. A college preparatory organization that is focused on a social justice curriculum. We are bringing a group of youth out from Harlem to work with youth from the Dolores Huerta Foundation. We would like for the youth learning about the opportunities that your program offers Migrant students. Below is the web site for the organization and the proposed schedule we would like you to participate in. Thank you for your time.
www.heaf.org

FROM COALINGA-HURON SCHOOL DISTRICT

Martina,

I want to thank you for your dedication this year in mentoring our students. Your commitment to our students was invaluable. I know the amount of time, preparation, and effort you demonstrated had a positive effect on our students. I know our students benefited from your continued interest in their education.

I wish you the best in your education and career.

Paul A. Garcia, Director
Migrant, English Language Learners and Auxiliary Programs
Coalinga-Huron Unified School District

Kings canyon ms end of year ceremony

End of the Year Celebration

Mendota's College Mentoring program celebrated its ending day on Friday. The girls were very thankful for all of the services provided to them and all the guidance. Maria and I have also been thankful for all of the girls. They have been cooperative, dedicated, and extremely respectful. Maria and I had a good time working along them;-)

QUESTiON ALL MENTORS + STAFFS

Did we get our mileage stipend already?? For March? I lost count. LOL. Please let me know
thank you. =)

West Fresno!

HELLO EVERYONE! TODAY ME AND CEASAR WENT TO VISIT WEST FRESNO ALONG WITH EDDIE AND ALFREDO. TODAY WE GATHER A GOOD AMOUNT OF STUDENTS AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK MR. MENDOZA FOR HELPING OUT. WE TALKED ABOUT THE END OF THE YEAR EVALUATION AND ALSO TALKED ABOUT GOAL-SETTING BECAUSE THEIR S.A.T TEST ARE COMING UP IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE PREPARE FOR IT. EVEN THOUGH THERE WASN'T MUCH FOOD I THINK IT WENT GREAT. THE STUDENTS REALLY ENJOYED MEETING EDDIE AND ALFREDO. WE ALSO INTRODUCED THEM MORE ABOUT THE MIGRANT WEBSITE. WELL THANKS AGAIN TO EDDIE AND ALFREDO FOR TAKING THEIR TIME OFF TO COME VISIT THE WORK THAT CEASAR AND I DO. OTHER THAN THAT I WANT TO THANK CEASAR FOR BEING A WONDERFUL PARTNER.

~GO MENTORS!

Janeth, sorry but i couldnt make it, my car se me descopuso n we r fixing it right now (yeah we, mi primo ps, lol)! Sorry espero y la haigan pasado bien.

I just asked my secretaria to reschedule on of my citas for next week cuz even by doing it, i will still be very busy. Lol Paresco todo un empresario lol Buy haver si voy un ratito. Um gonna take my camara if i go.

TO THE RIVER

uyuyuyu que ocupado jajajaja. Pues quedamos de vernos todos a la 1 PM ahi en el rio mmmm los muchachos quedaron de llevar flautas, tostadas, pollo y muchas otras comidas so no es necesario que lleves nada a menos que tu quieras. ojala tu secretaria pueda hacerte un espacio en tu agenda tan apretada lol.

TODOS ESTAN INVITADOS!!! VA A ESTAR DIVERTIDO

G.man

THE BRAND THAT IS GONNA TAKE OVER HOLLISTER & AE, AND EVEN A&F LOL ESPERENLAAAAAAAAAAAAA.... LOL COMO QUE SUENO MUCHO VERDAD.

UPDATES:

Hello all, I hope everyone is having a great time and doing good in school. I just wanted to share a bit with you guys what we did as a closing ceremony for our students. It went pretty well. We had about 22-25 students that show up. We did not expected that many but we were glad that they did show up. Yesenia and I made each of our students a certificate to show our appreciation of them being part of the program. For these kids, I can see that receiving a certificate means something to them because probably they do not receive any often or possible chance of none at all. As for the food, we tried to make it as healthy as it can be for them avoiding the junk food. We taught them about what is consider healthy and what is not. I think that's part of the health session that we were suppose to incorporate. Anyways, we had them make their own sandwich and we asked them to try it with veggies. The sandwiches composed of wheat bread, 98% fat free ham & turkey, fresh cut lettuce, fresh slice tomato, light mayo. We also had them eat yogurt. The yogurt were made out of fruits, fresh slice strawberries and kiwi. The only kind of fatty and sugary thing we had for them was the capris sun drinks and the chips. Other than the food, I personally had a great time with the students along with Dr. Ponce, Eddie and Yesenia. Our students were full of energy and ate mostly everything we bought. =) I did see a change with these students and they had become a lot closer to Yesenia and I. After Eddie and Alfredo left, Yesenia and I stick around with the boys. Instead of playing games, we actually had a group conversation about what are gangs and how you can stay away from it etc. I was surprised these guys were very open up with us (you don't usually find guys doing that =)) . We had a great time overall, I know I kept saying that LOL. When we were about to leave, they didn't want us to, they kept telling us to stay but unfortunately, it was getting late and I'm sure most of their parents were expecting them home already. Well, Ima stop now. I dont think you guys are gonna want to read this much. ;D Hope everything goes well and have fun with your closing ceremonies. Remember, we already made a difference in our students live now lets continue the hard work. =)

Se llama Readley Beach Okkkkkkkk Janeth jk lol

Como que river apoco piensas que no hay playas locales. ahhahahahahaha

At what time are you guys gonna go? It is cuz i have to ask my secretary to double check my agenda lol it has been full y ps no se si pueda. lol

Let me know at what time n hopefully i can make it.

g.man

Today at Reedley

Today I visited my students at Reedley. We are going to have una comida this saturday at Reedley's river so if any of you is interesed in going please just let me know.I am planning to do some of the same activities that we do at our leadership camps. esto es porque muchos de mis estudiantes se quedaron con ganas de ir a los campamentos. mmmmm si algunos mentores pudieran ir y hacer una presentacion estaria super. Entiendo que es muy pronto pero no tiene que ser algo muy elaborado o si nadamas quieren ir a contar sus experiencias como estudiantes de la universidad y a pasar un buen rato tambien estaria bien.


Ahh German si pudieras ir te lo agradeceria porque si que voy a necesitar ayuda.

So all Mentors are invited :)

Hi everybody

Thaks German for posting some pictures from Dysney, ahhhhh and yourwelcome this trip to Dysney was one of our dreams when we started the Mentoring Program entonces tenias que estar ahi porque tenias que estar ahi jajajajaj.
Pues el viaje a Dysney estuvo padrisimo todos nos divertimos muchisimo lo unico malo fue que el desfile de en la noche se cancelo por los fuertes vientos pero aun asi nos la pasamos super.
Quiero agradecer a Maria Aguilar the migrant liaison de Parlier por toda su ayuda sin ella este viaje no hubiera sido posible. Thanks Maria.

Hello all I hope all is well. I hope you"all had a great holiday. As we begin to wind down a very productive and fulfilling year it is time to reflect on our journeys. We (team) have achieved so much. Some of the success can be quantified: The number of college applications completed, scholarships, statements of purpose, financial aid applications, GPA points, CSU Mentor accounts, E-mail accounts created, AB 540 applications, CAMP application submissions, parent phone calls, mini conferences, community service hours, A-G course enrollments, 1 trip to Dysneyland...(please fill add to the list).... WOW...
Unfortunately some of may not be quantifiable. We can just expect that our students are now on a different and more productive path... I cannot begin to imagine how many lives you have touched, and I cannot begin to predict how many lives they will affect in turn, but I know that this year... we have worked hard... very hard... and all I can say is THANK YOU! The best way to show my gratitude is to ask you for more... to not give up and keep giving more...
Like German says and shows us daily... ONCE A MENTOR... ALWAYS A MENTOR!

EL COLADOOOOOOOOO LOL

HELLO GUYS....

I JUST WANNA SHARE SOME PICS FROM THE DISNEYLAD TRIP... FINALLY THE MIGRANT CLUB BECAME A REALITY... NOMAS HECHE EL TORO AL RUEDO Y DEJE QUE LO TOREARAN... BUT I KNOW ADRIAN & JANETH ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MARIA & JANETH FOR INVITING ME TO THIS TRIP. IT HAD A LOT OF FUN. I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE ALL THE (??? LOL) MY CREW N I WERE MAKING. LOL GO TO http://s620.photobucket.com/home/gramirez_04/index PARA MIRAR MAS FOTOS.

SALUDOS

G.MAN

Hellooooooo

and he is a really nice boI also want to share with you that I am going to visit a student at Sanger. Im really glad I can help Cristian and his family. He is on the 5th grade and he is a great boy.

Reedley HS

wow I have to many things to say that I don't even know were to start, anyways I"ll start by sharing with you algo de lo que ha pasado en Reedley. durante las semanas pasadas tuvimos elecciones para los puestos de nuestro club. Los muchachos estan muy entusiasmados y hasta ya estan eligiendo el logo y slogan de las playeras. Manana vamos a terminar de elegir las playeras y tambien les voy a dar e;

el questionario del programa para ver cuales son las necesidades que los muchachos tienen para asi poder servirles mejor. Im really exited about our activities at Reedley and the best is that my students are exited too. ahhhhh la miniconferencia en Reedley fue todo un exito y varios de mis estudiantes hicieron comunity service. Gracias muchachos.