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Mar 19, 2015
10th Annual "Lighting the Way" Scholarship Fundraiser
The 10th Annual "Lighting the Way" Scholarship Fundraiser is fast approaching. This even benefits opportunity deprived students in the Greater Cincinnati area to attend our Academic Summer Enrichment Program. An intensive, 8-week academic engagement program for children ages 4 – 10. The program with run from June 3rd, 2015 to July 24th, 2015 and is theme based – with the 2015 theme being “Great Inventions, Great Discoveries II”. Each week, students take a fun and educational field trip that corresponds to the study subject of the week. Weekly family learning packets and an end-of-summer program celebration help students demonstrate what they have learned.
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Jun 5, 2013
On Saturday, May 18, I witnessed a beautiful THANG!!
3rd and 4th graders from Winton Woods Elementary met with 4th Grade Bond hill students and participated in Envision Children's 1st "Academic Jeopardy Bowl". The questions came from the common core standards for 4th graders. Vincent Rey, #57 linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals was the moderator. He was amazing! He really drew the children out and encouraged them to work together.
4 other Bengal players came to support Envision - Geno Atkins #97, Tony Dye #44, Michael Johnson #93, Jeromy Miles #45. Geno and Tony were judges and Michael and Jeromy each played with a team. Michael with Winton Woods and Jeromy with Bond Hill.
The beautiful THANG I saw...........was students on a saturday morning getting excited about education.... Which happens to be Envision's mission.
The beautiful THANG I saw was students who had no coach or teacher to help them study, answer questions correctly because they had studied on their own for the competition.
The beautiful THANG I saw was Bengals players coming out on an early saturday morning and encouraging and playing with the children. The fact that "they" thought and demonstrated that education was important made it even more important to the youth. It also made the children feel important that these celebreties would come and be with them.
The beautiful THANG I saw were parents cheering their children on. Fun and Education. That is where Envision stands....right in the middle to bridge the gap.
On a side note....... I saw the aforesaid Bengals players on television for what they were doing in sports. Not that I don't care, because I love football, but I/Envision felt more connected to them because of how they showed up for the youth.
Thank you supporters. Your biggest fans will be Envision and the youth that you serve.
3rd and 4th graders from Winton Woods Elementary met with 4th Grade Bond hill students and participated in Envision Children's 1st "Academic Jeopardy Bowl". The questions came from the common core standards for 4th graders. Vincent Rey, #57 linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals was the moderator. He was amazing! He really drew the children out and encouraged them to work together.
4 other Bengal players came to support Envision - Geno Atkins #97, Tony Dye #44, Michael Johnson #93, Jeromy Miles #45. Geno and Tony were judges and Michael and Jeromy each played with a team. Michael with Winton Woods and Jeromy with Bond Hill.
The beautiful THANG I saw...........was students on a saturday morning getting excited about education.... Which happens to be Envision's mission.
The beautiful THANG I saw was students who had no coach or teacher to help them study, answer questions correctly because they had studied on their own for the competition.
The beautiful THANG I saw was Bengals players coming out on an early saturday morning and encouraging and playing with the children. The fact that "they" thought and demonstrated that education was important made it even more important to the youth. It also made the children feel important that these celebreties would come and be with them.
The beautiful THANG I saw were parents cheering their children on. Fun and Education. That is where Envision stands....right in the middle to bridge the gap.
On a side note....... I saw the aforesaid Bengals players on television for what they were doing in sports. Not that I don't care, because I love football, but I/Envision felt more connected to them because of how they showed up for the youth.
Thank you supporters. Your biggest fans will be Envision and the youth that you serve.
Mar 20, 2013
CONGRATS ON SAVING YOUR SON'S LIFE
SO MANY TIMES AS PARENTS, WE HEAR ABOUT WHAT ELSE WE COULD BE DOING FOR OUR CHILDREN.
SOMETIMES, JUST THE BASICS ARE ENOUGH.......AS IN "KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE"
IT IS GREAT TO HEAR AND SUPPORT WHAT PARENTS ARE POSITIVELY D0ING IN A CHILD'S LIFE.......ESPECIALLY WHEN IT TAKES TIME OUT OF AN ALREADY CRAZY SCHEDULE
What started off as a "normal" day.............
I HAVE A PARENT WHOSE CHILD DID NOT SHOW UP AT TUTORING WITH THE EXCUSE THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO ANYMORE IF HE DIDN'T WANT TO.
BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF EVENTS: (please replace the quoted words with more appropriate anger words)
CONGRATS ON REINTRODUCING YOURSELF AS HIS FATHER ("What the "heck" are you doing at home?")
CONGRATS ON APPROPRIATELY PLACING YOUR ANGER ("why the "heck" are you not at tutoring?")
CONGRATS ON NOT "COMPLAINING" ABOUT IT AND DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT (He better be home when I get there!!!)
CONGRATS ON GOING TO HIS LOCATION, GETTING HIM AND MAKING HIM DO HIS WORK("Get your "stuff" right now. You are going with me to work and you will do your work")
CONGRATS ON TALKING WITH HIM ABOUT IT AND HIS FUTURE COMMITTMENT (discussion on the agreement of tutoring)
CONGRATS ON TAKING AN ACTIVE INTEREST (bite of pizza afterwards)
CONGRATS ON TAKING THE THE TIME TO SAVE YOUR SON'S LIFE ("Dad, I'll be at tutoring tomorrow.........I promise")
YOU CAN BEST BELIEVE THAT NOT ONLY WILL HIS SON BE AT TUTORING NEXT TIME, BUT WILL HAVE THE ASSURANCE THAT HE IS BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE BY ALL INVOLVED.
NOW.......THAT IS HOW YOU RAISE A CONSCIENTIOUS CHILD.
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