1. ACE Program
Ninth Grade

2. Shout Outs! To: Rachell Dawang
Strength: Social intelligence and Persistence
Description: Consistently participating respectfully during discussion despite his classmates’ distractions and most times being the only volunteer to answer questions.
Shout Outs!
To: Chloe Booth, Samantha Dieter, Mykhaela Dyer, Rodney Gantt, Diamond Lee, Austin Macis, Jackeline Morales-Sanchez, Sha’niya Pride, and Kali Smoot.
Strength: Social intelligence and Persistence
Description: Always back on time from lunch!
To: Carson Montgomery, Marcos Portillo, Katelyn Street, Maurice Williams, Seth Rodriguez, Sierra Keller, Garrett Larrimore, kalaia Harris, Raymond Brewer, Seth Beegle, Kayla Walter, Barry Farrare, Oluwafemi Knuckles, Chloe Booth, Samantha Dieter, and Mykhaela Dyer.
Strength: Social Intelligence & Persistence
Description: Consistently participating respectfully during discussion despite her classmates’ distractions
To: Charisma Moon
Strength: Social Intelligence & Persistence.
Description: Always using her social intelligence to keep me informed of her where about after lunch and promptly returning. I appreciate the respectful behavior, consistency and not assuming that once is enough for me to know her where about.

3. Shout Outs! To: Kayla Braxton
Strength: Kindness and Social Intelligence
Description: Caring, taking the time to seek me out and ask after my wellbeing and make sure I am okay. Also being willing to ask questions and coming to coach class for help!
Shout Outs!
To: Marcos Portillo
From: Ms. Renzi
Strength: Kindness
Description: Sharing his agenda book so that another student could get caught up on the homework assignment.
To: John Wilford
From: Mr. Covert
Strength: Kindness
Description: Each day John takes time to greet me in the halls or in the cafeteria.
To: Janae Smalls and Tykera Burroughs
Strength: Kindness
Description: Volunteering to pass out class graded papers back to peers.
To: Dontaz Barrett
From: Ms. Renzi
Strength: Social Intelligence
Description: Problem solving with his pencil sharpener – helped prevent further class disruption by taking care of it at his seat.
To: Rachall Dawang
From: Ms. Renzi
Strength: Persistence
Description: Planner was complete on my random check!
To: Mrs. Renzi
Strength: Kindness and Social Intelligence
Description: For taking the time to make sure I am okay and offering support and assistance.

4. Put them in Ms. Renzi’s mailbox in the front office.
Shout Outs!
Submit yours for next week! They can be from…
Student to student
Student to teacher
Teacher to student
Teacher to Teacher
Pick up Shout Out forms from your Math, Science, English or American Government teacher.
Put them in Ms. Renzi’s mailbox in the front office.

5. Towson University – Slide Show

6. Entrance requirements: SAT: 1125 combined score
Meeting with the Admissions Counselor from UMBC who is responsible for Baltimore County recruitment.
Entrance requirements:
SAT: combined score
GPA: 3.25 – 3.5 average for the last five years
Over 18,000 applicants each year
Personal essay matters!

7. Question, “Do you have a lot of homework?”
Q and A session with current students Sade and Vicky from the SAGE student organization. Overlea students participated well and asked good questions about on campus jobs, dorms, social life, and the challenges of college.
Question, “Do you have a lot of homework?”
Sade’s answer, “In college you make homework for yourself. If you don’t study, you won’t pass.”

8. Touring campus – seeing various student activity groups in action.

9. Stevens Hall. Students got to see classes and job recruitment taking place.

10. Checking out the dorm rooms.

11. Most important place on campus.

12. Posing with the Tiger.

13. OK, maybe the students’ favorite place on campus
OK, maybe the students’ favorite place on campus. In addition to everything else, we learned that college students eat well.

14. How COOL! – Look who we saw at Towson!
Overlea Alumni – Class of Currently a freshman at Towson University
I call this shot
“The Freshmen.”
Trayvon is a freshman at Towson University, Jerome is a freshman at Overlea

16. Interesting Opportunity

17. Character Strength Conferences
Thursday and Friday (10/13 and 10/14)
Science Classes

18. Binder Checks Government Classes October 26 and 27
BE SURE YOU ARE WRITING IN YOUR PLANNER.

19. Come out and support the O! Show your Overlea pride and citizenship!

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