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First Quarter Programs at MacArthur High School Campus

4400 Aldine Mail Route Rd, Houston, TX 77039

ALDINE FAMILY HOPE CENTER CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF SERVICE

Aldine Family Hope Center, located at 4700 Aldine Mail Route (formerly Aldine Y.O.U.T.H.) will be hosting its 25th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, April 25 from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm.

The centers’ 25 year journey starting from humble beginnings out of the home of Founder, Sylvia Bolling, to now a Center serving thousands of community families with a wide variety of programs and services.

Our Center, located at 4700 Aldine Mail Route (now the Aldine Family Hope Center, formerly Aldine Y.O.U.T.H.) will be hosting our 25th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, April 25 from 11am - 2pm.

For over 25 years Aldine Family Hope Center has served thousands of families in Aldine with a wide variety of programs and services. Three years ago, the Center was acquired by Buckner, an International Christian organization that is continuing the legacy which has been grown and nurtured over the years and looking toward an exciting future for the Center– from grassroots to global.

Shawna Roy, Director, invites all Aldine neighbors to come celebrate and enjoy music, games, open house and tours, photo booth, message wall, and much more! Along with fellowshipping and fun, we will have a special program from to recognize the many blessings from friends, businesses, churches, schools, organizations, donors, and volunteers who came together over the years to ensure that the Center would always make a positive impact on the lives of the youth and families in our community. This is truly an example of community empowerment! We invite you to come to the program and share in the center’s 25 year testi-mony.

For more information, please call the Center at 281-449-4828 or stop by to visit. Looking forward to seeing you on April 25th!

Do you want to start a business (Spanish)

¿Te interesa abrir tu propio negocio?

No hay mejor momento para abrir un negocio

que el presente, estamos en medio de un

boom de crecimiento empresarial, ¡con más

de 500,000 nuevos negocios abriendo en los

Estados Unidos cada mes!

Sin embargo, no hay duda alguna que abrir tu

propio negocio es a la vez retador y riesgoso.

Por lo que antes de que inviertas tu tiempo y

los ahorros de tu vida en tu idea de negocio,

debes de entender perfectamente que es lo

que conlleva ser un propietario de negocio

exitoso.

El programa Conexión Empresarial de

Neighborhood Centers puede ayudarte a

aprender los conceptos básicos de como abrir

un negocio. Asista a nuestro taller de micro

empresas para aprender: “¿Que se necesita

para abrir un negocio propio?”

Martes, 28 de Abril, 6:00 – 7:30 pm, Taller se

llevara a cabo en nuestro autobus estaciona-

do en Mac Arthur High School, 4400 Aldine

Mail Route Houston, TX 77039

Monthly Issue # 4 April 2015

Internet Essentials/Basic Computer Wednesdays

4:00PM-5:00PM Learn how to use the internet and basic comput-er skills

Good to Go Pilrgrim Place

4663 Aldine Mail Route

Sewing/Alterations Class Start date TBA

Tuesday & Thursday 4:00PM-5:00PM

Learn Sewing/Alteration skills Pilgrim Place 2

4663 Aldine Mail Route

GED ongoing

Monday & Wednesday 6:30PM-8:30PM

Class designed for people who, for various reasons, did not graduate from high school but want a certifi-cate equivalent to the traditional high school diplo-ma.

Good to Go

Intensive ESL ongoing

Friday 9:00AM-12:00PM

English Second Language class provides level instruc-tion on English grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, reading and writing

Good to Go

Youth Empowerment Class 4th Tuesday of the Month

4 PM to 5 PM Learn basics in financial education from savings to budgeting.

Good to Go

Small Business Workshops Tuesday April 28th

6:00 PM-7:30 PM Learn what it takes to start a business. Good to Go

Citizenship Application Assistance April 21st

Tuesday 5:00 PM– 8:00 PM

Citizenship application assistance Good to Go

Immigration Application Assistance May 19th & June 16th

5:00 PM– 8:00 PM 5:00 PM– 8:00 PM

Immigration counselor available to assist with any immigration related issues

Good to Go

Food Fair Distribución de Comida April 22nd, May 27th

Wednesday 10:00 AM-1:00PM

Distribution of fresh produce in partnership with Houston Food Bank. Open to all community mem-bers.

Escamilla Intermediate 5241

E Mt Houston Rd Houston, TX 77093

Vecino Health Center 4 Wednesday of every Month

12PM-2:00PM

CHC provides assistance to community members in Medicaid application process.

Escamilla Intermediate 5241

E Mt Houston Rd Houston, TX 77093

Weatherization/CEAP April 28th

1:00 PM– 5:00 PM

CEAP is a federally funded utility assistance program focused on providing utility assistance, energy-related education and energy conservation measures to low-income households.

Good to Go

Community Engineers April 27– June 15

Monday 5:00-6:00 PM

Neighborhood Centers Inc. Community Engineers Program is for individuals who want to learn the knowledge and skills needed to be effective in ma-king positive changes in their communities.

Good to Go

Immigration and Citizenship Service Connections

Call 832-819-7118 For more information

Individuals can meet with Service Connector with questions regarding citizenship process.

Immigration Services Spe-cialist

For more information to register for classes 832.819.7118

jrivera@neigborhood-centers.org www.neighborhood-centers.org

Para más información ó para inscribirse

l lame al : 832 -819 -7118 j r ivera@Neighborhood -Centers .org

Develop yourself as a Community Leader

by becoming a “Community Engineer”

Neighborhood Centers Inc. Community Engineers Program is for individuals who want to learn

the knowledge and skills needed to be effective in making positive changes in their

communities. For more information 832-819-7118, jrivera@Neighborhood-Centers.org

Join our East Aldine Community Engineer Program

Every Monday, April 27-June 15 5:00-6:00pm

“Good to Go” Mobile Community Center

MacArthur High School Parking Lot

NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC. EAST ALDINE COMMUNITY VOICES>>

The young women of the Hambrick Middle School choir, along

with Mr. Willits (center), celebrate their success at the State UIL

Concert and Sight Reading Contest.

The Hambrick Middle School choirs recently competed in the State UIL Concert and Sight Reading Contest. In this rigorous contest, choirs must sing three prepared songs, with two of the songs taken from the prescribed music list. The students are then given a brand new piece of music and are allowed six minutes to prepare the piece. Students are not permitted to sing the piece aloud until the conclusion of the six minute study period. After receiving only their starting pitches, the students sing this new piece of mu-sic and are rated on their accuracy and musicianship.

All four Hambrick Choirs that competed sang very well with the 8th Grade Women earning a rating of average, the Intermediate Women and then Show Choir Men earning ratings of excellent, and the Performance Choir Women Receiving the highest rating of superior. Congratulations to all Hambrick Choir students for their hard work and commitment to musical excellence.

Hambrick Student Performs Among the World’s Best

Hambrick Middle School celebrates Denisse Cordova for earning perfect scores on her Advanced Placement (AP) Exams in the spring of

2014.

Denisse was one of only ninety-one students in the world to earn every point possible on the AP Spanish Exam. Looking across

approximately 4 million AP Exams, taken by 1.5 million U.S. public high school 11th and 12th graders in 2014, only 285 students earned

every point possible on an AP Exam; answering every multiple-choice question correctly and earning full points on the free-response

section of the exam. It is very rare for a high school student to

earn every point possible on the exam.

AP Exams are based and reported on a 5-point scale, where a 5

is equivalent to a grade of A in the corresponding college

course. Denisse received the top score of 5!

“AP courses and exams are college-level, and require hard work

and focus on the part of students and their teachers,” said

Trevor Packer, senior vice president of instruction at the

College Board. “On behalf of the College Board, we

congratulate the students and community members who make

challenging coursework and focused practice a priority, and

who motivate and encourage all students to capture their

academic potential.”

The College Board is committed to ensuring that students have

access to the opportunities they have earned. Students who

succeed in AP are not only more likely to succeed in college,

but have the chance to save a significant amount of time and money by earning college credit or placement.

In 2014, more than 3,900 colleges and universities around the world received AP scores for college credit, advanced placement, and/or

consideration in the admission process, with many colleges and universities in the U.S. offering credit in one or more subjects for

qualifying AP scores.

Denisse who took the AP Spanish Exam, which is designed for high school students, as an 8th grader in 2014 is now a student at

MacArthur 9th Grade Center in the Aldine Independent School District. She not only has stealth focus on her academics, but also serves

the community. Denisse has spent a considerable amount of time volunteering at Hambrick Middle School by assisting teachers and

tutoring 7th and 8th grade students.

“Denisse's accomplishment is a result of her hard-work and dedication,” stated Jessica Narvaez, the Spanish teacher at Hambrick Middle

School.

Denisse reminisced about the fact that her native language was not her primary language throughout her education. “By middle school,

I still had not received any formal Spanish instruction, so I understood why some school authorities were apprehensive about me taking

AP Spanish Language and Culture, a course that was recommended after four years of study. But, I insisted. Spanish was my native

language. I practiced it daily. I could speak it, read it, and write it. In Spanish class, I met accents. Huh? I met words whose meaning

could change according to their accent placement, words whose meaning I struggled to comprehend, and cultures that I had never

learned about! But, this did not deter me. I was determined to succeed. Though Ms. Narvaez was a wonderful teacher, my success was

not without a great amount of independent study. My goal was to succeed, so I took initiative.”

Dr. Rebecca Hoyt, principal of Hambrick Middle School stated, “We are extremely proud of Denisse and her accomplishments. She is a

very special young lady that will achieve some pretty special things in her lifetime. I'm sure of it!”

Lone Star College-North Harris will host on-campus open house for prospective students

The best way to explore all that Lone Star College-North Harris has to offer is to see it in person. On Tuesday, April 14, from 4 to 7 p.m.,

LSC-North Harris will host prospective students, their families and others interested in the college’s offerings at an on-campus open house.

During the event, representatives from the college’s various degree and certificate programs will be available to discuss educations options

with students and their families. For those interested in applying, or registering for classes, additional staff will be assisting with the applica-

tion process. The event will take place in the college’s Student Services Building located at 2700 W.W. Thorne Drive. Campus tours will also

be available throughout the evening to give prospective students an opportunity to visit the rest of the campus.

The LSC-North Harris Open House will also feature free food and t-shirts on a first-come, first-served basis. Prospective students can regis-

ter to win scholarships, which can be used during the upcoming summer or fall semesters.

For more information visit LoneStar.edu/OpenHouse.

Elite Volleyball at MacArthur High School

Calling all girls in grades 5 through 12 come join our Elite Volleyball League. Our goal is to teach new players and improve on skills of those who already know the sport. Upon completion of our spring season our girls will be ready for regular season volleyball. Our ultimate goal is to have the girls so well skilled that you will have the opportunity to have scouts observe your skills and possibly receive scholarships. Elite will also provide a scholarship to our graduating seniors that have played Elite their Junior year. When we put together this league we did it with the intention to make it accessible and pricing it reasonably. We meet Mondays and Wednesdays 530 to 730 at the Macar-thur High School gym. The cost is $10 per session. When we have tournaments the cost will be an-nounced at that time. This year being our first year we were unable to participate in tournaments but for next year we will be going up against local club teams. In the summer there will be opportunities to play against local teams. Come train with old friends and meet new ones. We have lots of fun! We also plan trips to observe college teams! If you have any questions please contact : Annette Mungia, 832.272.0964 mungiaanet@gmail.com or Virginia Bazan bazanvirginia@gmail.com