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Angel Cifuentes Jones High School Lee Norris Rayam Scholarship Winner
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Hoang Ho Oak Ridge High School Student of the Year |
Tiffany-Anne Tomlinson Dr. Phillips High School Student of the Year
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Sayad Lutfi Colonial Ninth Grade Center Most Improved Student
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Message from COMPACT's Executive Director, George Fuller
Seventeen Years! Orlando/Orange County COMPACT successfully completed another year – another year of service to our youth and to our community. COMPACT started as a pilot program of 14 students at Jones High School in 1989, and has touched the lives of more than 500 students for 2005 – 2006. Since its inception, almost 9,000 young people have benefited from the program – many of whom are successful, achieving adults today.
among this year’s students. Co-Student of the Year, Hoang Ho, Oak Ridge High School, achieved unweighted and weighted GPA’s of 4.0 and 4.66 respectively, the highest in both categories. She will attend the University of Florida. The other Co-Student of the Year, Tiffany-Anne Tomlinson, Dr. Phillips High School, will attend the arch-rival college, Florida State University. Tiffany-Anne improved her GPA from a 2.3 her freshman year to 3.7, 3.9 and 3.5 for the last three years. Active in many school and volunteer organizations, she was nominated for Who’s Who Among America’s High School Seniors. Angel Cifuentes, a student at Jones High School, received COMPACT’s Lee Norris Rayam Scholarship. An outstanding student, Angel achieved a 4.2 weighted GPA for his senior year. Like Hoang, he’s going to be a Gator. Honored as the Most Improved Student is Sayad Lutfi, Colonial 9th Grade Center. He improved his GPA from .9 to 3.3, an increase of 2.4! Sayad, Angel and Tiffany-Anne were among the 22 winners of the annual Washington D. C. Trip which is featured in this Annual Report. Hoang, a sure winner, was unable to participate due to a prior commitment
We say congratulations to these four outstanding students and to all the students who made this another successful year for COMPACT. To those who helped nurture and guide our students – parents, mentors, teachers and business partners – we offer a special thanks! |
'There are no guarantees for student success, but we - educators, mentors, and parents - must all be there for the long haul for our students. The flip side is, if we don’t care, they are guaranteed to fail."
~ George Fuller |
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COMPACT GOES TO WASHINGTON, D.C. The trip included a tour of the United States Capitol arranged by Florida’s Congressional District 7 Representative John L. Mica; visits to all of the memorials and the Smithsonian Museums; a boat cruise to the estate of George Washington at Mount Vernon; and much more! Highlighting the trip was a dialogue with Vice Admiral David L. Brewer III who recently retired from service on April 1, 2006. Admiral Brewer is a native of Orlando and a graduate of Jones High School. He had a distinguished military career and at one time was the highest ranking African American in the Navy. At the time of his retirement, Admiral Brewer commanded the Military Sealift Command which operates more than 100 ships and employs over 8,000 people worldwide. Admiral Brewer emphasized the importance of reading, setting goals, and making concrete plans for the future. He regaled the students with Brain Teasers regarding math and history and awarded prizes of $20.00 to the three outstanding participants. The students experienced a trip they will never forget! |
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Dr. Phillips students pause at an exhibit at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial, one of many memorials visited. Pictured from left to right are: Ruth Joseph, Sherbyne Delice, Stevy Elie, Tiffany-Anne Tomlinson, Daphne Caasimir and kneeling, Vikie Mertis. |
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Admiral Brewer, a graduate of Jones High School poses with Jones students (left to right): Angel Cifuentes, Calvin Hayes, and Myha Copeland. | |||
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Pictured with Admiral Brewer and showing off their $20 rewards are Brain Teaser winners (left to right): Elliot Dix, Evans; Vickie Mertis, Dr. Phillips, and Sayad Lutfi, Colonial 9th Grade Center.
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Timber Creek students (left to right), Jennifer Beasley, Niels Linders, and Jared Adams pose with COMPACT Executive Director, George Fuller at the FDR Memorial. |
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Posing for a picture are some OCPS employees who mentor at Orange Center Elementary School. From left to right: Veronica McKay, Teresa Smith, Rebecca Engram, and Helen Furlow. |
"To the world, you may just be somebody But to somebody, you might just be the world." ~ Unknown
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"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." ~ Winston Churchill
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Mentor Bob Goldman of Jones High School was named COMPACT Mentor of the Year and Orange County Public Schools Volunteer of the Year. Mr. Goldman came to Jones twice each week, mentoring and tutoring seventeen students! He is pictured with two of his students, Calvin Hayes (center) and Armand Moore. |
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COMPACT 2005 - 2006 Board of Directors Traci Blue, Chair, City of Orlando Joyce Bowers, Secretary and Chair Elect, Walt Disney World Michael Dosal, Treasurer, Sun Trust |
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Judith Birckhead, Rosen Hotels Erin Durning, Sonny’s BBQ James Etscorn, Baker & Hosteler Anne Geiger, OCPS School Board Margaret Gentile, OCPS Linda Gonzalez, Darden Restaurants Sanja Hartfield, Embarq Fred Kittinger, UCF Scot LaFerte, Universal Orlando Mike Martucci, OCPS Mercedes McCall, Banco Popular James Newton, Visions Photography Susan Stucker, Sprint LeVester Tubbs, UCF Teresa Vaughn, Sea World Jaime Veguilla, Veguilla Productions Royce Walden, Walden Enterprises Cynthia Walker-Bland, AT&T
COMPACT STAFF George Fuller, Executive Director Rocky Robinson, Program Manager
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Rocky Robinson, COMPACT Program Manager, at the desk of Florida Representative, John Mica |
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2005 -2006 COMPACT Programs Teachers/Coordinators Colonial High School Rose Cooper Colonial 9th Grade Center Gary Roth Dr. Phillips High School Carol Everett Evans High School J. B. Gordon Jones High School Marcia Davis Memorial Middle School Vivian Channel Oak Ridge High School Dawn Plagianes Orange Center Elementary Cametrice Hill Silver Star Center Donald Tillman Timber Creek High School Wendy Doromal
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and OCPS Staff and Faculty: Rose Cooper, Colonial; Carol Everett and Addie
Grier, Dr. Phillips; Julie Helton, Senior Administrator, South Learning
Community; Dawn Plagianes, Oak Ridge; Donald Tillman, Silver Start Center;
and Rocky Robinson, COMPACT Program Manager.
