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A Message
from COMPACT's Executive Director, George Fuller
COMPACT has successfully completed another year of service, our 15th, to our youth and to our community! Orlando/Orange County COMPACT, the brainchild of former Orlando Mayor, Bill Frederick, began in the spring of 1989 with a pilot program at Jones High School. Fifteen students and 15 mentors comprised that initiative.
Now, 15 years later, COMPACT is still marching forward! Since that 1989 pilot program, we have touched the lives of almost 8,000 students, including almost 700 for this school year. More than 4,000 mentors and dozens of others: teachers, counselors, parents and business partners have helped us help our youngsters. To all of them we simply, yet profoundly, say thanks!
This Annual Report will give you a glimpse of what transpired during this 2003 - 2004 school year. You will learn a bit about this year's heroes: students, mentors, teachers and staff. Yes, we are proud that COMPACT is still serving, is still inspiring, and is still guiding youth to responsible adulthood. |
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Rufus Brooks, retired OCPS Principal and one of the early COMPACT
mentors at Jones High School, is pictured with his current mentee, Jones
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Participants in this exciting adventure held from May 31- June 6 were the following 14 special achieving COMPACT students (winners of a year long competition emphasizing good grades, attendance, behavior, writing skills as well as community service) - Colonial High School: Steve Marchetti, Maria Morales, Raul (RJ) Ortiz; Colonial 9th Grade Center: Marline Maestre, Shawn Rose; Dr. Phillips: David Hunt, Cinthia Mendoza, Danielle Peterson, LaSable Williams; Edgewater: Luz Torres; Evans: Brandon Siler, Alicia Williams; Gateway: Chastin Nash; University: Franchesca Ortiz; and the following COMPACT and OCPS staff: Liana Baker, Jones; Rose Cooper, Colonial; Carol Everett, Dr. Phillips; George Fuller, |
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Executive Director; Veronica McKay, OCPS Resource Teacher; James Newton, Board member and photographer; Dawn Plagianes, Memorial; Hardy Rayam, Silver Star Center; Juanita Reed, Dr. Phillips; Rocky Robinson, Program Manager; and Tenille Rodgers, Gateway. The highlight of the trip was the two hours spent with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas (who has met with the COMPACT group on every trip). He extolled the virtues of reading, perseverance and the pursuit of excellence. Our students especially enjoyed hearing him talk about overcoming obstacles and working hard to achieve your dreams. Our group also met with Congressman Ric Keller, former Chair of the COMPACT Board of Directors, who talked of his time as a student at Boone High School. He, too, emphasized reading and related how it helped him achieve his success. Further defining the significance of Washington D.C. was the passing of former President Ronald Reagan who died on the next to last day of the trip. Our visit to the National Cathedral where President Reagan's memorial service was held, along with our visit with Justice Thomas who was mentored by former Senator Danforth (who delivered one of the eulogies at the service), gave our students the chance to really be a part of history. One of the students spoke for everyone when she said, "This trip has been wonderful! I will remember it for the rest of my life." |
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STAAR, Striving To Achieve Academic Readiness, was launched at Jones High School this year! | ||||||
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Timber Creek High School and Avalon Park Elementary Reading Buddies Program saw another successful year! Here Avalon Park Elementary resource teacher, Gretchen Krawowski escorts the Avalon students off the bus at Timber Creek where they enjoyed a year-end pizza party and celebration with their older buddies. |
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Winter Park High School and Brookshire Elementary School Reading Buddies participants posed for a photo at their year-end celebration. Pictured here with the students are Mrs. Jenni Franz, Brookshire Speech Pathologist, second from the left in the back row, and Mark Rankin, Winter Park COMPACT teacher on the right in the back row. | |||||||||||||
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Memorial Middle School students relax near the lighthouse on their trip to St. Augustine. Left to right: Charlese Rogers, Latia Thompson, Jalyssia Bell, and Simone Grier. | 
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"Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make make for our children." Sitting Bull | |||||||||||
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Linda Landman-Gonzalez, Chair, Darden Restaurants Traci Blue, Secretary and Chair Elect, City of Orlando Michael Dosal, Treasurer, Sun Trust
Lonnie Bell, Agere Systems Joyce Bowers, Walt Disney World Scott Bowman, RDV Sports Anna Diaz, Orange County Public Schools James Etscorn, Baker & Hostetler Fred Kittinger, University of Central Florida Hope Kramer, BETA Center Marci Lance, Universal Orlando Arthur Lee, Lee, Wesley & Associates Mike Martucci, Orange County Public Schools Mercedes McCall, Banco Popular |
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For more information contact:
Orlando/Orange County COMPACT 445
West Amelia Street Website:www.compactinc.org COMPACT Staff
George
Fuller,
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Celebrating 15 Years! |
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COMPACT's
annual Washington D.C. Cultural/Educational Trip, which began in 1992,
was interrupted in 2002 and 2003 due to the events surrounding September
11, 2001 and the war in Iraq. It was replaced in those years by a Florida
Trip to Tallahassee and St. Augustine. Returning to our nation's capital
for the first time since 2001, this proved to be one of the best trips
ever!
Pictured on the
steps of the U.S. Supreme Court Building are from left to right: Steven
Marchetti, Colonial High School; Chastin Nash, Gateway School; Shawn Rose,
Colonial Ninth Grade Center; and Cinthia Mendoza, Dr. Phillips High School.
Maria Morales
presenting COMPACT shirt andcap to U.S. Congressman Ric Keller who was
the former Chairman of the COMPACT Board of Directors.
Mentor, Ruthie White,
retired OCPS teacher and Jones graduate, with her mentee, Marnette Fateon.
Pictured
with the Jones Tiger are STAAR /COMPACT Coordinator, Liana Baker (left)
and Jones Volunteer Coordintor Kari Sperre. 
Colonial Ninth
Grade Center and Hidden Oaks Elementary celebrate at a year-end
pizza party. Pictured back row left to right: Anthony Singh, Randy Salgado,
Daniel Aponte. Front row, left to right: Shantel Lang, Pamela Carrizales,
Shanice Robinson, Hillary Ang, George Fuller, Maria Caceido.
Lisbeth
Ortiz of Banco Popular with her mentee Timber Creek High School
student, Janais Silva.
Monique Yeager of Baker & Hostetler, Orange Center Elementary
School "Volunteer of the Year" pictured with George Fuller.
A new COMPACT
Program, partnered with Baker & Hostetler, opened at Orange Center
Elementary School in 2003. This is the first elementary school to have
COMPACT! Pictured here from left to right are: Mrs. Cynhtia Drayton,Princial;Crysti
Stanford, Baker & Hostetler mentor; Nancy Baumagartner, Baker &
Hostetler mentor; and Marlene Almedia, Orange Center teacher. 
