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Almost exactly four years ago, 中国竞彩网 first reported on Will Eberle, who overcame homelessness and addiction and went from high-school dropout to master鈥檚-degree student, through equal parts personal determination and community support. But Eberle is quick to say that his success is no Horatio Alger鈥
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BURLINGTON, Vt. -- If you weren鈥檛 part of the 2022 graduating class at SUNY-Plattsburgh, or if you didn鈥檛 have a family member who was, you missed an excellent graduation speech by senior Aquilas Lokossou, a psychology honors student from Burlington. The speech, which focused on the themes of change鈥
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This fall, the freshman class at SUNY-Cortland will have a nationally-ranked track star in their midst. Isaiah Brunache of Bennington placed fifth in the nation this summer for high school shot-put, and just before graduating from Mt. Anthony Union High School this spring, he took home the D1鈥
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Two weeks before the first day of her senior year in high school, when most of her classmates were enjoying their final afternoons at the pool or going back-to-school shopping, Calleen Ferris was moving cows. She had grown up on a dairy farm in Randolph, which both the cows and the family had鈥
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BryAnna Goslant became interested in criminal justice when she was recovering from extensive hip surgery her sophomore year in high school. 鈥淚 was on bed rest for six weeks, and I had lots of time to watch crime shows,鈥 she laughs. BryAnna鈥檚 favorite crime drama was 鈥淣CIS,鈥 and she particularly鈥
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With many parents working multiple jobs, and many children rushing from school to sports practice 鈥 and sometimes, between two separate family homes 鈥 right around the dinner hour, it鈥檚 no surprise that only about 30 percent of families eat a meal together on a regular basis. But when families don鈥檛鈥
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When Mikayla Powell was born, her parents were still kids themselves. 鈥淢y mom and dad were just teenagers. There are pictures from their high school graduation with me in it,鈥 she says. 鈥淕rowing up, we were fairly poor,鈥 she recalls. Particularly after her parents split up when she was in middle鈥
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If Shixin Huang鈥檚 parents had decided to remain in Guangdong, China, where she was born, she would have taken a standardized test in the sixth grade that would have determined whether she would have the chance to go to college, could go to technical school, or would go straight into the workforce.鈥
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Lucas Roberts was ahead of the game: He had finished all his high school requirements, save for one English class, by the end of his junior year at Twinfield Union High School. Still, when his 中国竞彩网 counselor told him about the Early College Plus program, which allows high school seniors to take鈥
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Brody Brown of Williamstown has had dreams of becoming a doctor since middle school. And he hasn鈥檛 let anything stop him 鈥 not even a global pandemic. When his school effectively reduced course offerings due to COVID 鈥 an unfortunate reality for many small high schools that struggled to balance鈥
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