8GA8

Slide Show

Saturday

June 5th 2009

9:00AM

You wake up

and it hits you

OVER

Don’t lie.

You know

you’re going to

miss it

No more

opening circle

No more corny

skits

No more

pancakes

No more new

friends from other

schools

No more

apprenticeships

No more

college trips

No more aggy

Team Leaders

In the

Beginning

You only talked to

kids from your

middle school

Now even the

Rogers and

Mildred girls are

friends

At 8GA this year

you…

• Wvisited lots of colleges….

applied and got accepted to great high schools…

But what makes 8GA so

special are the people: the

apprentices, the CTs and

Writing Coaches…

And the Team Leaders

usually forced it,

but it is always

because we care.

Team Leaders make sure you do your homework

We dress

up in

costumes

We genuinely like hanging out with you

We’re happy to go to work, because our job

is working with you!

We keep in touch with you after your go to high school

and connect you to summer jobs and good programs

We check you in. And call your mom if you’re late (it’s just to

make sure your safe, really)

We plan special events to showcase and

celebrate your hard work.

We celebrate your accomplishments and your growth into high

school ready young men and women!

We paint funny pictures on your face, because why not?

We hold you to

high expectations,

and we know in a

few years, you’ll

look back and

you’ll understand

why.

But Team Leaders don’t do the work of 8GA alone, an army of CTs and Writing Coaches volunteer their time…

because we believe in you

and want you to have the opportunity

to succeed.

It all started at GO WEEK

One thing is clear …

in 2013 8GA8 will graduate from high school and enroll in college!

Alumni For Life

So many memories…