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NCSHP Announces Winners of 2009-2010 Stay in School Video Contest
Cary, NC. January 2010. The winners of 2nd annual “Stay in School” video/public service announcement (PSA) contest for Hispanic middle and high school students, organized by the North Carolina Society of Hispanic Professionals, were selected on January 21st by a selection committee comprised of Sherman McCoy from Nationwide Insurance, Rolo Duartes from Univision 40, Yasmin Metivier, NCSHP Member and President of Panoltia, Inc, and NCSHP Board Member Carole Klein. Contest winners are:
First place: Forest Hills High School (Marshville, NC) “¡Gradúate!”
Second place: El Magetsi 4-H Club (Sanford, NC)
Third place: Monroe High School (Monroe, NC) “Muchos te han dicho.” (“Many have said to you”…)
The three contest winners will receive their prizes and be publicly acknowledged on March 26th at NC State University’s McKimmon Center during the 2010 Hispanic Educational Summit for middle and high school Hispanic students.
All video/PSA submissions were scored and rated by the committee based on overall quality, message conveyed, creativity, entertainment appeal, and the relevance to the central theme of staying in school. Middle and high school students across North Carolina submitted 27 videos which were posted on YouTube and watched by thousands of viewers.
The Stay in School campaign, sponsored by Nationwide Insurance and supported by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and Univision Channel 40, is a NCSHP program to raise awareness among youth and their parents of the low graduation rate among Hispanic youth in North Carolina and to inform and remind students and their parents about the benefits of staying in school, finishing high school, and continuing with their education.
The NCSHP, along with DPI, Nationwide Insurance, and Univision, extends congratulations to all contestants for their participation in a very successful 2009-2010 Stay in School campaign. Marco Zárate, President of NCSHP, said: “It is exciting to hear our Hispanic students sending messages of perseverance, love for education, and dedication to their peers and telling them to stay in school and graduate from high school! Excellent participation!”
View all the videos here. Or, view the winners:
First Place Video
Second Place Video
Third Place Video
The Hispanic Educational Summit 2010 - March 26
The North Carolina Society of Hispanic Professionals (NCSHP) announces the Hispanic Educational Summit 2010 to be held March 26th at the McKimmon Center at North Carolina State Univerity.
Motivational Speakers: The summit will feature Motivational Speaker workshops/presentations on Life Skills, Education Planning, and Career Planning.
To submit a Speaker Proposal please click here.
Exhibitors: Information on Academic Programs & Services (Community Colleges, Universities and Colleges, Educational Institutions, U.S. Armed Forces, After School Programs and more...)
To register as a summit exhibitor please click here for an exibitor form.
Volunteers: If you would like to volunteer at the Hispanic Educational Summit 2010 please click here to help with registration, hospitality, facilitation, audio visual suport and more.
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Hispanic Achievement Conference 2009
An educational conference, organized by the North Carolina Society of Hispanic Professionals (NCSHP), in partnership with Meredith College and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
To download the handout from the conference keynote presentation please click here.
Closing the Achievement Gap: How to Reach
Limited Formal Schooling and Long-Term English Learners
You can download Dr. Andrew Behnke, Professor, North Carolina State University's report: "Understanding How to Improve the Latino Dropout Rate in North Carolina."
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The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act or DREAM Act is bipartisan legislation which provides comprehensive benefits for immigrant youth who are attending college or serving in the U.S. military. For more information Click Here.
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OPTIONS TO CONTINUE WITH YOUR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION
For all students regardless of your immigration status.
For more information click below or call (919)-467-8424
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Celebrating 10 years of promoting education among Hispanic youth in North Carolina!
Click Here for pictures of the 2009 Hispanic Educational Summit and 2009 Educational Fundraising Gala!
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NCSHP Good Stewards of the Environment Science Program for 7th, 8th and 9th grade students in Wake and Johnston Counties.
The “Good Stewards of the Environment” Science Program is an extracurricular program designed to peak the interest of Hispanic students in science as a career. Throughout the program students will learn the process of scientific investigation through research, experimentation and discussion of the current environmental concerns for our water and our atmosphere. The North Carolina Society for Hispanic Professionals will choose 10 students to participate in the program with no cost to the student. The monetary value of the program per student is $1,000 but the educational value is immeasurable. The “Good Stewards of the Environment” Science Program is funded by a Science Enrichment Grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
Click on the following link for more information and an application: Here
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NCSHP 2009 EDUCATIONAL FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN
INDIVIDUALS: 
Click here now to donate to the campaign!
BUSINESSES:
Click here now to donate to the campaign!
Click here for Sponsorship Registration Form and Benefits!
About the Campaign
The North Carolina Society of Hispanic Professionals needs your help! The society has been providing Latino Youth with scholarships, seminars, mentors, tutors, and summits to improve their chances in life. For the last ten years, the North Carolina Society of Hispanic Professionals has:
• Served close to 6500 Latino students from all parts of North Carolina.
• Awarded close to $70,000 in scholarship monies to 45 highly deserving and promising Latino students.
• Distributed the “Your Life, Your Future, Your Destiny…Is Now…Stay in School! guide, poster, and postcards to every county in North Carolina via our Stay in School Campaign which is also aired daily on Univision 40.
• Had the attendance of more than 1,600 teachers and students from over 50 North Carolina counties at our summits and conferences.
Latino youth face many challenges with regards to staying in school and out of gangs. As a non-profit organization, we are highly committed to helping our youth make good life choices. We need your help now more than ever to ensure that we can continue providing services to these students. For this reason we are launching our Fundraising Campaign.
If you are passionate about keeping our Latino youth in school and helping to guarantee their future success, as well as yours and ours, we hope that you will unite with us as part of our fundraising efforts.
Please seriously consider, giving generously during this campaign drive. Our goal is $100,000 and we need your support in order to carry out the critically important work of the North Carolina Society of Hispanic Professionals. Today, it is easy to make your pledge. It is tax deductible. Simply call (919) 467-8424 or click here.
On behalf of NCSHP and all of the students we serve, we want to personally thank you for your generous support. We simply cannot accomplish our objectives without your participation!
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Help Our Hispanic Students Pursue Higher Education!
1. Call your local representative! Click here to find yours. (On the right hand side you will see "Who Represents Me?" where you will type in your zip code and the system will show you your local representatives.)
Who to call and What to say
Talking points on access to higher education
2. Pledging to CALL or E-MAIL the Speaker of the House Rep. Joe Hackney at 919-733-3451 or Joeh@ncleg.net and President Pro Tem Sen. Marc Basnight at 919-733-6854 or Marcb@ncleg.net to let them know that you would like for them to support undocumented students' access to NC community colleges.
3. Click here to sign the petition put together by students at UNC-Chapel Hill.
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New North Carolinian Voices Podcast on NC Community College Ban of Undocumented Students
The NCSHP invites you to listen to the latest Radio Documentary from the Center for New North Carolinians which highlights the issue of NC Community College ban on undocumented students through a compelling personal narrative and contributes to a broader understanding of the issue.
In wake of the recent ban of undocumented immigrants from community colleges, the podcast writers investigate what led up to the ban and how it has affected local students. They spoke with individuals representing all sides of this issue, including gubernatorial candidate Mike Munger; NC House representative Paul Luebke; director of NC Listen, Ron Woodard; parents; teachers; and, of course, the students whose future is in the balance.
Below is a link to the podcast entitled “Access Denied: NC Community Colleges Ban Undocumented Students” written and produced by Stephen Brown, Jeff Chilcott, and Christopher Boyette.
Episode 5 - Access Denied: NC Community Colleges Ban Undocumented Students
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Copy of the Stay in School Campaign Poster