MEEOA Yearbook 2016-2017

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Each year, the Maine Educational Opportunity Association puts together a yearbook that presents data and stories about TRIO and GearUP programs in Maine. This year, one of the highlights was a comparison of the college enrollment rates of Talent Search and Upward Bound participants with Maine high school students in general. It was discovered that Talent Search and Upward Bound students are twice as likely to enroll in college as their peers! 

Click here to check out the pdf version of the MEEOA Yearbook 2016-2017.

To see previous years, please check out our yearbook archive.

Summer reading, preventing “Summer Slide”

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Many, many studies have shown that there are many benefits for high school students who regularly read during the summer. Students who don’t may suffer from “Summer Slide” which is when students can lose up to a month of the knowledge they learned during the previous year. I don’t know about you, but I’m not interested in having to learn the same things twice.

Reading is also the best, and most enjoyable way to improve your vocabulary, which is a must if you are going to be taking the SAT soon!

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How Stuff Works – Science

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FINALLY, SUMMER IS HERE!!!!

So… Now what? Hopefully, lots of time to play, and enjoy the sun! Still, if you’re at all like I am, there’s plenty of down time in the summer, particularly on the (hopefully rare) rainy summer days. In the past, METS has posted fun sites/articles to check out, and we’re hoping to keep doing that going forward.

Today’s site to check out is the How Stuff Works – Science site. If you’re at all interested in the world around you, there’s going to be something on this site worth checking out. From how many planets could actually host life, to why DNA evidence may be unreliable, there’s something on this site for everyone! If you’re more of a listener than a reader, How Stuff Works also has a popular series of podcasts, on a similarly wide number of topics.

Do you have a site or podcast that you go to all the time? Let us know in the comments!