Dear Friends, Family and Colleagues:
Two of my (in some cases for those receiving this, "our") former students are heading to college next week!
Sterling
Baker and Devine Fludd attended PS 15 and I had the privilege to teach
and learn with them for two years (and additionally have remained in
each other's lives ever since then... Sterling calls me every year on my
birthday and even called me on my wedding day :) ). We will drive up
to Herkimer College next Wednesday, almost 18 years to the day that one of my high school teachers drove me to college.
Sterling and Devine have
not only endured but thrived in the face of monumental challenges in
their lives and have created this opportunity for themselves with
little support and minimal resources.
Sterling will be
studying Sports and Recreation Management with the goal of transferring
to a physical therapy program in two years. He will also be playing
basketball.
Devine will be studying
Communication Arts: Music Industry Marketing and Management. Devine is
a talented artist and poet and wants to work in the music industry.
We created a Go Fund me
page for each of them to help with transitional expenses (they will
each be living on their own for the first time and furnishing a dorm
room is expensive!), books and supplies, traveling back to Brooklyn
when their dorms are closed and other incidental needs that arise in
college. Both men have been working for the last year and will work in
college, but will also need additional support.
Please donate if you can
and share where you see fit. All money raised will be well managed
and go directly to their college needs (and I don't mean Friday night pizza!).
Thank you!
Warmly,
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