As you read this newsletter, we have entered the last full month of this school year. As the trees start leafing out, birds sing, and frogs croak, so it is the time of the year, many of our learners kick into high gear to finish the year strong. Please continue to encourage your learner to work towards as many credits as possible. We will do the same here.
May will be a busy month here at Empower. We not only have students working hard on classes and projects, but we also have a few group activities. As you will see on the important dates, we are offering ASVAB testing in early May. We have not nailed down the date yet, but we will also have a couple of days in the woods learning land navigation and experiencing the fine cuisine of MREs (Meals Ready to Eat). We ask for your advice on our end-of-year gathering. Last year was the first year in our program's history we were not able to have an end-of-year picnic. We ask our Empower supporters for some thoughts on holding our end-of-year recognition picnic this year. Would you be interested in attending? Do you have any recommendations or concerns if we did have one? As always, it would be an afternoon of fun, laughs, food, and prizes. Speaking of feedback, if you have not seen it yet, it is also time for our end-of-year surveys. These surveys have been critical to our improvement as a program. Please take a few minutes and provide us with your thoughts, and don't hold back. These surveys are anonymous so tell us what you think. You can find the supporter's survey at: https://forms.gle/ebDxukgk5fZiBkCe9. We will be asking our learners to fill out a separate survey for their perspective. Finally, we are giving a shout-out to Christeva and a number of our learners. In recognition of the district bus drivers, they painted a series of window panels for the bus garage. The windows at the garage had no treatments, and the sun would come through and, for most of the year, overheat the garage. Our learners sketched and painted the panels to help break up the direct sunlight into the garage. The bus crew greatly appreciated them. Important Dates May 4th & 6th - ASVAB Testing May 7th - No School May TBD - School Forest Land Nav May 18th - Big Ideas Careers in the Trades May 28th - End of Year Picnic?
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