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Press_Release_1 Spanish _launching AMETAS_1.pdf
Press_Release_1English.pdf
FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION
Launch of Alcanzando Metas Foundation with the objective to help Hispanic High School youth women to go College in Washington D.C.
Washington, D.C March 30, 2006.- The Alcanzando Metas Foundation will hold a luncheon on September 28 at the City Club of Washington, D.C., Franklin Square 1300 I Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20005, where it will announce the launch of its after-school academic program for Hispanic youth.
The new foundation plans on starting the enrichment program this fall at Roosevelt High School, in Northwest Washington, with the support of Mayor Office on Latino Affair, District Columbia Government. The program will select thirty young women from the school, all of whom are at-risk for dropping out. Key to the program will be a close coordination with the school’s teachers and administration. The school’s principal, Dr. Hosh welcomed the new program, “We are looking forward to working with Alcanzando Metas Foundation to help Latino’s at the school succeed and go to college.”
The idea for the program originated from the organization’s founder, Ms. Laura Drain, who established an after-school enrichment program in Jefferson County, Alabama, in partnership with NASA and Lawson Community College. The foundation plans on establishing a series of educational and mentoring programs supporting the academic success of Hispanic young women. The foundation envisions these students achieving academic excellence with Hispanic values.
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