TeenSHARP College Access Ambassadors Attend UPenn’s LEARN Conference!
”What I Learned at L.E.A.R.N.” By Nafeesah Cannady On Saturday February 23 2013, my fellow College Access Ambassadors and I attended the second annual L.E.A.R.N Network Conference at the University of Pennsylvania law school. The annual education policy and innovation conference is organized by the UPenn graduate student organization, L.E.A.R.N., the Leaders in Education Advocacy … Read more
TeenSHARP College Access Ambassadors Meet Secretary of Education at Grad Nation Summit!
TeenSHARP College Access Ambassadors, Robert Adams and Maija Hall, were selected to attend the 2013 Building a Grad Nation Summit in Washington, DC on February 24-26 as youth representatives. Robert and Maija, both high school seniors, attended the summit in February, which is a national event that examines the progress and challenges in the nation’s … Read more
Support TeenSHARP’s Annual College Prep Gift Drive!
TeenSHARP’s is conducting its 3rd annual College Prep Christmas gift drive. The goal of TeenSHARP’s College Prep Christmas gift drive is to provide all TeenSHARP students with a gift bag of $50 worth of college preparatory and educational resources. We want to ensure that each student has access to the quality resources, such as SAT … Read more
TeenSHARP Students Meet US Senator Tom Carper!
TeenSHARP students met US Senator Tom Carper of Delaware at the annual University of Delaware “Coast Day” in Lewes, Delaware. Organized annually by the University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE) and Delaware Sea Grant at the Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes, the event showcased marine and environmental initiatives underway by … Read more
“Success is a Journey”: My TeenSHARP College Tour Experience
By: Kenae’ Damon The late Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr. said “success is a journey, not a destination.” Earlier this spring I journeyed along with an enthusiastic group of TeenSHARP students and parents on an overnight college tour to the campuses of Brown University, University of Connecticut, and Yale University. The purpose of the tour was to … Read more
Apply Now! TeenSHARP 2012-2013!
The TeenSHARP program is currently taking applications for its 2012-2013 program year (September 2012-May 2013) until September 30th, 2012. For more information about TeenSHARP’s 10-month leadership program please see the College Prep Program section of this website. You can also feel free to contact us at 609.505.4285 or teensharp@gmail.com. TeenSHARP 2012-2013 Program Application!
TeenSHARP News and Updates March 2012
TeenSHARP Panel Discussion: “Careers in the Healthcare Industry- exploring, medicine, law, and beyond” Date: Saturday March 10th 12:30pm-2pm Location: Rutgers University-Camden (Exec. Meeting Room- Campus Center) Panelists: Danyl Patterson, Esq (Founder of Patterson Law Firm and expert in litigation related to catastrophic loss injury, including medical malpractice, products liability, and toxic torts.) and Dale Keshishian (President and founder of HealthWorks … Read more
TeenSHARP Parent Workshop – Feb 11th at 11am
Join TeenSHARP on Saturday Feb. 11th from 11am-1pm for a workshop on “7 Ways Parents Can Create a College Ready Culture at Home.” This workshop will focus on the skills, habits, values, and beliefs critical to students’ academic and professional success and discuss specific ways parents can create a culture promoting college readiness at home. Coffee … Read more
Support TeenSHARP’s College Prep Christmas Gift Drive!
TeenSHARP’s is conducting its 2nd annual College Prep Christmas gift drive. The goal of TeenSHARP’s College Prep Christmas gift drive is to provide all TeenSHARP students with a gift bag of $50 worth of college preparatory and educational resources. We want to ensure that each student has access to the quality resources, such as SAT … Read more
TeenSHARP Selected as First-Place Prize Winner in Scholastic “Be BIG” Contest!
TeenSHARP was recently selected as one of the winners of the 2011 Scholastic, Inc. national “BE BIG in Your Community Contest” and will be awarded $2500 to launch TeenSHARP College Prep Clubs at select high schools in the Philadelphia region. Scholastic Media, a division of Scholastic Inc., the global children’s publishing, education and media company, and … Read more
