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Announcements :
Letter of recommendation asks to be complete by 10/04/2024
Study Hall available every Friday from 3PM to 5PM if you’d like support catching up with session benchmarks
A Note From C10 Program Manager, Mr. Cardenas (He/Him/El) :
Dear C10 Leaders and LIT Family Members,
My name is Mr. Cardenas, and my purpose in your life is to fight for the opportunities you need and provide you with the love, support, and development needed to take advantage of them.
I grew up in East Las Vegas, experiencing firsthand the challenges faced by our community. When I started at Sunrise Mountain High in 2013, the school was undergoing reform due to low graduation rates. In the first month, almost 200 students were suspended or expelled, including many I knew. We were pushed to graduate but not to aim higher. As an undocumented student, I also struggled to navigate the complexities of college applications and FAFSA. Undeterred, I collabortated with teachers in my school to find a way to make things work for me. I graduated as valedictorian in 2017 and earned a full scholarship to UNLV.
In college, my dedication to community service deepened. I became a fellow with the Nevada Institute on Teaching and Educator Preparation, Director of Education Programming at a local nonprofit, a youth commissioner on the Nevada Commission on Mentoring, and contributed to various statewide political campaigns.
Currently, I teach Social Studies at Rancho High School, working closely with multilingual and special education students, and serve as your program manager at Leaders in Training.
I had to figure everything out on my own at your age to reach for my dreams— you have an entire team of people working for you to make yours happen. They will only become a reality if you take advantage of them, though.
It has taken you a lot of work to get to this point, and it will take a ton more to get to where you want to go, but throughout the year we will have a lot of fun and make great memories doing it.
I can’t wait to see what you make of all the talents, wisdom, and passion that already lives inside of you.
In partnership,
Sebastian Cardenas
scardenas@litlv.org
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From Member Contract on Home Page:
Attendance: Add all program dates and times to your calendar (located here). If you will miss a session or event, contact your Program Manager ASAP and arrange a make-up session or event. If it's an emergency and you inform your Program Manager with less than 24 hours notice you must arrange 2 make-up sessions or events within the month you missed. If you no call no show, you must arrange 2 make-up sessions or events within the month you missed and 2 no-calls no shows within a semester is automatic removal from program. *This includes regular session attendance reflected on the calendar and #6 Monthly Events below. For example, if you have a no-call no-show to a session and a no-call no-show to an event, you cannot continue for the rest of the semester because that equals 2. We want you to succeed in LIT, but we also want to prepare you for the real-world. Know what you are committing to and if something comes up, communicate and make it up and you will be fine and be practicing your advocacy core value.
Grades: You must check and turn in your grades bi-weekly (check the calendar). Students will be automatically removed from program if they have 3 total grade misses or 5 late grade turn-ins within a semester. All grade turn-in surveys are linked on your cohort's announcements page. Our theory on grades is that it's up to you to advocate for yourself and improve. We help create a system where you are accountable to both looking at them, turning them in and then doing something about it. If you are struggling and need support from a tutor to an instructional supply, let your Program Manager know. It's your job to advocate to your teachers so they know who you are, that you are trying and use all strategies from staying after school/before school, getting extra work, making up assignments, etc to fix your mistakes. Students with Ds or Fs in core courses are REQUIRED to take summer school and get the fee waiver from their school. LIT will pay for summer school only if a student's fee waiver has been denied from the school. We all review grade turn-ins at parent meetings so your parents know your progress and lying on grade turn-in only hurts yourself since this is an optional program. If you choose to lie at an optional program, our group is not for you.
Violence against others can lead to immediate dismissal based on case-by-base basis
Attendance: Add all program dates and times to your calendar (located here). If you will miss a session or event, contact your Program Manager ASAP and arrange a make-up session or event. If it's an emergency and you inform your Program Manager with less than 24 hours notice you must arrange 2 make-up sessions or events within the month you missed. If you no call no show, you must arrange 2 make-up sessions or events within the month you missed and 2 no-calls no shows within a semester is automatic removal from program. *This includes regular session attendance reflected on the calendar and #6 Monthly Events below. For example, if you have a no-call no-show to a session and a no-call no-show to an event, you cannot continue for the rest of the semester because that equals 2. We want you to succeed in LIT, but we also want to prepare you for the real-world. Know what you are committing to and if something comes up, communicate and make it up and you will be fine and be practicing your advocacy core value.
Grades: You must check and turn in your grades bi-weekly (check the calendar). Students will be automatically removed from program if they have 3 total grade misses or 5 late grade turn-ins within a semester. All grade turn-in surveys are linked on your cohort's announcements page. Our theory on grades is that it's up to you to advocate for yourself and improve. We help create a system where you are accountable to both looking at them, turning them in and then doing something about it. If you are struggling and need support from a tutor to an instructional supply, let your Program Manager know. It's your job to advocate to your teachers so they know who you are, that you are trying and use all strategies from staying after school/before school, getting extra work, making up assignments, etc to fix your mistakes. Students with Ds or Fs in core courses are REQUIRED to take summer school and get the fee waiver from their school. LIT will pay for summer school only if a student's fee waiver has been denied from the school. We all review grade turn-ins at parent meetings so your parents know your progress and lying on grade turn-in only hurts yourself since this is an optional program. If you choose to lie at an optional program, our group is not for you.
Violence against others can lead to immediate dismissal based on case-by-base basis
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