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This summer, the College Bound Program held its first Summer Academy for Breakthrough Alumni at F.S. Tucker Elementary. Breakthrough Miami partnered with three different organizations/programs to provide this Summer Academy for our Alumni: NFTE (National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship), Arts 4 Learning, and Ransom Everglades School Robotics teacher, Robert Dubard. Through these partnerships and funding from The Children’s Trust, 30 rising 9th and 10th graders were able to take part in innovative summer programming over the course of four weeks.
In the A4L program, students focused on African Drumming and Dancing in the Diaspora, as well as Jazz in the Americas. The students were trained by two professional artists, Sean Dibble and Leila Lombardo, who transformed them all into performers. The A4L class held a concert for the middle school program displaying their drumming and dancing, as well as original spoken word pieces.
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- Rocheline Deronville, Chelsi Gaskin, Chelzea Peele, and DeMarra Lee rehearse one of their dances minutes before A4L concert.
- Brianna Stanley at her Djembe drum.
- Sarah Grant performs an African Dance that the students refer to as “Pull up your Pants”.
- The A4L class poses before going on stage.
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All 30 College Bound students participated in the Entrepreneurship Camp. For three weeks, they learned the ins-and-outs of creating a business from the ground up. During the last week of the Summer Academy, they all presented their Business Plans, with the top two students from each class going on to the final Summer Business Plan Competition. The 8 finalists were judged on creativity, the feasibility of their business, the accuracy of their financial plans, and the design of their proposals, Powerpoints, display boards, and business cards.
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- Khyid Ramsey, Daylene Perez, and Dominique Apollon display Stephany Gomez’s proposal and business card for her “Secretary on the Go!” business, which helped her win 3rd place overall in the Summer Business Plan Competition.
- David Dagrin presents his Business Plan to a panel of three NFTE judges during the in-class
competitions.
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During the Robotics afternoon class, 15 College Bound students learned the engineering behind building robots, then created their own “Battlebots”. These battlebots were pitted against each other on the last day to determine which design was the best. The winning robot was determined by three factors: how aggressive it was in the ring, the strategy used by the driver, and the amount of damage it caused to the other robots.
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- Daylene Perez, Kufre Eyo, Dominique Apollon, Kyhid Ramsey, Alexandra Phung, and their BattleBot, Optimus Prime.
- Craig Hilton, Laura Cooper, German Ellington, Anthony Cardona, and their BattleBot, Snake Eater.
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