November’s Workshop SAT Prep & Careers in Technology

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Our November workshop was extra special and included both SAT Prep with Karla Whitaker from Cal-SOAP and  a visit from Dameon Bryant (Software Developer).

Our schedule included the following:
8-9 – Turn in progress reports and round
9-11 – SAT Prep and Practice – Administered by CALSoap facilitator Karla Whitaker
11-12 – Professional Development – Careers in Technology (Dameon Bryant – Speaker)

Dameon Bryant has been a software developer for 14 years and 100% self taught. Among his accomplishments are the following:

–  Developed navigation system for 2010-2012 General Motors vehicles

–  Developed software to enable rapid movie production for the Avatar sequels

–  Developed software to display fantasy stats on displays in all NFL stadiums

–  Won 2nd place in San Diego Startup Weekend “Tech Innovations for the Fashion Industry”

–  Currently working at Sony Electronics developing iPhone/iPad apps

Karla Whitaker is the Academic Coordinator for the San Diego and Imperial Counties Cal-SOAP Consortium is one of the largest of the sixteen Cal-SOAP consortia throughout the state and provide a variety of resources including:

Academic Enrichment and College Entrance Test Preparation

Cal- SOAP recognizes that academic success in school will provide more options for students after high school. Academic tutors undergo a comprehensive and training process to work with students in schools. Tutors are responsible for providing intensive, one-on-one academic enrichment session to assist students in their core classes and other academic skills.

Community Resource

Cal- SOAP believes in empowering parents/guardians and the community to understand the college process early. Through dissemination of information about postsecondary education, both community and parents are encouraged to be informed, be involved and to be inspired to assist students. The Community Resource Program include programs such as, College Making It Happen (CMIH) that prepares middle school parents about A-G requirements, academic achievement and college options; provides newsletters with college admission, deadline and financial aid information; and provides parent workshops, where one can learn about and discuss parent/guardian education issues, the college search process and more.  Visit their site to learn more about Cal SOAP.

We were thrilled that both Dameon and Karla took their time out on Saturday to assist HEART in planting seeds of knowledge in these young men’s lives

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