This is the last week for you to enter our “Like” us Facebook Contest.

We will be drawing a name on Monday the 21st and will announce the winner of the Kindle Fire here!

To enter the contest please to to the Uinta BOCES #1 page on facebook and click “like”.

Graduation will be on Saturday, May 19th, 2012 at 3 p.m. at Davis Middle School.

Awards will be given to:

Education Plus:

Valedictorian: Jacob Allen

Salutatorian: Michele Latter

College & Career Readiness Center:

Valedictorian: Danielle Szoss

Salutatorian: Virginia Bridge

National Honor Roll:

Jacob Allen, Danielle Szoss and Virginia Bridge

Learner of the Year: will be announced at Graduation.

Hope to see you all there!

 Not all students are successful in main stream high school, so I am so grateful that there was a program like B.O.O.S.T. available for me. The small classroom and individual attention were important for me to succeed. My instructor worked with me on my problem subjects so I was able to keep up. The instructor, Carol Bourland, never gave up on me. She knew I could do it – and I did!

I also appreciate all of the life and job skills I learned in the B.O.O.S.T. program. I learned about nutritional cooking, defensive driving, CPR and so many other life skills. I also practiced interview skills and learned how to write a decent resume so that I could get a job.

I have finished my C.N.A. class through Western Wyoming Community College and am ready to apply for my license. i want to obtain my R.N. license and become a nurse.

I have no doubt that the B.O.O.S.T. program gave me the tools to succeed; without this program I would not be where I am now.

The Uinta B.O.C.E.S. #1 Education Center is pleased to announce the 2011-2012 Graduation Ceremony. Graduation will be held on Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. at Davis Middle School Auditorium in Evanston. Students from the following programs will be represented at the graduation:

College and Career Readiness Center

Wyoming High School Equivalency/ G.E.D.

B.O.O.S.T.

Education Plus

Western Wyoming Community College

University of Wyoming

Utah State University

Western Governors University

Now through May 18, 2012 if you will go to the BOCES Facebook page and ‘like’ us you will be entered into a drawing for a Kindle Fire.

BOCES Employees and immediate relatives are not eligible.

Immediate relatives are: parents, siblings and their spouses, spouses, children and their spouses, grandparents, grandchildren and their spouses.

Find us on Facebook at:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Uinta-BOCES-1-Education-Center/139111569488753

or by searching Uinta B.O.C.E.S. #1 Eduation Center.

I often have students ask what the Hathaway Scholarship is. The Hathaway Scholarship is available for Wyoming students to pursue postsecondary education within the state of Wyoming. The program consists of scholarships with different eligibility requirements.

Students and parents are encouraged to visit with their counselor or senior advisor to discuss the program. Students interested in accessing the Hathaway Scholarship should talk to their counselor early in High School so they can prepare. A Wyoming Community College or the University of Wyoming will make the final determination for eligibility.

You can be eligible for the Hathaway Scholarship if you left school and obtained your G.E.D. The requirements are slightly different for G.E.D. students and eligibility is based on your G.E.D. score and your A.C.T. score. The College and Career Readiness Center at the B.O.C.E.S. has more information for G.E.D. candidates.

This week at the B.O.C.E.S. (March 5 to 9)
Adult Eduction/G.E.D. classes are closed this week
E.S.L. is still meeting
Choices Family Week (Tuesday 5-9:30 pm)
Master Gardener’s Meeting (Wednesday 5:30-8:30 pm)
Music Play (Thursday 4:30-5:15 pm)
Bible Study-Book of John (Thursday 7-8 p)
Community Choir (Thursday 7-8:30 a E.H.S.)

When unemployment is a problem we see more people coming to the B.O.C.E.S. looking to increase their education. Some come to complete their High School Equivalency; some come to enroll in classes through Western Wyoming Community College or one of our four year Universities. As soon as jobs become available again, attendance drops.

While it makes sense on one hand, it doesn’t on another.
There is one certainty that the Department of Education and the Department of
Labor both support: “Education Pays”.

The Department of Labor confirms in recent employment projections what all educators already knew: Education Pays.  Our country values hard work, but rewards
skill and education.

In 2011 the median unemployment rate was 8.2% of the population and the median income was $782.00 per week.

For people without a high school diploma or equivalency, unemployment rates were 14.9% and the median weekly income was $444.00.  With a high school diploma or equivalency unemployment dropped slightly to 10.3% with the median income at $626.00.

It is only when the educational level reaches an Associates Degree that the unemployment rate drops below the mean to 7%, and the income comes close to the mean at $767.00 per week.

Even more startling are the statistics on job advancement that show that someone without additional education will only increase wages $2 an hour in the next ten years of their working life. In the following 15 years:
they will increase only $0.25 cents more.

Whether you are working or not, additional education will almost always mean more job and financial security.

It is never too late to increase your education.

The Uinta B.O.C.E.S. #1 Education Center offers High School Equivalency, Certificate and Degree classes that will fit most any schedule. Contact the B.O.C.E.S. today for more information on how you can make Education Pay.

(Sources:  Dr. Donna Beegle-Communications across Barriers; U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Students attending classes at W.W.C.C., University of Wyoming or our other partners through distance education at the Uinta B.O.C.E.S. Education Center can get homework help from our College and Career Readiness Center. Math help is available on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 5 pm to 7 pm and writing assistance is available on Thursday evenings from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

For more information you can contact Diane White at the College and Career Readiness Center, 789-5742.