Mingo County Upward Bound Program

This link explains Digital Storytelling and has links for sites that allow legal access to images and materials.

http://www.umass.edu/wmwp/DigitalStorytelling/Resources.htm

Links

http://jegsworks.com/Lessons/index.html

http://www.units.muohio.edu/mcs/suppctr/lis/WebForms/ProfSelfAssessment.shtml

Congratulations are in order for the following students who have been accepted into the program:

-Melanie Conner (Wyoming County East High School)
-Jessika Davis (Wyoming County East High School)
-Joseph Hatfield (Burch High School)
-Lynn Hamilton (Tug Valley High School)
-Sarah Rhodes (Williamson High School)
-Magan Hammond (Matewan High School)

Also, we will be having a Saturday Session tomorrow, June 14th at the Mingo County Courthouse in Williamson, WV. The bus schedule is below:
Depart from Wyoming County East High School: 6:30am
Depart from Matewan High School: 7:30am
Depart from Burch High School: 7:50am
Depart from Tug Valley High School: 8:15am
Arrive at the Courthouse: 8:30-9am
Depart from Courthouse: 1pm
Arrive at Tug Valley High School: 1:15pm
Arrive at Burch High School: 1:40pm
Arrive at Matewan High School: 2pm
Arrive at Wyoming County East High School: 3-3:30pm

Our Summer Session is also quickly approaching. Students will arrive on the campus of Pikeville College in Pikeville, KY on June 23. I will be calling all MCCUB students about transportation times.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please call the MCCUB office at (304)235-3544.

Mary Ellen
Academic Counselor

The following students were recently accepted into the MCC UB Program:

Heather Jordan (Wyoming County East High School)
Justin Bannister  (Matewan High School)

Congratulations on being accepted!

In other news, time is running out for those of you that still haven’t applied. We will no longer accept applications for the 2007-2008  school year after Friday, May 23rd. If you’d like to apply please complete an application and return it to your high school guidance counselor as soon as possible.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns please contact me at the UB office by phone at (304)235-3544 or by email at maryellen.odaniel@gmail.com

Mary Ellen
Academic Counselor

The following students have been accepted into the Mingo County Commission Upward Bound Program:
-Matthew Friend (Matewan High School)
-Wesley Vance (Tug Valley High School)
-Heather Evans (Tug Valley High School)
-Tavish Fields (Tug Valley High School)

Congratulations students! I’m looking forward to seeing you soon at our first Saturday session and this summer at Pikeville College.

If you still want to apply to the MCC UB Program there’s still a little time. Get those applications in soon because our first Saturday session is rapidly approaching and we’d like to make a decision before then. As always, if you or your parents/guardians have any questions feel free to call the MCC UB office at (304)235-3544 or send me an email at maryellen.odaniel@gmail.com.

Mary Ellen
Academic Counselor

Congratulations are in order for the following students who have been accepted into the MCC UB Program:

-Melissa Muncy (Burch High School)
-Cody Justice (Burch High School)
-Amber McCoy (Matewan High Schol)
-Tiffany Lester (Matewan High School)
-Britney Bass (Tug Valley High School)
-Sasha Fields (Tug Valley High School)
-Thomas Lucas (Tug Valley High School)

If you haven’t applied and are still interested, we are still taking applications. Please see your Guidance Counselor for an application or call the MCC UB office at 304-235-3544 and we’ll get an application to you. Also, I will be visiting Matewan, Burch, and Williamson High Schools next week. I’ll have a table set up in the cafeteria during lunch with information and applications, so please stop by and say hi and/or pick up an application.

I’m looking forward to seeing you all and working with you. We will be having our first Saturday Session soon–I’ll contact all of the MCC UB students soon with more information about this.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns give me a call at the MCC UB office at 304-235-3544 or shoot me an email at maryellen.odaniel@gmail.com.

–Mary Ellen
Academic Counselor

Welcome to the website for the Mingo County Commission Upward Bound! We are currently recruiting new participants.  Don’t miss this great opportunity to join an orginization devoted to helping you prepare for college and having a lot of fun and new experiences along the way!