Farewell for now Eastie!

Hi Eastie Scholars and Families, 

I had so much fun attending reunion with Jakara, Ronaldo, Ke'Andre, Pam, Alex, and Denise last week!  We enjoyed ourselves so much and got to reconnect with previous and current members of the SEAD family.  The goodbyes were heartwarming, hope you see each other again this coming summer before you all head off to college!

My ten weeks here have gone by so quickly, I really can't believe that by Thursday my stay with you will be over. 

I'm extremely thankful for the time I've had with you, and will remember the special times each one of you came to visit me in the College Access office to brighten my day.  

I hope I was able to do the same for you!

Come by to see me by or before Thursday so we can say our proper goodbyes!

Farewell Eastie Scholars!

Bev 

Let's get ready for Fall Reunion!

Get pumped for Fall Reunion Eastie!

We will meet at South Station tomorrow (Wednesday, November 10th) at 12:30pm to catch a bus to Hanover with the Bronx students.

Directions to South Station:

• From Airport via the Subway 
• Take the Blue line to Bodwin, get off at the Orange Line stop at State 
• Take the Orange Line train towards Forest Hills, stop at Downtown Crossing on the Red Line
• Take the Red Line train to Braintree OR Ashmont, and stop at the South Station stop
• I'll be at the commuter rail food court waiting for you, call if you need further directions
• Make sure to have a hearty breakfast beforehand!

What to bring:

• Notebooks, textbooks, laptops, laptop chargers, calculators, homework etc.  Anything you need to succeed academically!
• College grids, transcripts, any SEAD summer or college application materials you are working on.
• Five days worth of warm clothing, fall is moving in to winter y'all.
• Your enthusiasm :)

Feel free to shoot me a text or call me if you have any last minute questions!

Bev

Go Celtics!

Hi SEAD family, friends, and scholars!  

The Eastie students have been working so hard this October, compiling recommendations and starting essays for their selected colleges, not to mention working hard to prep for the SAT this coming weekend, Saturday, November 7th!

In the meantime, I've been scheduling events to reward their hard work.  We attended the Celtics vs 76ers game on October 28th.  The Celtics won!  JP, Ronaldo, and I had a fantastic time celebrating each point of the victory, Celtics 112, 76ers 95!

One scholar in particular has been putting immense effort and focus on preparing for his SAT.  I took him out to Angela's Cafe to commensurate his diligence....

Great work this month Ronaldo!

Have a lovely November everyone!

Bev

Our trip to Rhode Island!

Hello again SEAD family and Friends!

College application season is upon us for our Eastie SEAD scholars and seniors, so to kick it off I'm here to feature some of the highlights of our trip to Rhode Island College this month!

We did a full campus tour, including each departmental building, and even one of the new dorms on campus!  Later in the day, we also had a free lunch provided by Viga, sponsored by RIC and Talent Search. This visit couldn't have been more useful for getting our students to envision themselves on a college campus a year from now!

Thanks for attending Jakara, Ronaldo, Alex, JP, and Miguel!

Our tour guide a Business and Management student giving us an overview of where we were located on campus during the tour

Miguel observes and appreciates black and white prints in the Art Building

Jakara and Ronaldo chatting as we made our way around campus for the tour

Can't wait for this week's adventures!

Bev

Fall Soccer Wins!

Hi again SEAD family and friends!

Here at Eastie the days are rolling merrily along, and our fabulous scholars are settled in to their courses and schedules.  I've been enjoying sitting in on their classes and relishing the enthusiastic, unexpected office drop-ins from the students. The highlight of this week though was the spontaneous invite to Pam's soccer game last Friday.  Though I only got to stay for the first half of the game, I wasn't surprised to hear thabet the lady Jets defeated their challengers!

It was such a lovely day out!

   Thanks for inviting me Pam and congrats on the win!

Hope you are all having a lovely week!

Bev

Cheers for our leading ladies!

Hope you all enjoyed the long, warm weekend!

Thanks to the scholars for welcoming the SEAD Leadership team to Eastie, the meetings with each of you made each moment of the visit well worth it!   My only regret is that our scheduled SEAD family dinner wasn't able to take place due to the major conflict with the NHS family dinner. Nonetheless, parents, please feel free to reach out to me if you would like to talk and get up to speed on where the scholars are at with me!

Featured this week we have Jakara for being a leader last Friday and bringing the college application process to her peers in her classes' off hour!  She came to my office and asked for materials to get her class started on picking colleges of interest.

Amazing job for taking the reigns on getting your peers up to speed for college apps Jakara!!

Last week, I was also privy to Eastie's drama club giving me a sneak peek of their school-wide performance this coming November.

Starring our fabulous resident starlet, Alex Mitchell!

Eating it up!

Hi again Eastie scholars, family, and friends!

I've been having a blast continuing to get to know the scholars, and I know the SEAD Eastie families and scholars are very much looking forward to the SEAD Leadership visit and SEAD family dinner taking place tomorrow (this Wednesday!) at 5:30pm in the EBHS Library Conference room!  

Just last week, on Friday after school Alex and I were talking about her classes and the fact that she's already finished the common application and her personal statement...!  So in celebration we spontaneously decided to go to Misono, a Korean restaurant in downtown Boston to explore and entertain our tastebuds.  It was absolutely delicious!

Once again hope to see SEAD friends and family at the SEAD Leadership dinner tomorrow night!

Bev