Where in the World Were Our Students this Summer!

This summer our students engaged in a variety of enriching summer activities, we are so so proud of the kinds of work and service that they engaged in and want to highlight some of their awesome summer adventures! First up in our Where in the World are our Fisk Wesley Students are Taylor Bostic and Jaece Huston.

Taylor Bostic is a Rising Senior. During her summer Taylor is working as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) at a local Nursing Home/ Assisted Living Facility in her home state of Indiana. In this Role Taylor works the night shift, and dedicates her evenings to making sure her residents are dry, comfortable and safe throughout the night.  When Taylor is not working, she is spending time in the classroom taking classes at Indiana University! 

Jaece Huston is also a rising Senior who is dedicating is summer to doing justice and Advocacy work. At the start of the summer Jaece hosted Collin College’s third annual Juneteenth Celebration. This month Jaece is also headed to North Carolina to participate in the HBCU Southern Summer Institute for Worker Justice. To round out his awesome summer work Jaece has also spent time over the summer serving as summer teacher for pre-K students. 

This summer, Jonathan Calhoun,  Worked as a lead lifeguard for Clayton County Georgia. Alongside this  Jonathan undertook an  internship with a Fulton County Judge that allowed Jonathan to get a hands on experience in the justice system in Georgia.  The internship included, getting a chance to meet eh Governor of Georgia, as well as various lawyers in a variety of different law practices, and having a chance to take note on different active court cases. Over all it was a wonderful introduction to what it may be like to work in the law & justice fields! 

Jonathan Calhoun, pictured in the rear right side of the photo, stands with fellow program participants in a phot with the Georgia Governor.

Next up is rising senior Danielle Claybon. Danielle spent the summer was spending time with  family, catching up on some much needed rest. She also got time to spend time in solitude and quiet. Danielle also enjoyed the chance to go to a concert and just have fun overall! 

Rising senior Alyssa Holt, This summer, Alyssa partnered with Uncommon Schools as a Summer Teaching Fellow, teaching math to rising 9th graders and focusing on the 8th-grade curriculum during Summer Academy. Alongside teaching, she attended conferences, engaged in vital professional development, and worked on a Capstone project. Alyssa’s project involved creating a policy memo addressing the disproportionate rates of minorities receiving special education services.

Ms. Holt working with her students in the Classroom!

Brian Thornton spent his summer completing an internship at Meharry Medical college through Bachelor of Science/ Doctor of Medicine program. The  summer internship works to improve the MCAT scores  of prospective medical students, and also helps students to get an idea of what it is like to attend medical school. After completing the program Brian has received conditional acceptance into Meharry! Along with his amazing work through Meharry, Brian also continued working is job at Chic-fil-A this summer. 

This summer, Rising Junior Syrai Lovelace,  had the opportunity to research with the Department of Health about wearable products that the military is using today. She also had the opportunity to do a training with the Red Cross Discussing the impact of donating blood, and how receiving donated blood can help those affected with sickle cell disease.

Pictured above is Syrai presenting the work and research she did this summer on military personnel and their wearable supplies.

Our students did amazing things this summer and we can't wait to hear more about them when they return to campus! We hope they continue to have great last few days of summer!