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Cycle27
Get Smart Speakers come to WLGOS
Speakers from the Get Smart Program came to our campus and shared their stories with us. 
"Operation Get Smart (OGS) is a crime prevention/public awareness program sponsored by the South Carolina Department of Corrections. It was implemented in 1976 and for more than past 30 years OGS has been a model program used by other states interested in implementing effective crime prevention programs. The program is aimed primarily at youth in an effort to deter them from making poor decisions resulting in criminal behavior and prison sentences." (from the SC Department of Corrections site- http://www.doc.sc.gov/programs/getsmart.jsp)
The following are key words and points that the speakers made as they told their stories and made observation about their choices.
I made choices, they just were all wrong.
I had self-pride, but wrong pride...it was not for accomplishing good.
I had a negative lifestyle.
I had options, paths to take and I opted to blame my problems on others/the environment.
I was making the same mistakes that "others" made and they were the ones I blamed for my problems. I had become them.
Negative attitude plus negative thinking leads to negative actions/choices.
Did not think I would ever get caught.
MY actions and choices have hurt many people.
Opportunity knocks...just be sure it is good because bad opportunity knocks also.
I cut corners... took the easy route...Did not want to work hard...Did not want to put in the effort.
I accept the responsibility for my choices...
We always have a choice...
"Get smart and Stay smart"
Reward in Ms. Flynn's Class
Reward in Ms. Flynn's Class
Ms. Flynn rewarded her morning classes on Friday, August 20. Students were rewarded with fresh baked cookies.A fine reward. Those who received the cookies had obtained a specified score in her class in academics AND in behavior. These pictures are from 4th period where everyone earned a sweet treat. Congratulations to all and be patient afternoon people... it will be worth it.
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College 103
College 103 has started. The following cadets are enrolled in this class through Midlands Tech. Please read about the class below.
Boone, Theodore Brian Duggins, Keith Antonio Gantt, Simon Lukas Garrett, Malcolm C. Graham, Christopher Gregory, Jared Timothy Grice, Dylan Michael Harrington, Malik Mandela Lamer, Steven Jacob Myers, Emanuel Leon Nicholson, Michaeljohn Reed, William Grayson Roberts, Zachary Wrenn Robinson, Ethan M Shoop, Micah Alexander Ray Stone, Anthony L.College 103 is a course of Midland's Technical College. Students meet regularly to complete the number of required hours of Midlands tech. The class is taught by a professor from the college.
Students study the following:
- Listening and taking notes
- Conducting research
- Discovering and using their learning styles
- Processing information into their memory systems
- Using twelve principles of memory
- Becoming a time manager and goal setter
- Developing self-management skills
- Test taking skills
Students have weekly class time, complete homework assignments, complete projects, and take tests. This course is designed to help prepare cadets for college courses. It is an excellent opportunity for those who are eligible to participate.
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School has started
School did not start until one week after Cadets arrived. The first week is the time for instruction in military protocol and procedure...
There are no pictures at this time, but hope to get some this week (first week of August). There is video from Ms. Leopard's math class of some cadets sending greetings home. We do not like to interfere with the classes except with permission or by invitation from the teacher. SO, check out the video in Capzles.
The following pictures are from orientation to the Library for one class. The library is open during school hours. 
Students may check out books and magazines, use computers for approved purposes, play chess and more. They may come once a day with a pass or when a classroom teacher brings a group.
Guidance
My name is Mark Ready and I am the Guidance Counselor at the Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School. My primary focus is to help our students determine a career path and develop a plan for reaching their goals. As with most 16 to 18 year olds, many of our students have no idea where they are heading. As a means of addressing this issue, we have all of our students complete the PIC DV 2000 Interest Inventory. For those who continue to struggle (or for those who so choose), we follow up with the Kuder Interest Inventory. We also address the unrealistic expectations of what GED recipients are capable of achieving in the short term by investigating the requirements for entering certain employment fields and universities, to understand that “we can not be anything that we want to be, BUT we can be anything that we work to be.” Lastly, we try to set their plan into action by completing employment and college applications, discussing the most successful job search strategies, and practicing interview skills. In short, the goal of guidance at WLGOS is develop the skills that will lead our students towards becoming a responsible and productive citizen.
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