Monthly Archive for May, 2010

May 2010 - Austin Heroes vs. Dobie Heroes Annual End of Year Soccer match!

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May 2010 - Austin Heroes vs. Dobie Heroes Annual End of Year Soccer match! Launch Pad celebrated its third annual indoor soccer event against the Austin Police Department. For the third school year in a row, APD Chief Art Acevedo made time from his very busy schedule to go toe-to-toe against some of Dobie Middle Schools exceptional athletes and interact with the students. Launch Pad students who have worked diligently throughout the school year to improve their attendance, behavior and grades were exempted from morning classes to particiapte in the soccer event. We use this end of year event to show the students that with hard work and improvement comes great reward and fun!   We were also joined by the new APD District Commander, Sergeant Holland.  Fortunately for LP students, they experieced a big win over the APD in the match.  Local news 8 covered the event and our program. To watch the clip of News 8, visit the News 8 Austin link on the front page of our website.  Launch Pad co founder and Executive Director David Contreras thanks Chief Acevedo and the ADP for their continued support in the first picture below!

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May 2010 - LaunchPad adds music

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May 2010 - LaunchPad adds music, a new element to the class to help students express their creative side!  With a newly welcomed addition to LP volunteer team, Polo Jaimes brings one of his many talents to the after school program. A successful businessman and gifted musician, Polo brought instruments and music to one of our after school classes to demonstrate to the students and allow them to experience thier creative expression.  The experience was an instant hit for the students as several of them discovered a new love for music! This will be an added feature to the LP after school program.

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December 2009 - Parent University gets a major boost!

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This years Parent University (PU) was another major success!  Despite the cold, rainy night, we had over 180 parents and 180 students show up for a night of education and fun.  Again the largest evening event held on the School campus.  Launch Pad joined forces with Celebration Church who provided 32 student interns to help with promoting and volunteering at the event. The Celebration interns were a key part of the night’s success and fun. THANK YOU Celebration Church!

We used dance and drama to entertain the 180 students. While students were engaging in fun filled team building activites, parents were gathered in the school theater learning from a variety of special speakers such as Rolando Fernandez, an assistant to the City Manager of Austin who brought a powerful testimony of overcoming obstacles and poverty to achieve lasting success through education and perseverance.  We also had the Austin Police Department provide insights to key areas such as domestic abuse and school truency issues. The goals of Parent University were achieved by educating parents about the critical importance of engaging in thier student’s education while at the same time engaging the students in fun filled games teaching them the importance of team building!
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Februrary 2010 - LaunchPad After School Program

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LaunchPad After School Program expands into the school cafeteria in year three.  The growth of LaunchPad’s (LP) after-school program has been tremendous over the 2009-2010 school year.  We started our program in Spring 2007 with 7-10 students. Last school year 2008-2009, we ended with an average of 30 students per class.  This school year 2009-2010, we have had as many as 70 students in our after school program! Launch Pad is currently the largest afterschool program on campus holding a steady average attendance of 50 students per class!   Our students come every week eager to learn and actively participdate in discussions.

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