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Blog 9/29 - Family Weekend Edition!

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  THRIVE Director Notes Posts on this Blog will be directed to help families understand what is happening in our THRIVE Program.  Items discussed on the Blog have already occurred.  To keep updated on what’s coming up, please refer to the THRIVE activity calendar or the UCM activity calendar.  Also, if you are interested in learning more about assistance with your son/daughter learning how to drive, please contact Mr. Brunkhorst.   Director Notes: Wow! Thank you for all the participation this week. Lots of families came down for the festivities and joined in helping our students with our Float for Homecoming. It was great to see everyone. The students will be choosing their top 5 classes they’d like to take in the spring in the next few weeks.  Here are some added items that are discussed.  The classes should be 1000- or 2000-level courses or courses with no prerequisites.  Then the staff needs to review when our THRIVE classes are schedul...

Blog 9/22

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  THRIVE Director Notes Posts on this Blog will be directed to help families see what is going on in our THRIVE Program.  Items discussed on the Blog have already occurred.  To keep updated on what’s coming up, please refer to the THRIVE activity calendar or the UCM activity calendar.  Also, if you are interested in learning more about assistance with your son/daughter learning how to drive, please contact Mr. Brunkhorst.   Director Notes: We wanted to remind the families that if you hear something from your son/daughter that concerns you, please let your student’s teacher know: Mrs. Shelton for First-Year students, Dr. Manning for Second-Year students, and Mrs. Garnier for third—and fourth-year students. We have had several conversations with the students about where to go in the dorms and during the day. It can take some time to get everyone to understand where to go for assistance.  Candy, anyone... with Homecoming coming up in a few weeks, if any f...

Blog 9/15

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  THRIVE Director Notes Posts on this Blog will be directed to help families see what is going on in our THRIVE Program.  Items discussed on the Blog have already occurred.  To keep updated on what’s coming up please refer to the THRIVE activity calendar or UCM activity calendar.  Also, if you are interested in learning more about assistance with your son/daughter learning how to drive, please contact Mr. Brunkhorst.   Director Notes: We wanted to remind the families that if you hear something from your son/daughter that concerns you, please let your student’s teacher know: Mrs. Shelton for First-Year students, Dr. Manning for Second-Year students, and Mrs. Garnier for third —and fourth-year students. We have had several conversations with the students about who to go to in the dorms and during the day. It can take some time to get everyone to understand where to go for assistance.  Homecoming is coming on October 25th.  THRIVE students will walk ...