Mr. Litoff's Scholarship Math

I want to make sure students understand the power of scholarships in relation to dollars per hour. Here is how it works:

If you spend 5 hours working on getting a 250 dollar scholarship you will be making the equivilant of 50 dollars per hour. Now, lets list all the legal jobs that pay that amount to teenagers.........................................

My point is that those of you who have put off or been put off by filling out scholarships need to consider the above math problem. The money you get from scholarships can be anything from tuition assistance to cold hard cash. Its up to all of you to take advantage of the many scholarships that are available every year.

I also want to emphasize that many of the scholarships available are not competitive, which means that if you apply for them, you WILL get them. All it takes is a few letters of recommendation and a paragraph or two.

Opportunity Passport

There will be some changes to Opportunity Passport over the next few months. We are trying to make more slots for youth at SPA. Some of the upcoming changes include:

1. Allowing students to be the program till age 24, not just for 3 years.
2. Issuing Visa gift cards for surveys
3. Reducing the paperwork involved when signing up and requesting a match

Also, we are getting more SPA youth involved with the LEAP board at the main YES program headquarters in Linda Vista. LEAP is a board of students that tries to make life better for foster youth in and out of the system.

Please see Mr. Litoff for more details at (760)233-4028 ex. 305 or at blitoff@access2jobs.org or on campus from 3:30pm - 8pm M-F with the occasional Saturday or Sunday.

Opp Passport and other things...

Students and alumni are really saving on campus. I helped another student open a CD last week and another will be purchasing a laptop computer in the next week.

More and more students are signing up and getting accounts. Please see Mr. Litoff for more info.

Palomar Pomerado Red Shirt Program

Students interested in the health care field should contact Ms. Taylor about this opportunity.

6 month internship

Learn about how a hospital works!

Mr. Litoff's Guest Speakers

This week we have a variety of speakers

5/15 - Alex Urbano is reviewing apartment leases. The class is learning about the contractual obligations when renting an apartment from a real land lord.

5/17 - Our class will be meeting with a veterinarian in the Health and Wellness Center.

Career Speakers and events Mr. Litoff's class

This week and next we will have more speakers in Mr. Litoff's classroom.

4/19 - Army

4/20 - Career Counselor from Palomar

4/25 - Ameriprise finanical counselor - in the auditorium

4/26 - Navy

4/30 - National Guard

Correction from Last Blog

The correct date for the financial planner is 4/25/2007

We have a college counselor from Palomar speaking on 4/20/2007