All Upward Bound classes were assigned a project to create a hope PSA for the radio station WLEN (Public Service Announcement). The challenge: to create a message to spread the word of hope, and give people a sense of support if they are or were feeling down. The students worked in small groups, where they all put in their ideas, and blended them all into one master piece. The group of Alexis Kelley, Dontae Edwards, Robon Edwards and Tianna Cooper won first place in their age category, which won a grand prize of one hundred dollars for the classroom, and the privilege of recording the PSA at WLEN to be aired during commercials for the duration of the rest of 2016. These first place winners were thrilled that they had the opportunity to be on the radio. If you were to ask any of the these students if they would do this again, in a heartbeat all of them would be proud to say...YES!
By: Tianna Cooper
By: Tianna Cooper