ABOVE WATER Newsletter
Vol. 3, Issue 6 | FEB 2022
NO ONE GET'S THERE ALONE
TOP STORY
Elevate Beyond Student Receives Full-Ride Scholarship Offer to St. John's University
Graduating senior and Elevate Beyond student, Davinno Hayles, is very passionate about his journey of becoming a Thoracic Surgeon. Davinno has received offers from seven (7) colleges, six (6) being partial scholarships and one full-ride offer to St. John's University in Queens, NY. Davinno has longed to relocate back to Queens, where he spent most of his childhood growing up. We are extremely proud of Davinno! Continue to soar the Elevate Way.
THE ELEVATE CULTURE
ACCREDITED CLASSES
The Great Debate- "Seeing is Believing"
One of the life skills we teach is Communication. In our ninth grade class, Intro to Elevate, Mr. Carter is seen teaching the importance of Communication through the form of debate. The topic was “seeing is believing,” is this theory true? They really enjoyed this lesson!
Family Portraits
We pride ourselves on being a family and we foster this culture every semester by taking a class-wide photo with each class to create our family portraits. These portraits are posted on our wall, under our family tree, for our students and visitors to see when they visit our classroom. Pictured above is our Elevater I class, which is comprised of 10th and 11th grade students.
MENTORING
Galentines
"Galentines" is a blend of gal and Valentine's Day, which is a day women celebrate their female friendships. Ms. Davis spent her Valentine's day with some of her mentees discussing self-love. Afterwards, they enjoyed a game of bowling and shared some of their interest and aspirations in life.
HeMotions
We encourage our guys to be more in-tune with their emotions and interests in life. So many young men suppress their inner feelings and we know that can have negative long term effects. This month we collaborated with a locally black-owned business called Lovestones and the Frank Callen Boys & Girls Club to host one of our signature events, HeMotions. We discussed the benefits and challenges of entrepreneurship and the pillars of their brand which are love and trust. Afterwards we played a few games of full court basketball.
COLLEGE & CAREER
JCB Apprenticeship Program
Workforce development is a huge part of College and Career. This month we collaborated with the CTAE department to take some of our seniors on a trip to JCB with other students from around the district and surrounding counties. JCB is a British manufacturer of equipment for industries like construction and agriculture. Its North American Headquarters is located in Savannah, GA., where they have a world class apprenticeship program that creates many career opportunities. Seen above is Ms. Thompson and Mr. Walker with some of our seniors who attended this event this event and applied for the apprenticeship program.
ADVENTURE
Savannah State University Basketball Game & Winter Homecoming
Many of our students love basketball and some have never been to a college game. Ms. Davis and Mr. Walker took a coed group of mentees to see the Savannah State University Tigers vs Fort Valley State University Wildcats. This game was special as this was the last game of the regular season and the Lady Tigers made history with a 25-1 overall season record. The ladies were honored and served as a great representation of HBCU excellence to our students to end off Black History Month.
ELEVATE SPOTLIGHT
Elevate Beyond Students Represent BHS at the SCCPSS Economic Development Partnership Designation Meeting
On February 18, 2022 the Savannah Chatham County Public School System hosted the Economic Development Partnership Designation meeting. They discussed ongoing efforts to connect curriculum and classroom work with careers of the future, and to connect business partners to the daily work of the district. Two of our students represented for the Medical Pathway students and Beach High School overall. Seen above is Sahara Norwood and Ameer Phillips with Principal Daughtry.
Elevate Savannah Awarded $75,000 from Elevate USA and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
We are thrilled to announce that Elevate USA has been awarded a grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), which will be distributed over the course of three years. This means that participating affiliates, Elevate Savannah included, will receive $75,000 EACH across three years.

In conjunction with Elevate USA, we are honored to be awarded and entrusted with these funds, and excited to continue delivering transformative mentoring relationships with youth in our community.
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