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3 Ways to Get a Return on Your College Investment

If you ask people that have had the opportunity to go to college, many will tell you that their college years were some of the best of their lives. But these same people will also tell you, the experience is what you make it. College is an investment and if you want to see a return, you will have to put in the work. During The Turner 12 College Workshop this past January, we sent our class of 2011 back to school armed to meet some of the challenges they experienced during their first semester as college freshmen. By sharing experiences and calming concerns, we wanted to help them understand how to avoid some of the mistakes we've made and accomplish some of the successes we've achieved along the way. We hope it does the same for you. Read more

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Looking Back at Thriving Minds Career Connections Camp 2012

Spring Break is a highly anticipated week for most students. It marks a vacation from their daily grind. But spring break was more than a vacation this year for The 12 as they had the opportunity to attend the Big Thought Thriving Minds Career Connections Camp.

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Spring Break 2012: Thriving Minds Career Connections Camp

For the second year, Big Thought hosted the Thriving Minds Career Connections Camp for Dallas ISD students in grades 6-8. Participants had the opportunity to explore potential career paths through hands-on activities at more than a dozen organizations in Dallas and Fort Worth.

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In Their Own Words

“To me a leader is someone who is responsible does good when no one is looking. Leaders are people who take education serious. Leaders do the right thing. I am a leader because I am doing great in school and I listen to my parents. I want to be a good leader for my younger siblings”- Ramona Canizales, future physician

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Turner 12 Freshman Miles Continues to Make Strides

One of the most puzzling things about this West Virginia team this season has been freshman forward Keaton Miles. A talented, highly touted recruit out of the prestigious Lincoln High School in Dallas, Miles was really the only freshman who received a lot of minutes who hadn’t started showing a lot of progress.

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