Kewauna's One Goal

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“Kewauna wanted to better her life with the OneGoal program,she was determined about her education by getting to know her teacher and making her teacher remember her,anything she struggled with she worked more harder and studied more to get better.”(pg.5)Maritia wanted to better her education instead of telling her mom how hard KIPP academy was she kept pushing through it,with a 10 hour school day she went home and still studied more with no social life.Maritia also went to school on Saturday’s and went during the summer so she could attend high school.They both went to strict schools.Kewauna went to a school called One Goal.One Goal was a school which turned struggling students into college students.(pg.5)”If the 128 students,including kewauna,who

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