ADVISORY/TestU Sponsors SAT Preparation Event for New Bedford High School Students; Pilot School Strives to Increase Student Body's Average SAT Score.Business Editors ADVISORY ... May 30, 2000(Tues.) --(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 26, 2000 WHAT: TestU, the premiere online test preparation company, is sponsoring an online SAT Prep Event at the New Bedford High School New Bedford High School is a high school located in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The school's nickname is the Whalers.It's teams wear red and white. External links
to prepare students for the upcoming June 3rd administration of the SAT. Students will be taken through TestU's online SAT preparation course during a four-hour session. The company is giving away numerous prizes during the event, including a brand new Apple iMac computer. WHO: New Bedford High School Students Dr. Joseph Silva sil·va also syl·va n. pl. sil·vas or sil·vae 1. The trees or forests of a region. 2. A written work on the trees or forests of a region. , New Bedford New Bedford, city (1990 pop. 99,922), seat of Bristol co., SE Mass., at the mouth of the Acushnet River on Buzzard's Bay; settled 1640, set off from Dartmouth 1787, inc. as a city 1847. Superintendent (tentative tentative, adj not final or definite, such as an experimental or clinical finding that has not been validated. ) Frederick Kalisz, Mayor of New Bedford (tentative) Rick Bolton, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of TestU Other local education officials WHERE: New Bedford High School Science Resource Center 230 Hathaway Blvd New Bedford, MA 02740 WHEN: Tuesday, May 30th, 2:30PM - 6:30 PM WHY: The New Bedford High School is a fertile fer·tile adj. 1. Capable of conceiving and bearing young. 2. Fertilized. Used of an ovum. testing ground Noun 1. testing ground - a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation; "the new nation is a testing ground for socioeconomic theories"; "Pakistan is a laboratory for studying the use of American for the company's SAT Pilot Program. One of the largest and most diverse high schools in the state, TestU has chosen it for its Pilot initiative because "if TestU works here, it will work anywhere." The goal of the New Bedford Pilot is lofty: to raise an entire school's average SAT score significantly - something no company can claim to do in the history of test preparation. TestU's position is that access to high quality test preparation is the key to improving test scores. TestU hopes to democratize de·moc·ra·tize tr.v. de·moc·ra·tized, de·moc·ra·tiz·ing, de·moc·ra·tiz·es To make democratic. de·moc access to test prep by making it affordable for the masses, with programs costing as little as $25 per student, rather than hundreds of dollars. The partnership between the New Bedford School and TestU hopes to illustrate how schools can supplement their programs with online education. SPECIAL LOCAL ANGLE: Rick Bolton, President and CEO of TestU, was born in New Bedford. His mother retired from the New Bedford School 2 years ago after teaching there for 12 years and then working as a guidance counselor for another 26 years. And his grandmother used to be the Superintendent for Curriculum for the New Bedford School system until her retirement in 1976. In keeping with family tradition and the pursuit to give students the best education possible, Mr. Bolton is now working for an online test preparation company with the vision of democratizing test preparation to all students, from all economic backgrounds. |
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