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Tour BOOSTs students’ future goals By Jeanne putnam | contributor
A group of eight Tanglewood Middle School students got to smell the future at their Merus Refreshments tour on May 2. The tour was set up as a partnership between Merus Refreshments and Building Opportunities in Out of School Time, or BOOST. BOOST serves students participating in Green-
ville’s Communities in Schools program, which offers afterschool and summer programs, as well as opportunities to hear from different speakers such as former Gamecock turned 49er Marcus Lattimore. During last week’s tour, the students got to see the many working parts of a small business like Merus Refreshments and learn how different levels of education can open up a world of opportunities.
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Merus Refreshments co-owner Steve Bailey discussed how important it was for the students to finish high school and consider college. Bailey, who is not a college graduate, said, “Just because you don’t go to college doesn’t mean you can’t be super successful, but post-high school education is important.” In Bailey’s case, he had “great soft skills, but not having a college degree made it harder for me to be promoted,”
he said. “To get far in life, it’s about character, having a good work ethic, and integrity,” said Erica McCleskey, BOOST program director. “If school gets tough, don’t throw in the towel. Stick with it and graduate.” McCleskey and Bailey said they hoped to see the tour open the students’ eyes to career possibilities that they had not considered before. From student
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22 THE Journal | MAY 10, 2013