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That's right - we've got even MORE opportunities to serve your community this summer! 🤝 Now announcing our first few July Summer Service Days, where we'll be serving with Woodlawn United, Community on the Rise, and Julie Maeseele!
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Stay tuned, because we'll be announcing even more Summer Service Days very soon. All of these events are free and open to youth ages 13-18. Don't wait - spots will fill up fast, and it's first come, first served! Visit https://www.youthservebham.org/events to sign up today.

It’s not too late to checkout the awesome opportunities with Upward Bound! Apply now! ⬇️

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Congratulations to our Academy scholars on their competition wins at the FBLA conference! Our students are the most well-rounded kids I know! Not only are they excelling in Engineering and Law, but they are business leaders as well!

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Why should you want to be a RAMSAY RAM??? Well, the data speaks for itself! 💙⬇️

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Ramsay Ranked Among 2024 U.S. News and World Report's Best High Schools The high school on the hill in Birmingham’s Southside is among the best in the nation, according to US News and World Report.The publication placed Ramsay High School within the top 2,000 high schools in the nation. For frame of reference, there are more than 17,000 high schools in the 2024 rankin...

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We're excited to share our new Challenge launching today! The Young Entrepreneurs Challenge sponsored by Fleischer Scholars Program provides high school students an opportunity to build their business and entrepreneurs skills for chance to win a cash prize!

💡 The Challenge (April 15 - May 17)
Do you have a head full of brilliant business ideas but don't know how to unleash your inner entrepreneur? This Challenge is your answer! Discover the entrepreneurial secrets you need to transform your innovative ideas into reality!

🎥 The Mission
Using your creativity and entrepreneurship skills, create a 3-5 minute video pitching your idea for a new business or product to address a problem in your community.

💲 The Prize!
Submit your solutions by May 17, 2024, for a chance to earn up to $10,000 in prizes!

Join the Challenge: https://www.knopro.org/challenges/young-entrepreneurs-challenge/explore/?utm_campaign=Fleischer_April_Challenge_2024&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1713229020

🗣️INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY!!! Apply now! 💰⬇️

Jones Valley Teaching Farm is accepting applications for high school interns.

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The Academy of Law's first-year students recently attended the Minority Pre-Law Conference, hosted by the Alabama State Bar Young Lawyers Section. They gained valuable insights into the legal profession, networked with local attorneys and judges, and actively participated in a simulated court case. Our future legal professionals undoubtedly had an enriching experience. 💙⚖️📚

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The Academies at Ramsay IB High School have been BUSY!! Follow us for details! 💙💪🏽💯

This is an excellent opportunity! APPLY NOW before it’s too late! ⏰⬇️

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On International Women’s Day the Academy of Law celebrates the phenomenonal women who lead our academy! We are extremely grateful for their vision and leadership in propelling our program forward! 💙 ⚖️ 📚

Vote for our AOE scholars’ video: “The Two Trillion Dollar Crisis.” https://www.studentcam.org/

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Jacari Dillard & Erial Malone were the only students in the State of ALABAMA to place in the 2023 CSPAN StudentCam Documentary! With a film on inflation, they placed Third, Central Region! CSPAN travelled ALL THE WAY to Birmingham to recognize and celebrate them.

With a new documentary on Student Loans, they are up for the 2024 'Fan Favorite' Award. Vote Jacari and Erial's video as Fan Favorite.

1. Click on this website: https://www.studentcam.org/
2. Click on “Student Cam Fan Favorite Voting”
3. Vote for “The Two Trillion Dollar Crisis”

You can vote DAILY until March 10!

The City of Birmingham Department of Youth Services, in partnership with WBRC Fox 6, launches the 2024 Kids and Jobs program. This summer, DYS and Fox 6 will put hundreds of Birmingham Youth to work through this program.

Kids and Jobs is designed to help cultivate the professional development necessary for youth to become an integral part of the workforce. Both components will work a minimum of five hours per day, over a four-week period.

Subscribe for the Youth First Weekly Newsletter on BhamYouthFirst.org to be notified when applications are available.

Parents, please take a moment to complete the annual Title 1 Parent Survey. Your input is valued!

Last week, our scholars in the Academy of Law attended Oral Arguments before the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals held at Samford University. The event was sponsored by the Birmingham Bar Foundation. This was followed by lunch on campus with presentations from the Cumberland School of Law Admissions Office and Ambassadors. Students also participated in a discussion with the Dean of Cumberland, Blake Hudson and toured the Law School and library. Students thoroughly enjoyed this experience and left energized and enthusiastic about a career in the legal profession!

Special thanks to representatives from the Birmingham Bar Foundation and Cumberland School of Law for making this possible.

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Yesterday, students in the Academy of Law and the Youth in Government club attended the National Black Professional Lobbyist Association’s conference to participate in a teen mentoring summit designed to expose students to the field of lobbying and related career opportunities. Our students looked so professional, were very engaged, and asked awesome questions! The future is so bright for these Ramsay scholars 💙💚🖤📚💻🏆!!

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Students in the Academy of Law’s Introduction to Public Safety class have really hit the ground running! Today, they heard from guest speaker, Attorney Rodney Davis who gave powerful insight into what’s required to be successful in the legal profession. Thank you to our law instructor, Mr. Wes Dismuke for inviting Attorney Davis. ⚖️📚

Is your scholar interested in a career in the legal profession?

APPLY NOW for the newly NAF certified Academy of Law at Ramsay! This program is open to rising ninth and tenth graders who have already been accepted to Ramsay for the 2023-2024 school year, or are currently enrolled.

Click the link to apply: https://forms.gle/9CshDqepUtN1AWFY8

We had a very special guest speaker in the Law Academy today! Ramsay’s very own Athletic Director, Coach John Benjamin, shared his expertise on the topic of Sports Law. 🏈⚾️🏀

Our scholars were very engaged and even argued back and forth on some of the topics and court cases discussed. We truly have future attorneys in the making. ⚖️📚

Thank you Coach Ben! 💙

The Academy of Law would like to give a special shout out to our FANTASTIC Law teacher, Mrs. Alexis Lillie.

Mrs. Lillie teaches the Introduction to Criminal Justice course for our Law Academy scholars, in addition to her advanced history courses.

We appreciate you, Mrs. Lillie, for your hard work and dedication to our Academy program, and for pushing our scholars to greatness!! 👏🏽💙🎉⚖️📚

Students in Mrs. Lillie’s Introduction to Criminal Justic class attended the Minority Pre-Law Conference today at Birmingham Southern College sponsored by the Alabama State Bar Young Lawyers Section.

Students participated in a mock trial, received valuable information from practicing attorneys about the law school journey, and listened to a panel discussion with judges and attorneys. They also attended a luncheon with keynote speaker, Judge Ruby Davis!

This is a great experience for our future atrorneys and judges! Exposure and representation matter! 💙⚖️📚💼👩🏽‍⚖️👨🏾‍💻

There are great things happening on the hill! Students in Mrs. Lillie’s Introduction to Criminal Justice class are gearing up for a law debate. Their debate topic: Drug use should be treated as a health issue and not a criminal justice issue. We can’t wait to hear our scholars’ positions! Keep soaring!! 📚👩🏽‍💻📖📝

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY: The Civil Rights Activist Committee "Home of the Foot Soldiers" will be celebrating its 21st Annual Reunion celebrating 60 years of the Civil Rights movement. This year, the organization will be giving away 3 scholarships to seniors from Birmingham City Schools. If interested, please email [email protected] to receive additional information.
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Talladega College invites you and your family to join us for Dega Day! This event gives future Degans the opportunity to experience our welcoming community and to learn about all the ways we can support them in their educational journey! You will meet current students, faculty, staff and administrators who will all be on hand to greet you with a smile. Come and learn why Talladega College is student-first and committed to student success! Come to Dega Day and put Talladega College at the top of your list!

LINK TO REGISTER:
https://talladegacollege.info/DEGADay
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In November 2008, Judge Shanta Owens was elected to the bench to serve as a District Judge in the criminal division for the 10th Judicial Circuit of Alabama. She is the presiding judge for the drug court program for the Birmingham Division of Jefferson County, a rehabilitation program for nonviolent drug offenders who want to live drug free lives.

Judge Shera Grant became a district court judge in January 2016. Prior to taking the bench, she practiced in a variety of areas. Immediately following law school, she practiced as a prosecutor with the City of Atlanta and the DeKalb County District Attorney's Office. Both of the Birmingham natives graduated from Alabama State University. Both graduated from law school at Louisiana State University. While Grant went to Atlanta after law school, Owens came back to Birmingham and both ended up with jobs as prosecutors.
Judge Owens and Judge Grant are 1995 Ramsay High School graduates. The sisters hold the distinction of being the first and only set of identical twins to serve simultaneously as state court judges in Jefferson County, Alabama.
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