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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Yesterday, Student Support Services held a Mardi Gras Workshop/Party. We had a really good one, and had several students in attendance. The students got to make their own MG masks, hear some interesting facts about MG from the “Spirit of Mardi Gras”, eat Kings Cake and listen to Zydeco music. <b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Taylor Burch</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'> </span>won the prize for finding the coin in her slice of King’s Cake. She won a hat full of MG items and a $20.00 gift card. <b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Sam Harden</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'> </span>won the prize for the best mask, and <b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Dustin Welch</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'> </span>won the drawing for the Valentine Basket. All the students received beads, horns and masks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I hope that students will take advantage of the social, cultural, and educational events we offer at Student Support Services. We try to make them fun as well as educational. It helps the students, and it helps us to keep the program going.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Don’t forget<span style='font-size:14.0pt'>, <b>Wednesday, February 20<sup>th</sup> is National TRiO Day</b> </span>and we will be taking students to Oklahoma City to the Capitol to celebrate with the legislators and TRiO programs throughout Oklahoma. We would love to have as many students as can arrange to go with us as possible.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We are also planning a trip to the <b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Museum of Red River in Idabel on April 2</span></b>. More information for this trip will be sent via e-mail at a later date.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We are collecting items for the HUGS program for soldiers in the Middle East, so everyone bring what you can. We will box it up and take it with us on TRiO Day.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you to all who participated in the Mardi Gras event yesterday. A special thanks to Ms. Klocke for the information she gave us for the workshop.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sue Lovett<span style='color:#31859C;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#31859C;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>