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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D">OK Colleagues & Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D">I hope this note finds you well and ready for another great year. You all do such important work. The Student Preparation Team appreciates what you do for Oklahoma’s
future.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D">The Student Preparation Team of the State Regents has been preparing for the year as well. Two schedules are attached AND were mailed in hard copy to all public, private
and career tech school sites. Registration is open for both the workshops and retreats at:
<a href="http://okhighered.org/epas/prof-dev.shtml">http://okhighered.org/epas/prof-dev.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">Ø<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D">Please note the September 14-15 Counselor’s Retreat is much earlier than we have had these in the past. We hope this will be a good time especially for the
newest counselors among you to get together with experienced folks and pick their brains. We need you to register ASAP.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D">In case you have not yet ordered Explore and Plan we will send the ordering instructions in another note.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D">Please let one of us know if we can be of assistance to you. Our contact information is available at
<a href="http://okhighered.org/epas/contact.shtml">http://okhighered.org/epas/contact.shtml</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D">We hope you will be able to join us.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#17365D">Cindy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#17365D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#17365D">Cynthia Brown, Ed.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#17365D">Director, Student Preparation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D"><img border="0" width="251" height="55" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CFB30A.C08EC2A0" alt="Description: RegentHighEdu-2c-horz-lr"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">"</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#17365D">It is impossible to live without failing at something,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#17365D">unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#17365D">— in which case, you fail by default." - J. K. Rowling</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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