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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Good afternoon,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">It saddens my heart to share this news - our Oklahoma students will not be able to attend a Summer Academy at any of our institutions this summer. 
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">This is posted on the OKcollegestart Summer Academies webpage,
<a href="http://www.okcollegestart.org/summer-academies">www.okcollegestart.org/summer-academies</a>:
</span><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">Consistent with state efforts to mitigate spread of the COVID-19 virus and given the transition of many colleges and universities to online instruction for the summer term, the 2020 Summer
 Academies have been postponed until summer 2021. Full information and registration instructions will be available in spring 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Please share this information with your parents/guardians.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Other links to share with your parents/guardians and staff:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">          
<b>ACT</b> has free resources <a href="https://www.act.org/content/act/en/covid19.html">
https://www.act.org/content/act/en/covid19.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Included in this are some free Online ACT Test Prep classes:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.kaptest.com/class/AKKV200011"><b>ACT Prep Class</b></a><b> –
</b></span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">April 18, 1 pm to 2:30 pm CT<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.kaptest.com/class/AKKV200012"><b>ACT Bootcamp</b></a><b> –
<span style="color:#002060">April 29, 6 pm to 7:30 pm CT</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Info on
<b>concurrent enrollment</b> and our concurrent enrollment toolkits for parents: <a href="https://secure.okcollegestart.org/College_Planning/Prepare_for_College/concurrent_enrollment.aspx">
https://secure.okcollegestart.org/College_Planning/Prepare_for_College/concurrent_enrollment.aspx</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Parent Quick Glance for Concurrent Enrollment:
<a href="https://secure.okcollegestart.org/College_Planning/Prepare_for_College/concurrent_enrollment.aspx#toolkit">
https://secure.okcollegestart.org/College_Planning/Prepare_for_College/concurrent_enrollment.aspx#toolkit</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;text-indent:.25in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">OSRHE COVID-19 Resources:
<a href="https://www.okhighered.org/state-system/corona/">https://www.okhighered.org/state-system/corona/</a>  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;text-indent:.25in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">OSRHE COVID-19 Campus Resources, updated information for each campus:
<a href="https://www.okhighered.org/state-system/corona/">https://www.okhighered.org/state-system/corona/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Information regarding OKPromise grading for teachers and counselors: 
<a href="https://www.okhighered.org/okpromise/teachers-counselors.shtml">https://www.okhighered.org/okpromise/teachers-counselors.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Don’t forget to breathe! Make sure and take time for YOU!! 
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Take care!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Lisa Nelson<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Director of Student Preparation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="mailto:lnelson@osrhe.edu">lnelson@osrhe.edu</a></span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="http://www.okhighered.org/student-prep">www.okhighered.org/student-prep</a></span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Office:  405.225.9257<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Cell: 580.614.1328<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">“True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self.”~Joseph Addison<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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