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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Has anyone heard of Quest Bridge?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";
color:#1F497D'>Linda Mason, Ed.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Coordinator of Grant Writing Assistance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>655 Research Parkway, Suite 200<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Oklahoma City, OK 73104<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>405-225-9486<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>405-225-9230 FAX<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>lmason@osrhe.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Brown, Cynthia
(OSRHE) <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 01, 2011 10:13 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Academic Distribution List; Mickel, Natasha; McCullar, Alicia;
Gear-Up<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Quest Bridge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:navy'>A counselor called asking if I had heard of Quest Bridge. I
haven’t so I’m tapping ya’ll. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:navy'>Apparently it is a scholarship service that takes the information
of low income students and matches them with high-powered schools, i.e.,
Harvard etc. If there is a match then it is a contract similar to Early
Decision. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:navy'>Counselor is skeptical as he finds little info and has never heard
of them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:navy'>Anyone???<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:navy'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:navy'>Cindy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";
color:navy'>Cynthia Brown, Ed.D.</span><span style='font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";
color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";
color:navy'>Director of Student Preparation</span><span style='font-family:
"Bradley Hand ITC";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";
color:navy'>Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";
color:navy'>405-225-9156</span><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:navy'> </span><span
style='font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:navy'>“What if we had fail-safe schools that treated the failure of
a single child as equally tragic as a nuclear meltdown, chemical spill, or an
airplane crash?”</span><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:navy'>“Three Musts for Bolstering Student Achievement” by
Vicki Urquhart in Changing Schools, Summer 2008 (Vol. 58, p. 1-2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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