THIRTY STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM HEP AT ABAC

HEP graduates from ABAC include the following: Front Row (left to right): Raul Demillon, Teresa Preciado, Ivonne Puebla, Juan L. Rodriguez, and Sergio Puebla. Middle Row (left to right): Guillermina Maldonado, Alma Salazar, and Ana Cortes. Back Row (left to right): Uriel Donghu, Neptali Joachin, Noe Rodriguez, Lilia Ruiz, Claudia Lopez, and Rosa Esquivel.

Thirty students recently completed the requirements for graduation from HEP (High School Equivalency Program) at Abraham Baldwin College. Olga Contreras, HEP Coordinator, said these students were eligible to receive their General Education Development (GED) diplomas at graduation exercises on Oct. 11, 2003

HEP is an educational program designed to help students from migrant or seasonal farm worker backgrounds obtain the equivalence of a high school diploma so that they can gain employment or be placed in an institution of higher education or vocational training.

The program, which is beginning its third year at ABAC, is funded by a five-year federal grant. ABAC’s program is the first one in the state of Georgia. HEP has been in existence since 1968, and 55 programs exist throughout the country.

The students and their hometowns are as follows:

ASHBURN

Uriel Donghu-Hernandez

Veronica Salinas

BYROMVILLE

Ismael Reyes

CHULA

Rocio Herrera-Jimenez

CLAXTON

Raul Demillon

Julio Alpizar Flores

CUMMING

Karla Yesenia Cruz

DENTON

Ana Patricia Cortés

DOUGLAS

Erika Alatorre

Miguel Angel Alatorre

Ivonne M. Puebla

Sergio Puebla

ELLENTON

Wendy S. Vasquez

FORT VALLEY

Rosa Delima Esquivel

Claudia E. Lopez

Evangelina Medina

Sujey G. Medina

Martin Reyes

LYONS

Alma Salazar

MOULTRIE

Amber B. Thompson

NASHVILLE

Monica Garza

PERRY

Teresa Preciado

Noe J. Rodriguez

TIFTON

Neptali Joachin

Guillermina Maldonado

Monica M. Rojas

Daniela Zapata

VALDOSTA

Francisco Marques

WARNER ROBINS

Lilia Ruiz

WILLACOOCHEE

J Juan L. Rodriquez

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