Word: elissa
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...Counselors help kids choose whom to ask for recommendations and then edit the cover letters and resumes that students are told to give to the chosen instructors. There's even strategizing on the art of asking. "Make sure you ask for a strong letter. You have to say strong," Elissa Hull, a counselor in Achieva's Cupertino center, insists to senior Will Chen. If the teacher demurs, she says, Chen should yank back the request rather than end up with lukewarm praise. Achieva keeps its student records in files that look like doctor's folders, with vitals--classes, test scores...
...hired guards; others canceled classes altogether. There is no telling exactly how many of these threats were serious. But it's clear that Littleton, at the very least, has given troubled and misguided kids a new way to garner attention. "Most kids aren't interested in this stuff," says Elissa Benedek, a professor of clinical psychiatry at the University of Michigan. "But there are lots of unhappy ones who want their moment in the sun, and this...
...also likely to be more active for more years than your parents were, which you should factor into your plans. "Sixty-five is younger now than it ever was," says Elissa Buie, president of the Institute for Certified Financial Planners. She recommends that clients make plans to live through four stages of retirement: continuing to work to some degree; pursuing active leisure, such as travel and tennis, with little or no work; shifting to more sedentary pursuits, like gardening and reading, as one's energy wanes; and finally, dealing with declining health and serious illness...
...Elissa Hart '97 was the last Crimson volleyball player to surpass the 1,000-kill mark. She ended her career with...
This team saw the lvy League title slip from its fingertips in 1995 and 1996, then last year lost twice in the lvy Tournament after an undefeated lvy run. It is a hungry team, and one capable of challenging for a title despite a huge loss in Elissa Hart. If the younger Hart can ably fill her sister's shoes, problem solved...