Chicago, IL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 12/16/2009 -- With test prep and after school programs falling victim to school budget cuts, PrepMe created a special program for state legislators to help their high school districts prepare for college. Thanks to state legislators’ commitment to advocating post-secondary education and participation in PrepMe’s “Be a Local Hero” program, high school students across the nation received free college test prep.
PrepMe is an education company offering personalized online curriculum aligned to ACT’s & SAT’s respective college readiness and guidelines and helps students prepare for the skills tested on college entrance exams. Only PrepMe students can boast 5 point score improvements on the ACT and 305 points on the SAT.
Through the “Be a Local Hero” program, high school students have four months access to online personalized weekly schedules comprised of over 150 lessons and quizzes and four full ACT or SAT tests. In order for students to have received this free gift, state legislators submitted their commitment on their high school’s behalf. Excited and eager to provide their school district with college test prep when so many programs had been cut due to budget restraints, legislators flooded PrepMe with written requests to help their high schools. These legislators are truly the local heroes of their districts.
Alaska
• Representative Pete Petersen
Arizona
• Representative Cecil Ash
• Senator Richard Miranda
• Representantive Ben Miranda
Hawaii
• Senator Clarence Nishihara
Iowa
• Senator Mike Gronstal
Illinois
• Representative Karen Yarbrough
Indiana
• Senator Jim Arnold
• Representative Phil Giaquinta
• Representative Peggy Welch
Kentucky
• Representative Richard Henderson
• Representative Joni Jenkins
• Representative Mary Lou Marzian
• Representative Sannie Overly
• Representative Greg Stumbo
• Senator Johnny Ray Turner
Michigan
• Representative Lisa Brown
• Representative Mark Meadows
Missouri
• Representative Bert Atkins
• Representative Patricia Yaeger
North Dakota
• Senator Judy Lee
• Representative Shirley Meyer
• Representative Corey Mock
New Mexico
• Senator John Pinto
• Representative Dennis Roch
• Senator John Sapien
Ohio
• Representative Tom Letson
• Representative Dale Mallory
Utah
• Representative Keith Grover
• Representative Wayne Harper
• Representative Kory Holdaway
• Representative Gregory Hughes
Washington
• Senator Mary Margaret Haugen
Wyoming
• Representative Sue Wallis
For follow up interview, please contact:
Representative Tom Letson:
Address: 77 S High Street, 11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
Tel: 614-466-5358
Representative Phil GiaQuinta, District 80:
Address: 200 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2786
Tel: 317-232-9600
Representative Peggy Welch, District 60:
Address: 200 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2786
Tel: 317-232-9600
Senator Tim Keller:
Address: 11023 Vistazo Place SE
Albuquerque, NM 87123
Tel: 505-332-9441
Representative Ben Miranda:
Address: 1700 W. Washington, Room 323
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Tel: 602-926-4893
Karan Goel, CEO
Address: 230 E Ohio, Suite 210
Chicago, IL 60611
Tel: 312-278-3784
State Legislators Gift PrepMe’s ACT & SAT Test Prep to High School Students in Their District
Legislators support online education by providing students the opportunity to prepare for college with PrepMe’s Local Hero Program.