Keys Academy

We are having our

inaugural senior seminar

series and I am

so excited to have

all of our seniors

here at the Harlingen

Convention Center. I'm very

thankful that we're able

to have these sessions

because we're able to

learn more. I'm really

enjoying this event. I'm

learning a lot of

really good things. The

vibes are great here.

I've been learning a

lot about budgeting and

self care and knowing

that I'm my own

advocate once I get

to college. My favorite

thing so far was,

well, I did the

car, the stranded thing,

it was fire. I

learned how to change

my oil and change

my tire. I honestly

think the event is

really helpful and it's

helping me learn a

lot more stuff like

the AI one. Really

good. I'm really thankful

that HDIC put on

this event. We learned

a lot. I learned

a lot about my

credit score and setting

up the difference between

my credit account and

my savings account, which

is really helpful because

someone who just got

their first job and

is just learning a

bunch of new things,

it's really nice to

be able to put

money into savings that

I know that I'll

be able to use

for college one day.

Super excited to be

here. I think there's

great energy throughout the

entire event and what

I'm really hoping that

the students take away

from today is how

invested our community and

our district is in

them and in their

future. I like all

the different things that

we're learning. We just

learned about motivation and

how to have a

great mindset and yeah,

it's really cool. I

think the most important

thing that I've learned

so far is that

volunteering doesn't end

after high school. I

think it should be

recommended to do

volunteering at least once

or twice a year

because you're giving back

to the community. I

think it's so important

because there's so many

seminars that are informing

you of things that

are really important for

the future. And I'm

even learning some things

that I didn't know

and I thought I

was super prepared for

college. I like how

we're getting the opportunity

to explore multiple skills

that we're going to

be able to use

after graduation. If one

student walks away with

something new, ready for

life, that's a win.

They've been telling us

about all the great

things that they're learning

from changing a tire

to jump starting a

vehicle to learning about

resumes, learning how to

create their own businesses.

And let me tell

you, I feel so

much better about their

level of preparedness for

life. After high school.

Thank you to all

of our partners who

are here today. And

a huge thank you

to the Harlingen Convention

center for their partnership

as well.