AV YouthBuild program graduates 10 students
This story appeared in the Antelope Valley Press
Friday, June 20, 2008.
By JULIE DRAKE
Valley Press Staff Writer
LANCASTER – Antelope Valley YouthBuild offers an alternate route to success for students who found achieving in a public school difficult.
The program graduated 10 students in a ceremony Wednesday at First Assembly of God’s AV Champions Center.
“I would say it was an easy journey, but it was not,” Executive Director Rossie Johnson said. “It’s been a lot of hard effort, a lot of sweat, a lot of motivation.”
Johnson said the inspiration went both ways, from the students to him and vice versa.
“Don’t let anyone tell you, you can’t succeed,” he told the students.