| For Camden ex-dropouts, 'this ride has just begun' |
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| Saturday, 21 June 2008 | |
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By ADAM SMELTZ They walked in as dropouts. But when the 130-or-so students left Bethel United Methodist Church on Friday afternoon, they touted a new title: graduates. "The only thing you can't do is fail," the Rev. Timothy Merrill told the new graduates, who earned alternative school diplomas through the nonprofit Community Educational Resource Network. "There are too many traps set out there for you. We can't afford for you to fall in the traps." Decked out in yellow and crimson robes, the students made up the program's third and biggest graduating class. Merrill and community activist Angel Cordero founded the CERN effort in 2006, filling what they called a void in the Camden County education system. READ MORE: http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080621/NEWS01/806210335/1006/news01               |
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