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Unexpected treasures: At first, Alyssa Russell cried about the school to which she had been sent. Now, she smiles.
Byline: Erika Hobbs
May 21--Halloween started as the scariest day of high school senior Alyssa Russell's life. The former Freedom High student walked into an alternative school that morning thinking it would be filled with thugs and gangs. Although she had been in trouble for pulling a prank that went awry, Russell thought she certainly didn't belong there.
Russell, 17, soon found she was wrong. Classmates at Orlando's Excel Alternative School, a last-chance safety net for expelled students, were more like the softspoken Russell than she originally thought. In the end, she said Excel changed her life. "At first she cried a lot," said Alyssa's mother, Debbie Russell. "But she's so good now."
Russell graduated with honors from Excel on May 12. She also was permitted to attend Freedom's graduation ceremony with her former class on Wednesday. By most…
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...using Office XP running under Windows XP. Is it possible to display a working keyboard on the screen for use with Excel? Cathy Russell A Certainly. You can display this keyboard by clicking Start, then pointing successively to All Programs, Accessories...
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...Exchange Carriers (IXCs). The Excel LNX provides TNS with a cost...Services continues to use the Excel switch as the foundation of their network," said Russell Levesque, Vice President of Product Management at Excel Switching Corporation. "Because...
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...March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Excel Polymers LLC and Rubber and...variety of other topics. Robert Russell, market development manager for the Transportation division at Excel Polymers will chair the event...automotive industry," said Russell. "The speakers will provide...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 19, 2004 700+ words
...chief information officer at Excel Bank in Minneapolis. "Axis...decreasing administration costs." Excel Bank, as an FDIC insured financial...critical services," said Tim Russell, CEO of Datakey. "We are pleased to help Excel Bank enforce internal network...
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...an incredible testament to Russell's transition management efforts...Rothenberg. "The honor affirms Russell's continued strength in implementation...focused work in which we excel." For more than 25 years, Russell has led the way in improving...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 29, 2004 700+ words
...interface allows our users of Excel to link their personal models...to know anything other than Excel, that completely changes the...enterprise-wide planning," said Russell Pennington, vice president...breakback' feature in the new Excel interface is allowing users...
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...Globetrotter." (4) At USF, Russell received an education not only...teaching him the fundamentals. Russell also drove his own progress...possessed a deep desire to excel and a strong self-confidence. (5) If Giudice cultivated Russell's physical skills, K. C...
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