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Jaylen Bledsoe

Monday, April 30, 2012

Whiz Kid

West Middle Students Take Home 2012 Missouri PTA Reflections Awards

Eighth grade students Jaylen Bledsoe and Lauren Barboza earned second and fourth place, respectively, in the junior/middle division of the 2011-2012 Missouri PTA Reflections Program. This year’s theme is, “Diversity Means…”

Jaylen Bledsoe and Lauren Barboza have accomplished something of which they should be proud: creativing innovative methods to express the beauty of diversity. Both are eighth grade students at Hazelwood West Middle School in the Hazelwood School District, and earned second and fourth place, respectively, in the junior/middle division of the 2011-2012 Missouri PTA Reflections Program. This year’s theme was “Diversity Means…” Each of the students that participated, of which there were 1,300 entries, was tasked with finding a way to explain the theme using either dance choreography, film production, literature, musical composition, photography or a form of visual arts (drawing, painting, collage). Barboza competed in the visual arts category …

Monday, March 12, 2012

Whiz Kid

Hazelwood Teen Starts His Own IT Company

Jaylen Bledsoe, an eighth grade student at Hazelwood West Middle School, is the chief executive officer of a start-up information technology company: Bledsoe Technologies.

You could say that Jaylen Bledsoe, an eighth grade student at Hazelwood West Middle School, began life a bit accelerated. A member of GALACTIC, the Hazelwood School District's (HSD) gifted education program, more likely than not he is the only 13-year-old at school who is also the chief executive officer of a start-up information technology company he named Bledsoe Technologies. “I don’t see many eighth graders do the things that he does but it’s all his doing,” said Curtis Bledsoe, Jaylen's father. “I’m very proud of him.” Jaylen decided to launch his IT company that is also a web design firm, about a year ago. Besides web design and IT, Jaylen said his company can do web development, photography, videography, computer repair, search …

Wil

7:14 am on Sunday, March 25, 2012

It's very pleasing to hear things such as this from young Men your age. I attended Wash U radiology program in 1991 and now I'm the boss of the radiology department with our St. Louis Rams. I heard of your story through YouTube and goggle your name and was quite proud to see that you lived her in St. Louis. Good luck young Man and may God continue to Bless and guide you . NEVER give up!   more ›

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