HCSD
alumnus Sean Delaney raps his Five Steps to Success for seventh and
eighth-graders at the Hudson Middle School Friday. (Robert
Ragaini/Hudson-Catskill Newspapers)
Would you like to reduce bullying in your school?
Would you like kids to work harder on their studies?
Would you like your kids to believe they can be successful?
Then its time they learn a little something called "HARD WORK" !
Sean Delaney
&
Dr.John J. Pelizza
Proudly Present
5 STEPS TO SUCCESS
One of my newest projects I just finished is The "5 Steps To Success" CD, a five step educational music program for kids in school. I am very proud and honored to be a part of this along side my friend and colleague Dr.John J.Pelizza. A renound motivational speaker and health educator from the area. Together, we hope to bring an end to students not wanting to succeed, an end to students ditching class, getting in fights, and being the victim of bullying. The best part of this entire deal is the way we are going to accomplish this is through Hip-Hop music. Hip-Hop is a very powerful source, you just have to know how to use it properly. You can touch the lives of everyone in the entire world, all with the power of voice - The 5 Steps include songs entitled :
Hard Work
Achieve The Impossible
Only The Strong
Choose The Path
- School 101
These are my 5 steps to succeed and get out of school ready and prepared for college...I hand them down to you the "student" all over the world.
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NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
5/2/09 -Register Star Article
LOCAL RAPPER GIVES STUDENTS INSPIRATION
By: Andrew Amelinckx
HUDSON
— A local hip-hop artist performed for Hudson Middle School students
Friday and delivered a message of success through hard work.
Sean
Delaney presented his “Five Steps to Success” through music and a
speech, telling the students that through “hard work, dedication,
commitment and motivation” they could achieve their dreams.
Mark
Brenneman, associate principal for the middle school, said that when he
heard Delaney had a program and was “helping kids get on the right
path,” he was excited.
“How fast can you get here?” he remembered asking Delaney.
Delaney, 28, is a life-long Hudson resident who is a Direct Support professional with the Special Needs Program.
Delaney’s
program included five raps interspersed with a PowerPoint presentation
of the five areas he says are necessary for success.
This
includes preparing for school in the same way you prepare for life;
working hard at school and in all aspects of life; physical and mental
strength; choosing the right path; and achieving the impossible.
He
had several of the students up in their seats during the musical
performances and all of them waiving their arms in the air during the
performance. “Believe it ... Do it ... Accomplish it ... Enjoy it,” he
and the students chanted.
“Believe in yourself and you can do anything,” he told the students at the end of the performance.
Delaney,
a 1998 Hudson High School graduate, told the audience afterward that he
respected all his teachers, whom, he said, helped him when he was
younger.
“I had a lot of learning to do,” he commented.
He said the idea for the program, which had its debut that day, came from Dr. John Pelizza, a motivational speaker.
Delaney said he spent about a month and a half coming up with the raps he performed for the presentation.
“I think they liked it,’ he said of his performance.
Delaney said he will be performing in several local schools in the upcoming months.
5 STEPS TO SUCCESS
By: Hudson City School District
HUDSON - Sean Delaney, a 1998 Hudson
High graduate and current Columbia-Greene Community College student,
sees his talent as a hip-hop artist as an opportunity to give back to
the community and to the school district that he loves. “I love
Hudson. It’s beautiful here,” said Delaney. “Hudson is a great place
to grow up and great place to go to school.”
Delaney
has dedicated his life to human service and music. Serving in the
United States Navy, working as a Direct Support Professional for a
special needs program and working as a consultant for the New York
State Association of Community and Residential Activities (NYSACRA),
it’s no surprise the Hudson alum is now giving back to his hometown
school.
“I want to see all of these kids stay safe and
to keep away from bullies and stay in school,” said Delaney before a
performing in front of middle school students at Montgomery C. Smith
Middle School. Delaney has developed a motivational presentation which
incorporates his musical talents.
“The 5 Steps to
Success” presentation challenges students to respect their teachers,
parents and peers, and to value the importance of education. The 5
Steps: School 101; Hardwork; Only the Strong; Choose the Path; and
Achieve the Impossible all encourage students to believe in themselves.
“My
father told me that he is proud of me for being persistent and
believing in my dreams,” said Delaney. “I want these kids to know that
I’m proud of them and all the dreams that they have.”
