Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 October 2000 — Page 8

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THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13,2000

education

Education Briefs

Local teacher receives $8,000 in First Annual Project E Awards Dawn Whitehead, a social studies teacher at Pike High School, is the recipient of the first annual Project E Excellence in Education Teacher Award. She will receive $8,000 plus $2,000 for her school. Launched in May, Project E is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving education in the state by promoting positive change. Collegiate Visitation at Central State University Fall Session takes place on Nov. 3-5. Registration is $20; $30 for round-trip travel and lodging. Spend two-nights at the Holiday Inn in Exnia, Ohio. Call David Simms or Nate Lofton at 925-0592.

Indiana House Democrat Internship Program Applications are available for the 2001 Indiana House Democrat Internship Program. The program features full-time, paid internships at the Statehouse in Indianapolis from early January through mid-May 2001. Internships are available to individuals who will be college juniors, seniors, graduate students or recent graduates as of January 2001. Participants will receive weekly salaries of $250 and can receive college credit for their work. The application deadline is Wednesday, Oct. 18. Applications can be obtained by visiting the Indiana House Democrat Web site at www.state.in.us/ house_democrats. For other questions or requests call (317) 232-9655 or 1-800-382-9842. Magicians offer classes in math and science The Society of Young Magicians is offering special classes to at-risk students. The society has developed the Magic Math and Magic Science curricula that use the illusions of magic to teach the scientific and mathematical principles behind them. The fun of learning magic tricks is transferred to science and mathematics. If your school would like to offer these classes this year, please write to Magic Math and Science, 7101 Buick Drive, Indianapolis, IN 462143224 or e-mail: [email protected]. Be sure to put “Math Magic and Science” on the subject line. School play “Long, Long Ago,” a history play, will be performed at the Hilbert Circle Theatre on Monument Circle on Oct. 23 at 9:30 a.m. This event is free and open to the public. As part of its fundraising efforts for a trip to Washington, D.C., interested parties may contact the school about performing the play for donations. For more information call (317) 254-1460. NABSW announces 2000 scholarships The Indianapolis Chapter, NABSW is pleased to announce the 2000 scholarships to support the academic achievement of African-American scholars who have a demonstrated commitment to our community. Applications are due Nov. 20 and awards will be announced during a Dec. 11 Chapter meeting/PreKwanzaa Celebration. One award will be made for the first Dr. Gayle J. Cox Scholarship. If you have any questions for the rules of eligibility, call the Chapter’s voicemail (317) 7675502.

After-school programs The beginning of another school year also marks the start of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Multi-Service Center after-school programs for children and youth. The programs have started and will continue through June 8, 2001. There will also be activities scheduled over winter and spring breaks. The programs, for ages 5 to 15, meet daily from 3-6 p.m. and on some Saturdays. Cost is $15 per week or $60 each month. There are opportunities for financial assistance if needed. Stop by the center located at 40 W. 40th St. or call (317) 9234581 ext. 246 for school age - child care or ext. 234 for the teen program. Ron Brown Scholarship program The Ron Brown Scholarship is open to African-American high school seniors who are academically talented and highly motivated. Applicants must be able to demonstrate excellent academics, exceptional leadership potential, financial need and impact their communities through activities and service to others. Candidates must be pursuing full-time undergraduate degrees. Awards are $10,000 per year for four years. For more information, call (804) 964-1588, contact the sponsor by e-mail: [email protected] or log on to www.RonBrown.org. Ron Brown Scholarship Program, 1160 Pepsi Place, Suite 306-B, Charlottesville, VA 22901. Autumn Break College Tours We’re Helping Youth! Inc. (WHY!) and R. E. Patrick & Associates announce Autumn Break College Tours, Oct. 26 and 27. Seating is available now and reservations are $185. Tour 1: Florida A&M University and Savannah State University. Tour 2: Clark Atlanta University, Morris Brown, Spelman University and Morehouse College. Tour 3: Kentucky State University, Fisk University and Tennessee State University. For more information contact your school counselor or WHY! at (317) 3354192. Minority Teacher and Special Education Services Scholarship Program The Minority Teacher and Special Education Services Scholarship Program 2000-2001 is offering scholarships for minority students (defined as Black or Hispanic) seeking teaching certification, special education teaching certification, or occupational or physical therapy certification. The application deadline is set by each institution. For more information, scholarship guidelines or an application, call the State Student Assistance Commission of Indiana (SSACI)at(317) 2322350. Looking for classmates Arsenal Technical High School class of 1970 is planning its 30th reunion for Nov. 25. They are having trouble locating classmates. Coordinators of this event would like for those who see the notice to contact Mary Alice Durrett at (317) 542-7507. E-mail: [email protected]. or Velora Mansfield Anderson (317) 387-1964. E-mail: [email protected]. Shortridge class of 1961 seeks classmates In preparation for its 40-year reunion activities in June 2001, the reunion committee for the Shortridge High School class of 1961 is actively seeking lost members. Addresses and contacts are missing for about 200 classmates. Members of the class of 1961 are urged to contact Ellen Brodey Simon at (317) 257-6968 or by e-mail: [email protected].

Provide a vision for students

“A Classic Education: Imagine the Future,” was the theme for this year’s Circle City Classic in Indianapolis. This theme opens up the mind to unlimited possibilities and it allows individuals to create their own thoughts about what the future of our education will consist of. It allows an individual to think, to hope, to wish, to imagine the greatest success possible in the field of education. We have not seen a great deal of success in this area for the large majority of AfricanAmerican people. However, if we are allowed to “imagine” the future, and have all of our children exposed to a “classic” education, we may be able to capture the greatness of our historic past. A past that reaches back to the beginning of civilization. A past that included the creators of math, science, architecture, and engineering. ■ A glorious past that included the builder of the Great Pyramids (Khufu), the father of scientific medicine (Imhotep), one of the most honored women that ever lived, Queen Nefertari (Kernel, 1292-1225 B.C.).

Education Does Matter By Uroy RoMmoh

We can imagine a future where every parent that has a school age child, knows the name of his or her child’s teacher. A future where each parent has met the teacher and principal, regularly volunteers at the school, and speaks to their child each day about their academic and social activities. We can imagine a future where our students have role models, male and female, young and old, inside the walls of education, and outside in their neighborhoods. How about imagining a future where our students are selected on a yearly basis as the most outstanding students, the class presidents, the valedictorians, and the salutatorians. We can imagine our students giving the majority of commencement day speeches in urban

and suburban schools. Instead of getting vouchers to attend private schools, imagine if the alumni of these elite private high schools recruited and paid the tuition (scholarships) to allow our students to attend. Imagine that they recruited our students not based on the color of their skin, but on their performance in the classroom and in their commitment to community service. High school dropouts are now a thing of the past. All of our students attend high school and graduate with honors. What a beautiful sight it would be to see all of our children attend a college or university of their choice. The vision gets even better when they all graduate summa cum laude, magna cum laude, and cum laude. The education that our children receive is the responsibility of the teachers. Not the teachers in the classroom. But the teachers that were appointed by the Creator of the heavens and the Earth. To be blessed with a child is the most honorable reward that can be bestowed upon any human being. The original teachers, the parents, have the responsibility in seeing to

it that what we imagine becomes a reality. Don’t think for a minute that what we imagine is impossible. Look at the aforementioned names and creations. The pyramids... who would have imagined that they still would be standing today? Who would have imagined that the democratic system that originated in ancient Africa, the monotheistic belief system, and the systems of higher education (Timbuktu), would all be in existence today? To turn the impossible into the possible, we must first create, the vision and pass it on to our young people. Once they believe in the vision, they too begin to imagine those things that we all thought were impossible. , A good education enables students to know what to remember from the past, what to enjoy in the present, and what to plan for in the future. Send your comments to me at: [email protected], or write me at: 9701 E. 63rd St., Indianapolis, IN. 46236. Or call me at (317) 393-2188.

Id alumni aim to increase Black graduate enrollment

Special to The Recorder “The purpose of this event is to lay the graduate education at other institutions. “Many groundwork for the formation of an Advanced of these individuals have become professors, BLOOMINGTON,Ind.—Agroupofpromi- Leadership Institute that will focus on the re- department chairs and deans at these colleges nent alumni from the Indiana University School cruitment of minority graduate students at HPER and are now looking forward to helping us of Health, Physical Education and Recreation from Historically Black Colleges throughout educate the leaders oftomorrow,” Mobley said. (HPER) met recently in Bloomington to plan the South,” said David Gallahue, associate Those attending were briefed on current strategies to recruit more African-American dean for academic affairs and research at HPER. HPER programs, discussed critical issues in graduate students for HPER. Gallahue and HPER Dean Tony Mobley academic leadership, and developed plans for a Eight membersof the HPER Advanced Lead- said the school was a national leader in attract- $ 1 million endowment for future support of the ership Council, led by former IU basketball ing minority students prior to the Civil Rights program, great Walt Bellamy, were on the Bloomington Act of 1964. Many of those students were from campus for meetings and discussion groups. Black colleges in the South and were denied a

Kenan Thompson

Nickelodeon’s Kenan Thompson makes Indy appearance Special to The Recorder During America’s Safe Schools Week (Oct. 15-22), the authors of Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul, Nickelodeon’s Kenan Thompson along with anti-violence speaker, Jason Dorsey, will attend a “Souper Safe Schools” assembly at Maplewood Elementary School Oct. 18, from 12:30pm-l:30pmat 1643 S. Dunlap Ave, Indianapolis and Rhoades Elementary School Oct. 18, from 2 pm-3 pm, 502 S. Auburn St., to encourage school safety. To kick off their assembly week, Maplewood Elementary and Rhoades Elementary were given a “Souper Safe Schools Kit” that included a FREE one-week, 10-minute-per-day anti-violence curriculum developed by Jason Dorsey’s Institute to End School Violence. The curriculum is tied to true stories from Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul, a new Chicken Soup for the Soul released October 12th. The stories and curriculum examine character themes such as respect for others, self-acceptance, tolerance and making choices that help maintain a safe school environment. The Souper Safe Schools campaign further encourages schools nationwide to participate by challenging them to set aside a week during the 2000-2001 school year to focus on keeping their school a safe place to learn. Educators can log on to www.chickensoup.com beginning to access their FREE Souper Safe Schools kits. Three school violence prevention organizations, Students Against Violence everywhere (S.A.V.E.), Woriong Against Violence Everywhere (W.A.V.E.) and Youth' Connects, are hosting a “Souper Safe Schools” contest. Schools must register and begin a chapter of any or all programs from October 1,2000 through May 31,2001 to be included in a random drawing. One winner per month will receive free Chicken Soup for the Soul books and other prizes that support education.

Teen journalism with teeth

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