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Trinity Episcopal School students take Freedom Tour
Instead of a traditional spring break, 14 Trinity Episcopal School students, three faculty members, two volunteers and six parents embarked on a recent four-day bus trip they called the Freedom Tour. The educational trip was dedicated to learning and experiencing firsthand the nation’s struggles in the fight for racial justice. Stops on the tour included Ebenezer Baptist Church, Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthplace and gravesite in Atlanta; the Civil Rights Institute, Kelly Ingram Park and 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala.; the Rosa Parks Museum, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Civil Rights Memorial and the Wall of Tolerance in Montgomery, Ala.; the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., and Koinonia Farms in Americus, Ga.
CMS to hold annual job fair
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will hold a job fair Saturday, April 21, at the Charlotte Merchandise Mart at 800 Briar Creek Road from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thousands of educators from around the world are expected to attend to learn about instructional opportunities. For the first time, the job fair will welcome applicants for support positions such as bus drivers, custodians and secretaries.
Online registration is available, or participants can register at the job fair. For information about teaching opportunities and incentive programs, visitwww.cms.
k12.nc.us or e-mail recruiter@cms.k12.nc.us.
CMS grant applications move forward
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will apply for a $1.7 million grant to implement the CMS Teacher Ambassador Program outlined in its Strategic Plan 2010. The grant, from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement Transition to Teaching Program, will be paid out over five years. The goal of the proposed program is to increase the number of highly qualified lateral-entry teachers in critical areas such as math and science in high-need secondary schools.
CMS also will request $200,000 from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction for the William F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy Program. The the program’s goal is to help break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy by improving the educational opportunities of English as a Second Language families.
CMS will be notified about both grants in June.
CMS appoints personnel
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Peter Gorman recently announced three personnel appointments:
• Katherine Meads, current director of second languages, was named director of English as a Second Language Education.
• Karin Dancy, a CMS grant developer since 1998, was named director of grant development.
• Katy Dula, executive coordinator of education services, was named director of prekindergarten literacy and writing.
CCDS student wins fellowship
Charlotte Country Day School senior Justin Hinote has been awarded the Isabella Cannon Leadership Fellows scholarship at Elon University. He is one of five recipients of the scholarship monies associated with the leadership program, which pairs fellows with campus leaders, faculty and staff to explore the dynamics of leadership. Named for the Elon graduate who was the first female mayor of Raleigh, the program is built around academic course work and Elon’s leadership development program.
Governor’s School makes area selections
John O’Neill, Natalie Taylor and Taylor Williams, juniors at Charlotte Country Day School, have been selected to attend the Governor’s School of North Carolina, the oldest statewide summer residential program for academically or intellectually gifted high school students in the nation. Ujjayini Bose, Christian Bailey, Adam Brawley, Amanda Farrell and Jessica Rogers, from Ardrey Kell High School also were selected for the Governor’s School.
Children program grants available to county nonprofits
Foundation for the Carolinas is now accepting grant applications from nonprofits that are implementing or continuing services for children and youths in the area. Two types of grants will be awarded – large grants ranging from $10,000 to $50,000 for larger investments in a small or limited number of opportunities and small grants of less than $10,000 that will provide assistance to a large number of smaller projects. To view a list of funding priorities and obtain a grant application, visit www.fftc.org/affiliates/community/nc/charlotte/ or contact Angelique Williams at 704-973-4542 or awilliams@fftc.org. Applications must be received no later than noon April 25. Grant recipients will be notified in August.
Orientation at Smithfield Elementary
Smithfield Elementary School, 3200 Smithfield Church Road, will host a beginner’s day Thursday, April 26, from 8 to 10 a.m. Rising kindergartners will be able to spend time in kindergarten classes while parents attend orientation. School tours also will be provided.
Piedmont Progressive Preschool open for enrollment
Piedmont Progressive Preschool, a nonsectarian school modeled after the Open Door program, has space available in its 2- and 4-year-old classes for the 2007-08 school year. Parents should contact the school at 704-510-1022 to schedule a tour or visit www.progressivepreschool.org. The preschool is located at 9704 Mallard Creek Road in the Piedmont Unitarian Universalist Church building.
Charlotte Christian student wins honor
Charlotte Christian School junior Anna Butler has been named the 2007 Youth Advocate of the Year for the Southern region by the national organization Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Butler has earned a $2,500 college scholarship and $500 in grant funds to use for her advocacy projects. On May 3 she will attend a dinner gala in Washington, D.C., and to meet members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate to voice her concerns about the dangers of tobacco products. For details, visit www.tobaccofreekids.org.
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