Robeson fallT
County ? ? ?
SchoAic Walter Oxendine
? ? wa 9 r utttc Information Coordinator
15lh Annual N.C.
Social Studies Conference
The Robeson County School
System w;is a ell represented
by Kathy Chavis and Jill
Graham. Indian Education
Specialists: Larine Legette.
Ruth Locklear. Lawrence Me
Duffte, David Evans. Steve
Locklear and Bessie Lewis.
Social Studies Teachers; and
Jackie Sherrod. Social Studies
Supervisor, at the 15th An
nual North Carolina Social
Studies Conference February
23-24 at the Holiday Inn Four
Seasons in Greensboro. N.C.
The conference was
sponsored bv the North Caro
lina Department of Public
Instruction and the North
Carolina Council for Social
Studies. Approximately 1200
persons involved in Social
Studies front across the state
attended the conference.
Four staff members from
the County School System
served as presenters at the
conference. They were: Kathy
Chavis and Jill Graham; the
topic was "Intergrating In
dian Studies Into The Social
Studies Curriculum." which
demonstrates an Indian Stu
dies Curriculum for grades
K-5 and 8-9 focusing upon
lifestyles, history, customs,
government and tribal dif
ferences. The other two pre
senters were: Larine Legette
and Ruth Locklear. The topic
was '-The Social Studies Skills
Express.' This session was
geared to help provide teach
ers with strategies, methods,
and materials on teaching 8th
grade North Carolina History.
According to Social Studies
Supervisor for the County
School System. Jackie Sher
rod. the two sessions conduc
ted by the Robeson County
Staff received high applauds
as being rwo of the best
sessions by many of the
participants at the 15th An
nual North Carolina Social
Studies Conference.
Migrant Education Opens The
Doors to Success
This was the theme of the
15th Annual Eastern Stream
Migrant Education Conferen
ce held at the Baltimore
Hilton in Baltimore, Maryland
February 26-29. 1984.
The Conference Planning
Committee stated that eigh
teen years have passed since
the inception of a National
Migrant...Education Program
and during this time many
changes and significant ac
complishments have been
witnessed in the education of
Migrant children. The key to
the success has been the high
degree of collaboration among
the states to develop and
deliver services effectively to
a mobil population. There
fore. the purpose of the 15th
Annual Eastern Stream Mi
grant Education Conference
was to focus on the many
ways that Migrant Education
opens the doors to success for
children who move with thSff.
families following the season
al crops.
Representing the Robeson
County School System at the
Conference were: Johnny
Bullard. President and Naomi
Hines, Secretary of the Chap
ter I Parent Advisory Com
mittee; Chapter 1 Teachers:
Vivian Esters. Jerlene Hunt,
Barbara Hunt, and Gloria
Martinez; Chapter I Super
visors. Earlena Lowry and
Alphonzo McRae, Jr. and
Migrant Education Records
Clerk, Sally Mitchell.
According to the partici
pants from the County School
system, the 15th Annual
Eastern Stream Migrant Edu
cation Conference was very
educational and provided in
formation from the sessions
and workshops that will assist
greatly in providing a better
Chapter I Migrant Education
Program for the Robeson
County School System.
ECIA Staff and Parent*
Attend NCCIRA Conference
A total of thirty ECIA staff
and parents attended the
North Carolina Council Inter
national Reading Association
(NCCIRA) sixteenth Annual
Conference at the Hyatt
House/Benton Convention
Center in Winston Salem,
N.C. on February 29-March 2.
1984.
The ECIA staff attending
the conference were Deborah
H. Brooks. Doretha Butler.
Betty Coville. Nelia A. train.
Marv H. Hinson. Sandra L.
Lewis. Kathan D. Locklear.
Kathy Locklear, Lummie J.
Locklear, Rosa McDuffie. Ju
dy A. Oxendine. Marilyn O.
Pierce, Barbara H. Thomp
son, Georgetta Watkins. Lu
cille Watson and Annie Har
din. all ECIA Chapter I
Reading and Math teachers.
ECIA Supervisors, Earlena
Lowry; State teacher, Shirley
Caryle. and K-8 Supervisor
Cathey A.* Maples; ECIA
parents; Jacqueline Rober
son. Helen Lambert. Theresa
Locklear. Minnie Miller, Jan
ice Oxendine. Janet Jones,
Myra Hagins, Linda Carter,
Catherine Williams. Deloi*
Locklear and Patsy A. Hunt.
The theme tor the NCC1RA
'Conference was "Reading:
Brainstorms For A Computer
Age" and the theme reflects
concerns with the technolo
gical revolution and its effect
on reading and other com
munication skills.
The purpose of the con
ference in planning the pro
gram: efforts were employed
to provide a variety of topics
to meet the diversity of
interests which naturally
exist. v
All of the ECIA staff and
parents enjoyed and benefited
from the NCCIRA Confer
ence, and all agreed that more
time was needed to take in
more of the interesting ses
sions and workshops pertain
ing to reading and com
munication skills.
Central Regional
Mathematics Conference
The 12th Annual North
Carolina Council of Teachers
of Mathematics (NCCTM)
Central Regional Mathema
tics Conference was recently
held on March 2. 1984 at
Scotland High School in Laur
inburg, N.C.
The Robeson County
School System was repre
sented at 'the Mathematics
Conference by Chapter I Math
Teachers: Junior Bullard.
Annie R Drake. Linda B.
Jessie, EttaB. Jones. Earlene
Locklear, Myrtle Locklear,
Verdice 0. Locklear,
Mary C. Lowery. Fannie M.
Oxendine. Lee Helen Thomp^
son, Michael Sandersonjl
Thayle Sanderson and Jose
phine Lucente, and ECIA
Chapter I Supervisor Alphon
zo McRae, Jr.
The NCCTIM Conference
schedule consisted of Regis
tration. Hospitality Room.
Commercial Exhibits. Mathe
matics Fair Exhibit, a lun
cheon and workshops.
Workshops consisted of
Math. Music and Drama:
High School Math Lab. Man
agement, organization and
utilization; and Let's "Divide
and Conquer." ECIA Super
visor. Alphonzo McRae was
the presider at the session on
Let's "Divide & Conquer."
All of the participants at the
NCCTM 12th Annual Central
Regional Mathematics Con
ference enjoyed the confer
ence veq^Hapch and gained
teaching skills and knowledge
that will assist them in doing a
better job in teaching mathe
matics in the county schools.
Career Center Produce*
14th Regional Winner*
Marty Btpyboy, 1st place
wbiaer, Regional V1CA Elec
trical Competition.
Vickie Locklear, 1st place
winner, HOSA Regional
Competition in Medical Ter
minology.
Lisa Oxendlne, Chairperson
for Activity Book that won
first place in HOSA Regional
competition.
The Robeson County Car
eer Center at Hilly Branch
had one of their best years yet
in Vocational Industrial Clubs
of America (VICA) and Health
Occupation Students of Ame
rica (HOSA). Regional Com
petition in the center's his
tory. _
Regional Competition was
held at Fayettevillc
Technical College in Fayette
ville. N.C. on February 29th.
with fourteen regional VICA
and HOSA Chapters compet
ing to determine the contes
tants for the state VICA com
petition to be held in Greens
boro. N.C. April 12-14, and
the state HOSA competition
to be held May 3-5 in
Asheville. N.C.
The 14th Regional win
ners from the Career Center
are as follows: VICA Com
petition-Electrical, 1st place,
Marty Brayboy, a senior at
West Robeson; 4th place,
Berry Watson, from West
Robeson; Michael Wayne
Hunt, a junior at South
Robeson placed 3rd in Job
Interviews and James Ray
Hunt, from Littlefield placed
3rd in the Job Development
contest. Automotive-Phillip
Ivey, a senior at Orrum,
placed second in the Auto
motive competition; and Ar
deen Hunt, a senior at South
Robeson placed fourth in
Automotive Job Demonstra
tion; Welding: Mitchell Bill
iard, a senior at West Robe
son placed third in the
Welding competition, and t
Gary Hunt, a senior at South ?
Robeson placed fourth. Small
Air Cooled Engine Compe
tition: Jimmy Strickland, a
senior from Orrum placed
fifth. Brick Masonry: Billy
Ray Brown, a senior from
Orrum placed third, ar.d
Randy Bell from South Robe
son placed fifth. HOSA Com
petition: First place in Ac
tivity Book. Lisa Oxendine
was the chairperson and Lisa
Jolly, Roniece Strickland and
Tronda Brayboy served on the
Activity Book Committee.
! Trando Brayboy and Tonya
Locklear were fourth place
winners in the First Aid and
CPR competition; and Vickie
Locklear, a junior from South
Robeson won first place in the
Medical Terminology Cate
gory. This is the same area
that Lisa Locklear, a junior at
West Robeson, after winning
the regional competition last
year, went on to win the State
Competition and then became
the first student in the school
system to become the first
individual National winner, by
winning the National com
petition in Medical Termino
logy in San Antonio, Texas
last summer.
Congratulations to all the
regional winners and we wish
them the best of luck as they
go to represent the Robeson
County Career Center at Hilly
Branch, and the Robeson
County School System in the
upcoming V1CA and
HOSA State competition.
I
Kiwanians hear of
Indian Recognition
effort locally
Program Chairman Marsh
all Locklear presented Attor
ney Jeffrey Mangum of the
Lumbee River Legal Services
Agency. Attorney Mangum's
duties include work on behalf
of the Robeson County Indi
ans of receiving- legal recog
nition by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs.
The History requires in
formation from the vety be
ginning to the present time.
The Indian group has con
tinued to exist with autonomy
but its membership must be
documented. Congress has
funded the research process
in working with the Coharie.
the Waccamaw, the Haliwa
Saponi, and the Robeson
County Indians. All four
tribes are recognized by the
State of North Carolina. The
research phase is completed
and writing may take twelve
or fifteen volumes. A Com
mittee, including a Historian
and Anthropologist and two
genealogists will make a
determination and present it
to the Department of the
Interior. The by-product has
produced a wealth of history
of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, the Department of
Agriculture, the Archives in
Raleigh, Newspapers, Maga
zines, and even private letters
of Indian Leaders of early
times have come to light as a
result of the research.
Attorney Mangum request
ed Ira Pate Lowry to have a
copy of his Masters Thesis to
be added to the documents of
the early history of the
Robeson Indians and of their
music achievements.
Announcement j-John
Rimberg, Chairman of the
University Circle K Club,
made a report of the very
successful sports program in
volving 25 students followed
by a cook-out which involved
over 500 students and a Disco
Dance as an introduction of
the Circle K Club to the
Campus.
Visitors at the meeting
were James Chavis and
Dobbs Oxendine of the West
Robeson Kiwanis Cub and Lt.
Governor Harold Gillis from
Raeford who spoke briefly to a
the Cub Members concerning
the visit of Governor James
Jackson on March 29th. He
also complimented Secretary
Marshall Locklear for his
prompt monthly reports.
President Dobbs Oxendine
announced to the Club that
the West Robeson Club meet
ings are to be held at the Old
Foundry Restaurant on Satur
days at 8 a.m.
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that is seen often in fine fur
niture, does not come from
rose plants. It's the name
of several types of wood
of the botanical genus
Dalbergia.
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is about five yards a minute.
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