African-American Celebration Is a Hit
By SAMUEL G PUR YEAR JR.
Special to the C hronicit
Hanes-Lowrance Middle
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agenda of Biack History with a spe
cial presentation featuring The
exceptional children at Lowrance.
The program, created to
increase student awareness, |
included: cooking, directed by
Queen McKnight, Veronica Scales,
Darleen Bitting and Fannie Mikens; j
music, directed by Alice Joe and
Lou Taylor, and artwork in display
throughout the school.
This is such a wonderful expe
rience for our students," said Crystal
Hairston, assistant principal and
program director. "People think that
these kids can't benefit from these
kinds of experiences, but our nugor
purpose was simply to expose the
children to African-American con
tributions to society."
The cooking portion of the pro
gram ignited the activities. The chil
dren prepared sweet potato pan
cakes for lunch. After~fitting~!heir
stomachs, they made the transition
into the music pan of the program I. nits Missionar\ Baptist church.
Students displayed their musi- Re\ Quire i\ from L iberia.
cal talents by plasing a \ariet> of
instruments. But the final and per- I wish that everyone could
haps the mom enjos ufrlg p*n of the ? h.tv^ h??rr? tn see the students
program, according to Hairston. was using their senses to explore the dif
the observation of authentic African ferent activities and playing the dif
clothing. doll-making and in\en- ferent instruments,' said Hairston.
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AUct Jot (left) and Lou Taylor show Tremke Fredlaw an African drum.
tions. "Next year we hope to expand by
The clothing was donated by including some of our regular stu
the Rev. Christian Quire of New dents and perhaps have some live
i- JS&- m
Ramon Jackson plays the drums
during Black History Month at
African- American entertainment."
Hanes-Lowrance is a middle
school that is geared to handle
exceptional children. The school has
693 students and a staff of 166.
Construction on the S6.5 mil
lion renovations on the building are
nearing completion.
Latham Students Celebrate Heritage
By Georganna Armstrong
Special lo faeChronieie
On the evening of Feb. 23. the
gym of Rowland Hill Latham Ele
? mentary School wasfilledwilh
music, songs, and children's voices
as the students expressed, for their
parents and friends, their thoughts
and feelings about their month-long
cultural arts activities. Geneva
Brown from the Board of Education
welcomed the audience.
The evening was the culmina
tion of "Celebrate Your Heritage," a
project that has invited guests of
varied cultures into the halls of
Latham School. De lores J. Smith of
the Urban League had held a series
of workshops with students, and
Purity Ruchugo of Umoja Mpingo
African Crafts and displayed
African crafts for the studehts7~
Spanish students from Mt. Tabor
High School has shared projects
with fifth graders. Bagpipes, Scot
tish dances, a visit to Diggs Gallery,
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and eating a burrito lunch were just At the end of the children's per
son* of the activities that fras-been ? formances, parents and guests were^
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the month of February. works by Latham's students. They
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