Math and Science Academy wraps another year
t The accelerated learning program has earned high marks from
parents and students over the years
BY MELDE RUTLEDGE
THE CHRONICLE -f
For the last 11 years, the Math
and Science Academy of Excellence
in Winston-Salem has helped count
less children reach their academic
potential during the summer.
The academy is a summer
enrichment program at Winston
Salem State that works with the pub
lic school system by selecting mid
dle school students with high capac
ity in mathematics, to help further
their strengths - branching off into
science, computer technology, criti
cal thinking and English.
"1 want you to know that mathe
matics is the queen of sciences and
the foundation of the entire spec
trum," said Dr. Virginia K. Newell,
the director of the academy.
The program is held each June
and ends with a commencement in
the R.J. Reynolds Center at WSSU.
There, students and teachers are rec
ognized for their hard work over the
four- to five-week period.
"You must expect the best out of
that child." Newell said at the com
mencement. "If you expect the best,
then they'll give it to you."
A special highlight this year was
when the students visited N.C. A&T
State University, where they concen
trated on different aspects of engi
neering. Performing actual college
work, they did projects such as
building a plastic straw tower. The
towers were tested with cans of food
to see who constructed the strongest.
During the commencement,
numerous awards were given to
those outstanding students who
excelled in a particular area of study.
Sauntoya Nails. II, won an
award for public speaking, partly
due to the radio work that she has
done with WSNC 90.5.
"I like video and speaking," she
said. She plans to attend WSSU after
high school.
Shirley Mosely, host of WSNC's
afternoon jazz program, teaches pub
lic speaking for the academy and
hopes that the program stays.
"Students learn so much and get
to learn other things here," she said,
"but we need more funds to keep the
program running."
Newell said that if it wasn't for
WSSU providing the learning facili
ty at no cost, along with other finan
cial providers, children would have
to pay more for the program. But
funds are still scarce.
Left to right: Dolores Settles, Barbara Puryear, Deborah Smith, Dr. Virginia Newell, Kevin Henderson,
Emilie Johnson, Barbara Massey, Ada Harvey and Shirley Mosely.
The academy asks that anyone
wishing to provide additional finan
cial assistance contact them at
VKNEW@aol.com or fax them at
(336) 761-8362 to make next year's
academy another success.
Bush, Mississippi hot topics at NAACP Convention
Bond says President Bush has a way to go with blacks
BY HAZEL TRICE EDNEY
NNPA WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON - The
NAACP, convening its 92nd Con
vention in New Orleans this week,
is demanding change in America's
flawed electoral system after
Election 2000 "confirmed our
deep national divisions," said
Chairman Julian Bond.
"We didn't choose as a theme
'Let's get over it!' We didn't
choose 'Please and Appease!' And
we didn't choose 'Cave in and
Compromise!' We chose 'Speak
ing Truth to Power!'" Bond said in
prepared remarks released to
NNPA as the five-day convention
began on Sunday.
Vowing to continue "speaking
truth to power," on election
reform and a string of other issues
that reveal America's racial segre
gation, Bond said the historic civil
rights organization will not only
push for strict standards for elec
tion reform, but will also issue a
"nationwide election reform
report card" grading governors,
legislators and other election offi
cials specifically on their sensitiv
ity to election reform standards
and issues. The grades will be
released in the fall, he said.
President Bush, who has
remained quiet on election reform,
has not helped the racial divide.
Bond said. He said the president
has selected "nominees from the
Taliban wing of American poli
tics, appeased the wretched
appetites of the extreme right
wing and chosen cabinet officials
whose devotion to the Confedera
cy is nearly canine in its uncritical
affection." Taliban is the name for
a reputedly oppressive Islamic
regime that has harbored known
terrorists.
Bond said the election itself,
including in Florida, where the
NAACP has filed a lawsuit,
showed the depth of racial divide
in America. While Al Gore won 90
percent of the black votes, whites
made up 95 percent of Bush's total
vote, he pointed out.
The election also revealed the
level of bigotry in America, he
said. While black voters were cast
as "black sheep led down a one
party path," those stereotypes are
never applied to "the 60 percent of
white males nationwide and the 70
percent of Southern white males
who voted as a racial bloc for
Bush."
NAACP Washington Bureau
Director Hilary Shelton has been
actively lobbying for election
reform before Congress, where at
V A
least two competing bills are mov
ing through the House and Senate.
The U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights has reported that black vot
ers in Florida were nearly 10 times
more likely than white voters to
have had their ballots rejected in
the November election. But. the
tactics were not restricted to Flori
da. Bond said, pointing out that
more than 2 million presidential
votes went uncounted, mainly
those cast by black and other
minority voters.
This week's convention is the
first major NAACP event since
the election fiasco, which Bond
said flooded the NAACP's Balti
more headquarters with calls from
around the country.
According to Bond, evidence
of racism in America is still very
prevalent in a string of civil rights,
health, social and legal issues.
"Discrimination against black
Americans alone is estimated to
bleed about $240 billion each year
from the economy in lost produc
tivity," he said, noting that even as
the nation becomes more diverse,
"white Americans still choose to
live largely segregated lives."
More than half of all new HIV
infections occur among black peo
ple, who are 10 times more likely
to contract AIDS and 10 times
more likely to die from it, in part,
because of poor funding for AIDS
education and health coverage in
black communities, he pointed
out.
He also cited the higher unem
ployment rate in black communi
ties and the lower rate of health
coverage for racial minority chil
dren.
One out of six black children
and one out of four Hispanic chil
dren have no health coverage,
compared to one out of 11 chil
dren who are white, he said.
"And a new study has just
found that if you are black, the
mere presence of your dark face
can lead non-blacks to misper
ceive an object in your hands as a
weapon."
Bond told NNPA two weeks
ago that the NAACP would also
decide this week whether it would
wage an economic boycott against
Mississippi, whose state flag still
includes the Confederate flag, a
symbol of racial hatred.
Photo by KRT
Julian Bond makes a point at a recent news conference.
Museum to nave free admission
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
SciWorks, the Science Center
and Environmental Park of
Forsyth County, will open its
doors from 4- 8 p.m. on Friday,
July 13, free of charge to its visi
tors.
Museum officials say the free
Friday is a great way to kick off
the weekend. They encourage res
idents to bring a picnic supper and
enjoy the outdoor picnic area!
Currently at SciWorks is an
interesting traveling exhibit,
"Insect Zoo, Arachnids Too!"
This exhibit takes an up-close and
personal look at the lives of
insects and their relatives, the
arachnids. Forget the itsy-bitsy
spiders, we'll have awesome
arachnids, including the Emperor
Scorpions and the Cameroon Red
Baboon Tarantula. Visit with
Death's Head Cockroaches, Giant
Spiny Stick Insects, see unique
Red-Eyed Assassin Bugs, giant
Black African Millipedes, the
King Baboon Tarantula and oth
ers! You won't want to miss this
fascinating exhibit!
SciWorks is a 65,000-square
foot facility located in the northern
part of the county on 30 acres. Sci
Works' mission is to promote sci
entific literacy, life-long learning
and an appreciation of the sciences
by providing innovative educa
tional and recrfeational experiences
for all people through interactive
programs and exhibits, collec
tions, an environmental park and
unique facilities.
SciWorks is easy to find, locat
ed off University Parkway on
Hanes Mill Road, or just off exit
116 (Hanes Mill Road) on Hwy. 52
North. Hours are 10 a.m. until 5
p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Call 767-6730 for information.
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Mousing for OCder JAcCuCts
Opening Late Summer, 2001
Sabbaticals
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statewide, regional or local nonprof
it organizations.
The applications are screened by
a selection committee - composed
of representatives from the founda
tion's board of trustees, advisory
panel, the foundation staff and for
mer recipients - by February, Ten
finalists have an opportunity to meet
with the committee in March and
winners are announced in April.
The number of awards may
change from year to year.
"North Carolina is blessed with
talented, dedicated leaderf &f non
profit organizations across our
state," said Thomas W. Ross, the
executive director of the Z. Smith
Reynolds Foundation. "We believe
this program is accomplishing its
mission, and we hope North Caroli
na nonprofit organizations will
encourage their leaders to apply for
sabbaticals in 2002."
The other four recipients are:
Linda Dunn, the director of the Ala
mance County Dispute Settlement
Center in Burlington; Berline P. Gra
ham. the director of the Zara Better
ment Corp. in Riegelwood; Frances
W. Henderson, the executive direc
tor of the Orange County Dispute
Settlement Center in Carrboro; and
Kay Reibold. the director of the
Vietnam Highlands Assistance Pro
ject at Lutheran Family Services in
Raleigh.
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