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Crosby Scholars hands out honors SPECIAL ro 1 HE CHRONICLE The Crosby Scholars Program, which helps local middle and high school stu dents prepare themselves academically, personally and financially for college, recently held its year-end recognition banquet. A number of students were honored for their work in and outside of the class room They include Amanda Hanchock of. Carver High SchootrCafriTTPn Caruthers of Glenn High School; and Mefvin Aikens of Winston Salem Preparatory Academy. They received special recog nition for being Crosby Scholars w ho were ranked at the top of their classes at the end of the List semester. One thousand dollar BBB Siudent of Integrity Awards, based on a student's charac ter. leadership, and contribu- . tions to the community, went to Atkins High's Franklin Stove. Carver's Reynita McMillan; East Forsyth's Lindsey Ballard; Glenn's Cailie Cullen; Middle College's ' Da'Shaun Mclntyre; Ml. Tabor's London A I peter; North Forsyth's Alaina Thum; Parkland's jlashad Superintendent Don Martin with Michael Nachman Scholarship winner Camilla Powierza, Deborah Best, Crosby Scholars board member; and Mono Lovett, executive director of the Crosby Scholars Community Partnership. Wilkerson; Reagan's Isabel Ethevefri; Reynolds' Ian Hill; West Forsyth's Nicole West; and Winston-Salem Preparatory Academy's Melvin Aikens Jr. The S250 Harry Scofield Memorial Book Scholarship, named for a lifelong educa tor and Crosby Scholar vol unteer. went to West Forsyth's Kelly Parsons, who will enroll at UNC Chapel Hill to double major in journalism and political science. Each year, the pro'gram honors students who rank in the top 10 percent of the sen ior class of Crosby Scholars based on their cumulative weighted grade point aver age at the end of the first semester of their senior year. This year's honorees were: Mt. Tabor's Shannon Taylor (going to MIT); Parkland's Sana Tariq (going to UNC Chapel Hill); Parkland's Kyle Fageol (going to UNC Chapel Hill); West's David Lung (going to Duke University); Parkland's Rashad Wilkerson (going to UNC Chapel Hill); Parkland's Ryan Thamm (going to Georgia Tech); Reynolds' ??Alex Greven (going to Emory University); West's Lauren Mickey (going to UNC Chapel Hill); Parkland's Victoria Cook (going to UNC Chapel Hill); and Camilla Powierza of Mt. Tabor (going to UNC Chapel Hill) Powjerza also won' the Michael Nachman Scholarship, which is worth $2,000 a year for four years. The scholarship goes to' the Crosby Scholar student with the highest cumulative' weighted grade point aver age Powierza is ranked #2 out of 403 seniors at Mt Tabor, She scored a perfect 800 SAT math score and a nearly perfect SAT writing score. , f The crowd gathered at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church reads the litany. CHANGE gets new commitments from city leaders SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE More than 700 representatives from dozens of member congregations were on hand at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church on Sunday. May 3. for CHANGE'S Spring Delegates' Assembly. CHANGE is a nonpartisan; multi racial . multi-faith and multi-institution al organization that develops commu nity campaigns that engage residents iii grass-roots efforts to better their com munity. At the assembly, CHANGE clergy and lay leaders reported pn recent com munity campaigns that CHANGE has undertaken related to health and educa tion. ' "We have currently been focused on developing preventative and pro active strategies to protect our children and their households from lead poison ing." said the Rev. Kelly Carpenter, co chair of the CHANGE Strategy Team. "We also want to ensure a fair and rehabilitation- focused disciplinary sys tem in our schools, and an open, non partisan process to elect the best school board members for our children, whether they are Democrat. Republican or Independent " CHANGE obtained the following commitments from community leaders related to these concerns during the assembly: School Superintendent Dr. Don Martin committed to move forward with reforming Griffith Academy and updating the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools' disciplinary proce dures. Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines The crowd sings "We Shall Overcome." agreed to work with CHANGE in applying for a HUD grant to remove lead poisoning from homes, as well as meet with our Economic Development Action Team within 60 days. N.C. State House Representatives Earline Parmon and Larry Womhle updated the assembly regarding the bill to make local school board elections non-partisan, and reiterated their com mitment to continue shepherding the bill thorugh the slate legislature In addition, CHANGE announced the results of its recent round of com munity House Meetings held within its member congregations and organiza tions, providing input toward the development of its community cam paign agenda for the coming months and years. Dozens of House Meeting discussions were held throughout the community in March and April, involv ing hundreds of local residents, and CHANGE reported that it will move forward with the creation of a new Economic Development Action Team in response to the current economic cri sis, and will adapt Education and Healthcare Action Teams, which have engaged in recent successful communi ty campaigns in order to address new issues identified in these areas by the House Meeting process. Dr. Lee David Lege tie Legette wins teaching honors SPECIAL TO The chronicle Dr Lee David Legette is the recipient of Winston Salem State University's 2008 - 2009 Wachovia Excellence in Teaching Award and the Cedric S. Rodne\ Distinguished Service Award. Both aw ards were presented to Dr. Legette during the Annual Faculty Awards Luncheon on Monday-, May 11. The Wachovia Excellence in. Teaching Award is one of the highest teaching awards that the university bestows upon its faculty. The Cedric S Rodney Distinguished Service Award, named for a longtime, respected member of the school's faculty, is given to an individual who has performed superior service to the univer sity. the profession, and/or the wider community as evi denced by activities which extend beyond normal expec tations. unique contributions, or long-standing leadership and impact on the university and beyond. Legette is a professor 01 music in the Department of Fine Arts. He teaches saxo phone and music education methods courses and conducts a university jazz ensemble. Additionally, he leads several small ensembles that he found ed. including the Ramsax Quartet and the Raminiscence Jazz Combo. He also chairs the WSSU Lyceum Cultural Events Series. Dr. Legette holds B.S., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in instrumental music education from Fayetteville State University, the University of Iowa and the Florida State University, respectively. He received further study at the Eastman School of Music. Prior to joining the faculty at WSSU in 1990. he taught and directed bands at Fayetteville State and Stillman College in Tuscaloosa. Ala. He has over 26 years of teaching experience and five years' experience in adminis trative affairs. Dr. Legette is active locally and regionally as a performer and clinician. Currently, he is principal alto saxophonist with the Piedmont Wind Symphony, and has been one of its featured soloists. Additionally, he has per formed with many well known recording and stage personali ties such as Joe Henderson. Red Skelton. Jacket Harry, Javon Jackson, Cab Calloway, Rufus Thomas. Red Rodney, the Temptations, Freddie Hubbard. Ira Sullivan, John Faddis. Louie Bellison. Robert Trowers, Pharoah Sanders. Clarence Carter. Freda Payne, Stanley Turrentine, Ernie Watts, McCoy Tyner. Arturo Sandoval, Nicholas Payton. Paul Anka, Antonio Hart, Dianne Schuur. Ronnie Milsapr Three Dog Night, Dionne Warwick and A1 Jarreati. He was a finalist in the ASCAP Competition for Young Composers and has had arrangements performed and recorded by the Eastman Studio Jazz Orchestra. He is a member of the North Carolina Music Educator Association, the Music Educators National Conference, the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, the Intercollegiate Music Association, lnc and the American Educational Research Association He is the son of Hattie Lee Legette and the late Leroy Legette of Marion. SC.
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