Vol. XXXVII No. 42
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.
THURSDAY, June 16, 2011
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BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
The Winston
Salem/Forsyth County
School system has selected
seven aspiring principals to
take part in an innovative
program designed to recruit
and train successful and effec
tive principals to lead high
need schools in the local
area.
Michelle Breen, a third
grade teacher at Diggs
Latham Elementary School;
Jeff Brookshire, a social
studies teacher at North
Forsyth High School;
Ronnie Christian, the coordi
nator of the GEAR-UP pro
gram at Atkins and Glenn
high schools; Cassandra
Dobson, a fourth-grade
teacher at North Hills
Elementary School; Scarlet
Evans, an English and social
studies teacher at Hill Middle
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Photo by Lay la Farmer
Keisha Gabriel is one of seven Piedmont Triad
Leadership Academy representatives.
School; WSFCS social stud
ies Instructional Coach
Keisha Gabriel; and Ian
Olsen. a biology teacher at
Atkins High School, were
chosen from a pool of nearly
70 applicants to represent the
school system as part of the
first ever class of the
Piedmont Triad Leadership
Academy.
"For me, the passion bled
through. You can see that
they're there for the right rea
sons," Dr. Meg Sheehan,
assistant superintendent for
Instructional Services for
WSFCS, said of the seven
representatives. "They have
a passion about them to be a
change agent, and that's what
showed through for me."
Unlike traditional princi
pal licensure programs,
which require a master's in
education and often call for
classroom teaching experi
ence, the PTLA is open to
candidates with a wide variety
of backgrounds and is cen
tered around the best prac
tices, experiences and feed
back of local principals in
high need schools.
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Photos .by Lay la FviMf
Above: Players engage in spirited competition last week. Mechelle Jones Ivory (below) is among the
women taking advantage of the new league.
A League of their Own
Female bailers take Winston Lake by storm
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
The competition was fierce last
Thursday night, as the women of
the Heat and the Magic basketball
teams pounded up and down the
court at the Winston Lake Family
YMCA, battling for a win.
But the moment the buzzer
sounded, the tension lifted like a
cloud and the members of the two
opposing teams shared handshakes,
grins and conversation. The quick
transition from opponents to
friends is all part and parcel of the
Winston Lake Women's Basketball
Sec League on All
Photos by Tttdd Luck
Gerrod Hardy stands beside his 1965 Chevrolet
CIO. Below, he holds a photo taken of the truck
before its restoration.
Men & their
Cars
Car Club helps good causes while
having a good time
BY TODD LUCK
I III CHRONICLE
An assortment of automobiles pined for attention
Saturday in the parking lot of Kmart on Peter's Creek
Parkway,
The Bow-Tie Boyz Auto Club's first-ever car and truck
show attracted about 30 vehicles of all styles, makes and
models. The show was a milestone for the Bow-Tie Boyz. a
club started last August by a group of friends who each
owned a General Motors vehicle. The Club derives its name
irom me oow
tie like shape of
the Chevrolet
logo.
The Club
now has a sub
stantial charita
ble wing. Last
December,
members - or
Tie-Boyz - held
a bowling
fundraiser for
the Christmas
Peace Toys for
War Toys
exchange program. In February, the Club ted the families at
Hospice and Palliative CareC enter.
The car show raised money through registration fees and
concessions for this year's Peace Toys exchange and for the
Club's Hospice outreach. Boy-Tie Boyz President Gerrod
Hardy said in addition to supporting worthy causes, the
event provided a good time for all
"It's just to get out and get a good bunch of guys togeth
er (to) see different types of vehicles, see what people do to
their vehicles," said Hardy.
Hardy's car show entry was his pride and joy. a 1965
Chevrolet CIO truck that he inherited from his late grandfa
ther. Restoring the truck took 14 years and required a
replacement of all the parts, except the engine, and a new
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Volunteer has gone beyond call of duty
Photo by Layla Farmer
S a I e r i a
Bruton has
turned her
personal
trials into
triumphs as
a Red Cross
volunteer.
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
Sometimes helping someone else is the best way to
heal yourself.
That is the lesson Sateria Bruton has learned over the
course of the last year, while volunteering for the
Northwest North Carolina Chapter of the American Red
Cross. Bruton, a city native, serves a case worker on one
of the organization's Disaster Action Teams. The teams
provide response to single and multi family fires and aid
the people who have been victimized by them, offering
food, shelter, clothing and sometimes just a hug and a
sympathetic ear. The latter has quickly become Bruton 's
forte. She has made a name for herself as a volunteer
who goes the extra mile to help those she encounters on
the job, so much so that she was named Emergency
Services Volunteer of the Year at the organization's
Annual Volunteer Recognition event on June 2.
"It's fantastic: somebody like Sateria going out
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Commitment to Quality
Photo by Todd l.uck
Eustace MacThompson assembles a mattress
last week at Winston-Salem Industries for the
Blind, which is celebrating its 75th anniver
sary. Read more on page Bl.
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