Magazine: Atkins, West among nation's best schools
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Two schools in Winston
Salem/Forsyth County Schools
were judged among the top high
schools in the country by U.S.
News & World Report, including
West Forsyth High School,
which ranked second in North
Carolina.
West Forsyth ranked 378th
nationally, earning it a gold
medal for being ranked among
the top 500 schools in the United
States. It was one of just two high
schools in the state to earn a gold
medal.
Winston-Salem Preparatory
Academy earned a silver medal
for being ranked in the top 2,000
nationally. It was ranked 34th in
North Carolina and 1,986th in
the U.S.
U.S. News looked at more
than 19,400 public schools in the
U.S. and ranked them according
to how they perform on state
assessments and how well they
prepare students for college. The
data is from the 2011-12 school
year.
The magazine first deter
mined whether a school's stu
dents performed better than
expected for the average student
in the state. It then examined
whether a school's least advan
taged students performed better
than the average of similar stu
dents in the state. Finally. U.S.
News judged how well schools
prepared students for college
based on Advanced Placement
and International Baccalaureate
data.
West Forsyth and Glenn High
School also were included earlier
this month in The Washington
Post's list of America's Most
Challenging High Schools. The
list is compiled by the Post's edu
cation columnist Jay Mathews.
Schools are judged by the num
ber of college-level tests given at
a school in a school year divided
by the number of graduates that
year. West Forsyth ranked 16th in
the state on the list, and Glenn
ranked 58th in the state.
For more information about
U.S. News' rankings, please
visit http://www.usnews.com/edu
cation/best-high-schools.
Gist to give genealogical talk
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CHRONICLE
James E. Gist, a
Winston-Salem native, will
present "African American
Genealogy Roadblocks" at
the Forsyth County
Genealogical Society's
next monthly meeting on
Tuesday, May 6 at the
Central Library, 660 W. 5th
St. The social starts at 6:30
p.m.; the program begins at
7.
Gist retired from the
U.S. Air Force and
Lockheed Martin
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Aerospace. His interest in
genealogy began almost 30
years ago when he found
an old family Bible and
wanted to "fill in the
blanks" with his grand
mother's help. His family
database has grown to more
than 2,400 names. He is
looked to as a family histo
rian by the Gist families of
Chester County, S.C.
He recently developed
and presented a class in
African American
Genealogy at United
Metropolitan Missionary
Baptist Church, where he is
chair of the Computer Lab
Ministry.
The meeting is free and
open to the public.
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Gist
Senior Golfers Donate Cash
Submitted Photos
Winston Lake Senior Golf
Association President James
Streater presents a check for
$1,000 to Carver High
School Band Director Juan
Eckard (right) to help pay
for new instruments and
other urgently needed band
equipment. The association
also presented a $1,000
scholarship to Jon A.
McNeir, a freshman at N.C.
Central University and a
graduate of East Forsyth
High School. He is the son
of Kimberly McNeil.
Some of the Members of the
association are pictured
above.
1 hey are:
(first row)
Harry
Transou,
James
McNeil
Mitchell,
Richard Pettus, Leon "Popcorn" Sutton and James Streater,
(second row) Mannie "Giggy" Hardin, John Easter, Henry
Hardin, Charles Butler and Ander "Tommy" Nelson, (third
row) Dan McGill, Bobby Gwyn, Robert Nesbit, Von Roberts,
Larry Butler and Ernest Squire.
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Hope du Jour is May 6
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More than 130 restaurants are on tap to participate in Hope du Jour on Tuesday,
May 6. This year, two restaurants are offering special promotions.
Chef Dion Sprenkle, 5479 Old Us Highway 52 in Welcome, will serve a five
course, prix fixe Hope du Jour menu featuring 28-d^y dry-aged sirloin for $37.50.
ine vin zun wine Bar at wine
Merchants, 205 S Stratford Rd.,
will offer a wine tasting of 18
different wines from around the
world for $10.
Presented by sponsors Wall
Esleeck Babcock LLP, and
Leonard Ryden Burr Real Estate,
Hope du Jour is Crisis Control's
signature event and one of its
largest fundraisers.
It has become a much antici
pated community tradition where
friends and family get together
to share a meal while supporting
Crisis Control Ministry, Forsyth
County's largest emergency
assistance provider. Participating
restaurants agree to donate 10
percent of their sales on May 6
to support the mission and programs of Crisis Control Ministry.
A list of participating restaurants can be found at www.hopedujour.org. The
web site includes a convenient search function to find restaurants by city, type of
meal (breakfast, lunch, dinner, Sunday Brunch), those that cater, have meeting
rooms, or are offering special promotions. News and restaurant specials are posted
daily on Facebook at www.facebook.com/hopedujour.
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