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section B Also Sports, Religion and Classifieds October 2, 2014
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Community
Calendar
Fundraiser
The Celeste Burgess One
Foundation is sponsoring a
Flapjack Fundraiser Breakfast
on Saturday, Oct. 4 from 8
a.m. - 10 a.m. at Applebee's
Neighborhood Grill & Bar,
4690 N. Patterson Ave. For
tickets, call Donna Burgess at
336-328-7246.
Parkland Homecoming
Parkland High School's
50th anniversary homecoming
will be on Oct. 3. The game
begins at 7 p.m. Tailgating will
take place prior to the game.
Also, the Class of 2004 will
hold its 10th anniversary. For
more information, contact
Linwood Geralds at 336-771
4700.
ULYP conference
The Winston-Salem Urban
League Young Professionals
will hold its first Women's
Empowerment retreat from
Oct. 3 - 4 at The Enterprise
Conference and Banquet
Center. This is an opportunity
to empower both men and
women to discuss important
issues facing the community.
Register at www.wsulyp
leap.eventbrite .com.
WSSU game trips
A. H. Anderson High
School Alumni will sponsor
turn-around trips to the fol
lowing WSSU away games:
Oct. 4 at Chowan University;
Oct. 11 at Johnson C. Smith;
Nov. 1 at Shaw University;
and Nov. 8 at Fayetteville
State University. For more
information about these
fundraisers, contact Theodis
Foster at 336-767-8628 or
James McCants at 336-771
9946.
Malloy/Jordan
anniversary
The Friends of the
Malloy/Jordan East Winston
Heritage Center are seeking
community members willing
to share their memories of the
East Winston Library for the
upcoming 60th anniversary of
the library on Friday, Nov. 14.
Contact Ms. Harris at 336
405-5380 for more informa
tion.
Big Four tickets on sale
Tickets for the 20th
Celebration of the Big Four
will be on sale every Thursday
from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at the
American Legion Post #128
located at 481 Old Rural Hall
Road. Tickets are $35 and a
table is $350. To purchase
tickets, call 336-764-0980 or
336-817-4816.
Aggie ROTC reunion
A reunion of former N.C.
A&T University Army ROTC
cadets from the Vietnam era
will be held this year during
the school's homecoming at
the Greensboro Marriott
Downtown. This event will be
the first time Aggie military
graduates have ever re-con
nected in a formal setting. For
more details, contact Marquis
D. Street at 336-373-1904 or
See Community on B5
Phoios by Kevin Walker
Future Innovators Yarita Noyola and Elijah Best with their mentors, Mohammad Albanna and Daniel Yohannes (right).
Janel Suburu works with Wiley student Haley Moore.
Katherine Brown and Carliyah Bradshaw(right) work together.
For the Long Haul
Wiley students getting year's worth of mentoring
from Innovation Quarter personnel
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
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Jayshawn Fluilt (seated) works on the robotics project with his
mentor, Vishal Khanna.
For science-minded students,
the Wake Forest Innovation
Quarter is a perpetual playground
with something new to discover
and ponder at every turn.
The minds of 10 Wiley Magnet
Middle School students are being
set free there this school year to
explore, absorb and create their
own brand of innovation.
Wiley, whose STEAM (sci
ence, technology, engineering,
arts, math) magnet program is just
about a year old, has partnered
with the downtown science and
technology hub for a year-long
mentoring program - Future
Innovators. It pairs each Wiley stu
dent with his or her own mentor -
an employee from one of
Innovation Quarter's various divi
sions. Each month through the end
of the school year, the students
will visit the Quarter to work on
science-based projects with their
mentors. During each visit, a dif
ferent topic will be tackled. Last
Friday, when students made their
first visit, robotics was the theme:
microbiology is on tap for
October. Students will present
projects of their own creation for
their last visit next May.
"This is not just a field trip;
this is not just a one-off," Wiley
Principal Sean Gaillard said,
emphasizing the importance of
giving his students a sustained
educational experience.
Teachers recommended stu
dents they thought would be ideal
for Future Innovators. Those cho
sen have a keen sense of curiosity
and a hunger for learning. They
are also a motley group reflective
of Wiley's diversity, Gaillard said.
Future Innovator Jayshawn
Fluitt imagines a future in techni
cal engineering, where his hands
and mind can work in unison.
"I want to build things ? like
See Innovators on B9
Right: Principal
Sean Gaillard
cheers on Chris
Ledford's work.
Left: Terrell Harris
and his mentor,
Chad Campbell
(right), work with
Steve Susalka.