WS/FCS photo.
The following Links members attended the workshop. They are: (L:R) On the
first row: Patricia Hickman, Chair, Services to Youth Committee; and Dr.
Connie Johnson. On the second row: Lajoi Wilson-Moore, Sonny Haynes and
Candice Wooten Brown.On the third row: Davida Martin, Pamela Dockery
Howard, Stephanie Hill-Palmer.On the-fourth row: Lisa Caldwell, Donna
Oldham and Kathy Stitts. >
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North Forsyth student
Lauren Scales
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North Forsyth student
Nigel Tumbler
Winston-Salem Prep
student Josh Gould
students get community
help with the ACT
BY KIM UNDERWOOD
WINSTON-SALEM/FORS YTH
COUNTY SCHOOLS
On a Saturday morn
ing, Josh Gould could have
slept in. instead, he chose
to get up and head over to
Carver High School to join
more than 100 other high
school students taking a
course designed to help
them do well on the ACT
test.
"It's a great opportuni
ty, to prepare myself," said
Gould, who is a junior at
Winston-Salem
Preparatory Academy. "It's
an opportunity to my
advantage."
Before the workshop
began, Gould said that he
was looking forward to
becoming more familiar
with the format of the ACT
and to learning strategies
for answering questions.
Other students offered
similar reasons for being
U1V1&.
"I want to do well on
the ACT so I can make it
into a good college," said
Nigel Tramber, who is a
junior at North Forsyth
High School.
In recent years, the
Winston-Salem Chapter of
The Links, an international
organization of women
dedicated to serving their
communities, and
Winston-Salem State
University have organized
an annual workshop
designed to help students
perform as well as they can
on the ACT, a test that
many colleges consider
when , deciding whether to
accept a student.
In welcoming the stu
dents to the workshop,
Doria Kathy Stitts, a mem
ber of The Links who is the
associate provost and dean
of University College and
Lifelong Learning at
Winston-Salem State, said,
"I am so excited about this
program. We want to see
you go into college and be
successful."
Along with helping
individual students do
well, another goal of the
program is to help
Winston-Salem/Forsyth
County Schools reach its
goal of closing the achieve
ment gap among students
of different backgrounds,
said Lajoi Wilson-Moore, a
member of The Links who
is an assistant principal at
Jefferson Middle School.
Doing well on the ACT
also increases the likeli
hood of a student receiving
scholarships, she said.
Kenneth Simington,
the school system's chief
academic officer, noted
that, along with closing the
achievement gap, the
workshop could help the
school system reach its
goal of improving the
graduation rate.
Over the years, the
number of schools partici
pating has grown. This
year, students came from
Atkins Academic &
Technology High School,
Carver High School,Glenn
High School, Parkland
High School, Walkertown
High School and Winston
Salem Preparatory
Academy.
"I'm excited that we
had more students to par
ticipate and more schools,"
said Constance Johnson,
The Links member who
coordinated the workshop.
Johnson's husband and
school board member, Vic
Johnson, stopped by.
Principal Richard Watts of
Winston-Salem Prep
joined his students at the
workshop. Staff members
on hand from other schools
also included Maria
Watkins, the director of
student services at
Walkertown; Amy Samek,
the director of student serv
ices at Parkland; Sony a
Withers, the director of stu
dent services at North
Forsyth; Tonya Withers,
the director of student serv
ices at Carver; and
Candace Shaw, the career
development coordinator
at Atkins.
"I hope they get a better
understanding of what to
expect when they take the
ACT," Shaw said.
Members of the
Winston-Salem State fac
ulty were there as volun
teers. Margaret Poston,
who has taught at the uni
versity for 38 years, said
she was delighted to partic
ipate.
"I like teaching, and I
like helping students,"
Poston said. "And I want
them to succeed."
After breakfast, stu
dents headed off to take a
series of classes. By the
end of the day, they would
have taken classes that
focused on such test topics
as biology, reading com
prehension and math.
In each of the classes,
Winston-Salem State fac
ulty members talked about
such strategies as ways to
eliminate cleairly wrong
answers so that you can
concentrate on choosing
between a smaller number
of possibly correct
answers.
As Lauryn Scales, who
is a junior at North
Forsyth, headed to her next
class, she said that the tips
she was taking away from
the Workshop included
strategies for eliminating
clearly wrong answers as
well as the importance of
studying vocabulary
beforehand and of answer
ing every the question
since there is no penalty for
a wrong answer.
You can also find more
general test preparation
tips such as that at ACT.
You can find Free Rice at
Free Rice.com.
The Winston-Salem
State faculty members who
participated in the work
shop were:
Stephanie Dance
Barnes, associate professor
of biological sciences;
Cheraton Love, dean of
first-year Students and
advising services.
University College and
Lifelong Learning
(UCaLL) and lecturer of
biological sciences; Mark
Hunnell, assistant profes
sor of mathematics; La Vie
Leasure, associate profes
sor and chair, Department
of Liberal Studies; Frank
Ingram, associate professor
and chair. Department of
Mathematics.
WSSU faculty also par
ticipating were Margaret
Poston, associate director
of quantitative initiatives.
University College and
Lifelong Learning
(UCaLL) and lecturer of
mathematics; Pamela
Simmons, associate pro
fessor of English and
director of the writing in
the Major Program; Mesia
Steed, assistant professor
of biological sciences and
faculty?in-residence;
Angela Steinberg, reading
specialist, University
College and Lifelong
Learning (UCaLL).
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UJS. House passes bill to name
post office after Angelou
WASHINGTON, D.C . - U.S. Rep.
Alma S. Adams' (NC12) legislation to
name a Winston-Salem post office after
Dr. Maya Angelou passed out of the U.S.
House of Representatives with a vote of
371 to 9 on March 1.
The legislation, fiJR. 3735, would
rename the Center City post office at 200
Town Run Lane in Winston-Salem to
that of the Maya Angelou Memorial Post
Office. Winston-Salem was Angelou's
primary residence and final resting place.
She called Winston-Salem home for
more than 30 years.
Adams introduced the legislation in
October and it passed out of the House
Oversight and Government Reform
Committee in December. Aside from
several of Adams' amendments that have
passed the U.S. House of
Representatives, this is Adams' first bill
to pass the full House. It now heads to
the Senate for a vote.
The legislation is co-sponsored by
every member of the North Carolina con
gressional delegation.
AFP NC, Triad Chapter, honored
as a Friends of Diversity Designation
chapter
Arlington, Va. - The Association of
Fundraising Professionals NC, Triad
Chapter, has been named a 2013 Friends
of Diversity Designation Chapter. AFP,
the largest association of professional
fundraisers in the world, annually honors
chapters for achieving goals that align
with key objectives in its long-range
strategic plan. Chapters receive the
Friends of Diversity Designation for per
forming specific activities designed to
increase diversity and inclusion within
fundraising and public awareness of the
importance of philanthropy. Of the 243
chapters in AFP, 74 chapters received the
2015 Friends of Diversity Designation.
Friends of Diversity Chapters are recog
nized at the AFP International
Conference on Fundraising. Chapters
also earn the privilege of displaying the
Friends of Diversity logo on their web
site, newsletters and stationary. Criteria
for the award are determined by AFP
International Headquarters.
Submitted photo
Featured (Left to Right): Zoey Gray, 8; Jordan Lewis, 7; Lauren Patridge, 7;
Zoe Farewell, 8; Zoe Simmons, 7; Jasmine Gladman, 9; (in back Cameron
Paschall); Rediet Kelly, 8; Camden Dobson, 7; Miles Oliver, 7; Thomas
Thompson, 7.
Students learn about
the sport of fencing
SPECIAL TO THE
CHRONICLE
The Winston-Salem
Chapter of Jack and Jill of
America, Incorporated,
had a fencing activity for
its Playmates at the Rural
Hall Public Library on
February 1.
The Playmates (from
1 st-3rd grade) were
instructed by Cameron
Paschall of the Greensboro
Fencers Club on the sport
of fencing.
The Playmates learned
about the special uniform
worn by fencers, handled
the fencing equipment and
were instructed in basic
fencing moves.
Jack and Jill of
America, Inc. is a member
ship organization of moth
ers with children ages 2-19
dedicated to nurturing
future African-American
leaders by strengthening
children through leader
ship development, volun
teer service, philanthropic
giving and civic duty.
The Winston-Salem
Chapter of Jack and Jill
was founded in June 1951.
The mission of the W-S
Chapter is to participate in
cultural, educational,
social and spiritual pro
gramming that strengthens
the family unit; to be
involved in community
outreach; and to increase
participation on a regional
and national level.
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