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Winston-Salem Greensboro High Point
skction c 1974- Celebrating 25 Years - 1999 Auoust 12,1999
Grief center
Hospice Grief Center will
expand its services this fall by
opening Carousel Family Cen
ter, a year-round program for
children, teens and families
mourning losses.
Participants will meet twice
a month to talk about their
feelings. The meetings will also
include smaller breakout ses
sions to discuss specific needs.
The center is free and open
to the community and there is
no limit on the number of ses
sion participants who may
attend after going through ori
entation. The first orientation
?meeting will be held Aug. 31 at
Hospice's office in Stratford
Executive Park. During the
meeting, registration will open
for children and adults. The
, center also needs volunteer
grief group facilitators to lead
meetings as welj as volunteers
to assist the organization.
For more information call
Geraldine Smith, 768-3972.
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WSSU to issue passports
Winston-Salem State Uni
versity's Division of Advance
ment, through the Office of
Alumni Relations, is now a
U.S. Passport Acceptance
Agency.
Under the new designation,
the Alumni Office will accept
and process applications for
U.S. passports. The Alumni
Office has taken over the ser
vice from the Forsyth County
Clerk of Superior Court Office,
which no longer will provide
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The passport service is open
* from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon
* day through Friday. Eventual
1 ly, the service will include on
site photography.
For more information call
I 750-2125.
Carver to celebrate anniver
sary
The Friends of the Carver
School Road Branch Library
will celebrate the branch's first
; anniversary from 2-4 p.m. The
- celebration will be held in the
? multipurpose room of - the
Mazie S. Woodruff Center, cor
- ner of Lansing Drive and
^ Carver School Road.
CCCS to hold classes
Consumer Credit Counsel
ing Services will hold a series
* of classes for first-time home
- buyers. Completion of the
- course is a requirement for par
- ticipation in the affordable
^ housing initiative.
^ The class will focus on
* home buying and selection and
" include information on credit
- counseling, mortgages and
closing.
Upon completing the class,
. attendees will receive a certifi
^ cate which is required by par
I ticipating mortgage lenders as
l verification of training as well
; as a coupon for a free credit
? report review from CCCS.
The classes will be held
- Aug. 23-25 from 6-8:30 p.m. at
? the public library at 660 W. 5th
I St. Preregistration is required.
S For more information call 725
: 1958.
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Right, Jessica Faulk allows Crnia Wadm,
Ph.D., to look ovor the rough draft of hor
action plan. Bolow, students prepare their
t ' ? draft copies for the worksheet titled "What
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Phillips Chapel holds back-to-school academic revival
"There is no shame in
the good grades game."
-Ernie Wade, Ph.D.
Dr. Ernie Wade & Associates
BY FELECIA P. MCMILLAN
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"If you wanna be somebody,
If you wanna go somewhere.
You'd better wake up and
pay attention."
Lisa Faulk, past
president of the
Forsyth Associa
tion of Classroom
Teachers (FACT),
led the whole
group session of parents, stu
dents, and educators in this rous
ing chorus, which was used to
inspire inner-city youths in the
motion picture "Lean on Me."
Faulk uswl this jingle to stimulate
the students, parents and admin
istrators who attended the acade
mic revival held at PhiUips
Chapel Baptist Church on Aug.
8.
Faulk explained to the stu
dents how education is like a
party.
"I love a party. Parties are
fun....At birthday parties, people
bring gifts to you. But ypu are
going to take your own stuff to
this party," she said.
Using an acrostic poem called
"P-A-R-T-Y," Jones spelled out
success for the school year. "Par
ticipation in the learning
process," "Aptitude," "Responsi
bility," "Thoroughness" and
"Yearning" spell success for the
school year, according to Faulk.
"Let learning be the yearning,"
she said.
For thousands of students in
North Carolina, Aug. 9 marked
the first day of school. In order to
prepare kids for this special day,
Ernie Wade, a member of the
congregation and the owner of
Dr. Ernie Wade & Associates,
spearheaded the first academic
revival for the children of the
congregation and others in the
community tp attend. The
evening consisted of a simultane
ous running of a student work
*? shop and a panel discussion with
the parents, followed by a joint
session in the sanctuary.
Wade facilitated the session
for- students titled "What I'm
Going to Do this Year." Latasha
Barr of the Education Center in
Greensboro facilitated the semi
nar for parents, teachers and
administrators, titled "What
Schools Expect from Parents."
This panel discussion included
Harold Smith, principal of Park
land High School; William Peay,
principal of Philo Middle School;
Debbie Warren, principal. .of
Atkins Middle School; Dr. Larry *
Fields, principal of Latham Ele
mentary School; and Lisa Faulk,
past president of FACT.
The joint session included
comments from principal Larry
Fields, teacher Lisa Faulk, and
School Board member Victor
Johnson. Wade served as the
keynote speaker.
Angela Jones served as the
mistress of ceremonies for the
revival. She summarized the
occasion for the audience.
"The purpose of a revival is to
rededicate, to rejuvenate, to make
a commitment to something we
are emotiorial about, excited
about. This academic revival is an
opportunity to come together as
parents, students, teachers and
administrators to say we are
going to make a difference," Jones
said. "The teachers are not the
only educators. We as parents are
the first teachers our children
(will) have. We need to make sure
our children are excited and moti
vated about learning.''
Joriah Wade, a student at East
Carolina University, welcomed
the audience to the joint session.
"It is time for us to focus on what
we will do in the future.. .Let us
put aside past failures," he said.
Ernie Wade's session with the
students resulted in their prepar
ing a game plan for the school
year. During this seminar youths
completed a rough draft of an
academic plan for the 1999-2000
school year, and they will work
with their parents at home on the
hard copy. The plan included
information about personal
behavior and attitude as well as
academic preparation and perfor
mance.
"We are here today so you can
get some direction for tomorrow,
so you are not simply just going
to school. If you have taken this
exercise seriously, you have some
direction," said Wade. "This is a
road map and you need to sit
with your folks and work it out.
You need to put it up somewhere
you can see it every day, ovty and
over again."
After working on their drafts.
the young people raised their
hands to share what they had
written:
"I plan to stop procrastinat
ing, putting my assignments off
until the last minute," one said. ?
Wade responded, "Yes, work i*
done in haste is not nearly as?
excellent as when you talce the?
time to write the paper. The qual- ?
ity of the work is reflected,"? ?.
Wade said. ?
"1 plan to study harder and?
turn my work in on time," said?
another student. >
"1 need to focus on what is ?
going on in class instead of talk- 1
ing to my friends or thinking
about what.., I will do after ',
school."
"1 need to stop clownifig and ?
be more serious." ??
"I want to improve my;'
grades."
"I want to get more orga- ?
ni2ed."
The responses came steadily, ?
and Wade sanctioned the many
goals the students cited.
"RemetYiBer that C's won't do.!
Just doing good won't do. A 740;
on the SAT is not fine. You need
to do better. Take it over," said!
? i See Revival on CI 1
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Left, during the parent work
shop, administrators and
feathers participated in a
panel discussion. Parents
took nates and asked ques
tions. Right, Victor Johnson
of the Winston-Salem/
Forsyth County School Board
spoke with the parents, stu
dents and administrators
about student achievement.
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