Wake Forest to take local
IB SCHOOLS UNDER ITS WINGS
Meeting on Monday
will lay out plan to
parents, students
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Wake Forest University is
launching a long-term initia
tive this fall to partner with the
International Baccalaureate
Program offered by the
Winston-Salem/Forsyth
County Schools.
"Our goal is to partner with
the WinstOn-Salem/Forsyth
County Schools, sharing
resources and expertise, to cre
ate events and programs on
our campus and their campus
es that inspire the work of the
teachers and the students in the
International Baccalaureate
program," said Wake Forest
Dean of the College Jacquelyn
Fetrow.
Wake Forest will-, host a
community forum on the
International Baccalaureate
Program (IB) at 7 p.m. on
Monday, Dec. 14 in Carswell
Hall's Annenberg Forum on
campus. The event will pro
vide information to Forsyth
County families and students
about the program's curricu
lum and its value ill helping
students prepare for college.
Parkland Magnet High SchqBif
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Parkland is one of three IB schools in the county.
Students arid their parents
from the three local IB schools
will talk about their experi
ences with the program.
Wake Forest students who
completed the IB program and
then enrolled at the university
will also share their experi
ences.
Introduced to the Winston
Salem/Forsyth County
Schools in 2002, the program
is available at Parkland
Magnet High School, Paisley
Magnet School and Ashley
Elementary School. The IB
program is open to any highly
motivated student who wants
to participate. International
Baccalaureate offers a rigor
ous comprehensive curriculum
requiring students to demon
strate knowledge and skills in
six academic areas: English,
foreign language, math and
computer science, individuals
and societies, the arts, and
experimental sciences. The
program places an emphasis
on global awareness and com
munity service. Students may
join the program before they
progress to high school or
while in high school.
Developed initially in Europe,
the IB curriculum, which is
offered at schools around the
world, emphasizes an integrat
ed approach to learning across
the academic areas.
Participants in the program
may take exams in their senior
year of high school to receive
the IB diploma, which is sepa
rate from the regular high
school diploma.
Wake Forest's support of
the program will come in
many forms this year.
University faculty are provid
ing guest lectures and carrying
out special project in the local
IB schools. For example,
math professors have already
shared their expertise on topics
such as calculus and statistics;
biology professors have led
science demonstrations; and
other professors have lectured
on mythology and other top
ics. IB students also come to,
Wake Forest for lectures and
presentations, and attend
University cultural events.
The university's support of
the IB program in Forsyth
County began gradually in
recent years, initially through
individual faculty members
with children attending the
schools. In recent months,
University faculty and admin
istrators joined forces with the
schools to create a more struc
tured, expanded effort.
COPD
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lung cells as well, including
the alveoli, and causes
emphysema.
How is COPD diagnosed?
Examinations of nasal
and lung activity during
breathing, called pulmonary
function tests, aJlow doctors
to determine whether a per
son has decreased airflow
and are used in conjunction
with and chest x-rays to diag
nose COPD. Blood tests may
also be done to determine the
level of oxygen in the blood;
most persons with COPD
have hypoxemia, or low lev
els of oxygen in the blood.
Blood tests are also done to
diagnose AAT deficiency.
What are the treatments
for COPD?
Most importantly,
patients diagnosed with
COPD should stop smoking.
Treatments for COPD
include a combination of
inhalers and oral bron
chodilators (medications that
reduce swelling and open the
airways in the lungs),
although many people with
COPD will have to rely on
supplemental oxygen as they
age and progress through the
disease. Antibiotics and
steroids (anti-inflammatory
medications) are often used
during flare-ups. Recently,
for some severe cases of
COPD, surgery to remove
part of the lung and lung
transplant has been done and
has been shown to help some
patients. Patients with A AT
deficiency may receive AAT
replacement therapy.
Unfortunately, lung func
tion in persons with COPD
will continue to worsen as
the disease progresses, and
aside from lung transplant,
none of the current COPD
treatments have been shown
to improve this long-term
decline. Instead, medications
are used to provide relief
from symptoms and hopeful
ly prevent other complica
tions as a result of the dis
ease.
The ALA recommends
that all patients with COPD
receive a yearly flu vaccine
as well as the pneumonia
vaccine, as this is a common
complication of the disease.
The most important ways to
reduce the risk of COPp is to
avoid tobacco smoke and
improve the quality of air in
our homes and workplaces.
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North Carolina university
libraries with all or
part of the micro
film collection are
located at Duke,
East Carolina, N.C.
A&T, UNC Chapel
Hill and Wake
Forest.
Schweninger
knows the value of
conducting
research from pri
mary sources.
something he learned from
his mentor, the late Dr. John
Hope Franklin, with whom he
penned several books, includ
ing the acclaimed, "Runaway
Slaves: Rebels on the
Dr. Franklin
Plantation."
The stories he found in
legal records were often not
preserved anywhere else.
"This was info
that was not
tapped," he said.
"Very few scholars
had gone to county
courts."
Building the
database for the
archive was
painstaking work.
Schweninger visit
ed about 160 coun
ty courthouses in
the South and 15 state
archives between 1991 and
1995.
"The first three years, I
was on the road 540 days," he
said.
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Philanthropy is nothing
new to the 57-year-old. He
was a well-known communi
ty activist in Tema prior to
coming to the United States.
He lobbied for clean drink
ing water and better living
conditions for residents, and
even helped convince the
newly-formed local govern
ment to build a public
school, as none had existed
there before the 1980s.
A port city, Atta and
many of those who lived in
Tema were lured there to
work for the company that
had established the to'wn,
Tema Development
Corporation*
Atta became an activist
after becoming fed up with
the appalling condition* in
the town.
"It was a whole commu
nity; it wasn't only me who
suffered a bad environment,"
he commented. "There was
no water, .no electricity, and
other basic necessities were
not available."
He convinced fellow res
idents to form a coalition
that could lobby for the
needs of the community.
"I told them (the govern
ment) would come to our aid
faster (as a group) than to
individuals," he said.
Conditions began to
improve as a result of citi
zens pulling together, Atta
said. He later went on to
represent Tema on the local
governmental level, where
he convinced his colleagues
to establish a scholarship
committee to help young
people further their educa
tions.
"The kids, some of them
excelled in schools, but their
parents were poor, so they
couldn't go far in educa
tion," he related.
Though he left Africa in
2000, after procuring a U.S.
Visa though a lottery system,
Atta says his heart remains
with the people of Ghana.
Atta's story and devotion
to his people have impressed
and inspired others to lend a
hand. Greensboro resident
Dorothy Myer& has con
tributed "truckloads" of
clothing, as she puts it.
A friend had given Myers
the items after her consign
ment shop closed. Myers
said she had originally
planned to sell the clothing
when she met Atta and
learned about his project.
"When I really under
stood what he wanted to do
with it. 1 gave him every
thing 1 got," she related.
"...It made me feel good."
Myers says she was
impressed by Atta's dedica
tion to the people of Tema
and thrilled to be able to help
out.
"You couldn't find no
nicer person," she said of
Atta. "He has a perfect, giv
ing, loving heart."
Three years ago, students
and staff at Greensboro's
Mendenhall Middle School,
where Atta once" worked,
helped him collect the items
for his very first donation.
He traveled to Tema to deliv
er the items in person and
saw firsthand how apprecia
tive the people there are.
"They were very happy
to even see me back and
moreover, with that in
hand," he related.
"Everybody was amazed."
To make monetary or iri
kirid donations to Atta 's mis- ?
sion, contact him at (336)
988-2400.
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