Vol. xxxvi No. 37 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, May 13, 2010
Parkland
tennis star
signs
with JCSU
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Foster
parents
thanked
for caring
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Women
bui,d ratoW
hout?fe
HabUat^
Mother/ son,
husband/ wife
among graduates
Record class receives degrees at WSSU Spring Commencement Ceremony
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE __
The biggest graduating class in
Winston-Salem $tate University
history received degrees Saturday
during the school's Spring
Commencement ceremony at the
Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial
Coliseum.
About 9(H) students graduated
as more than 1 .200 family mem
bers and friends cheered them on
from the stands. They were given
words of wisdom by keynote
speaker Donald Stewart, the former
president of Spelman College.
Stewart said that during his tenure,
Spelman and WSSU shared similar
philosophies
"We essentially embraced your
motto of 'Entering to learn, depart
to serve.'" said Stewart. "We
not embrace the notion of
entering to earn."
It was clear that many graduates
have taken WSSLJ's "Lnier to
Learn" motto to heart and into
practice. Perhaps the most well
known graduate Saturday was
IX*rwin Montgomery, 21. a politi
cal science major who shocked
many when he won a seat on the
Winston-Salem City Council last
year. He said he was motivated to
run after an internship with the
non-profit advocacy group
Photo by Tcxkl Luck
Doris and Theodore Evans were among the oldest graduates.
CHANGE left him wanting to have
a more direct impact on the com
munity.
"In political science, they push
us to challenge the infrastructure,
to challenge what is there," said
Montgomery. "So I was basically
doing w hat I w as taught to do in the
classrooms."
Montgomery said his election
win has been an example to young
people of what they can achieve
regardless of their age. He said he's
learned a lot in the five months he's
represented the East Ward.
"People ask have I gotten my
feet wet (on the Council) and I say
Yes, I've gotten my feet wet now.
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Photo by Todd Luck
Business Major Victor Banks with his
mother, Sonja, a social work major.
WSSl Photo b% Garrett Garms
City Council Member Derwin Montgomery
receives his degree from Chancellor
Donald Reaves.
In Perfect Harmony
Photo by Martin Tucker
Summit School
Summit stu
dent Jake
Murphy with
Carter
Vocat i on a I
student Mark
Morrison ,
right.
Summit, Carter Vocational unite
for annual concert
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE ? ______
Twenty-five years ago. Loma Hopkins, a music teacher at
Summit School, and Lee Beat I. a music teacher at Carter
Vocational High School, joined forces to create a unique pro
gram that would bring the students from the two schools
together in a meaningful way. Today, the annual
Carter/Summit Exchange concert has become a time-honored
tradition that school leaders say promotes friendship and
understanding between members of the two distinct student
bodies.
This year s concert was held at Carter Vocational, a nontra
ditional high school for students with special needs last
Thursday, and at Summit, a private institution that serves K
through ninth-graders, on Friday
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Schools
prepare
for big
changes
Petree, Kennedx
hope overhaul
will improve
student scores
BY I.AYLA FARMKR
THECHRONlCtE
Two East Winston
schools will lose their princi
pals next school year.
Kennedy Learning Center
and Petree Elementary
School are both up for feder
al School Improvement
Grants worth up to $2 mil
lion a year for three years
T h e
m o n e y
w o u I d
allow the
schools to
implement
a variety
of new
programs
aimed at
boosting 1 ' - I
the aca- CmUweii
demic per
formance of their students
But to be eligible, the
schools must replace their
principals and Petree must
shed half of its teaching staff
Other changes will be made
as well. Petree. for instance,
will operate on a longer
school year, which will "pro
vide more time for' staff
development, parent and stu
dent involvement and after
school enrichment." accord
ing to the Winston
Salem Forsyth Counts
School Svstem
Charlene Davis, one of
two assistant superintendents
in the Elementary Schools
Division, will take over as
the principal of Petree next
school >ear. She will replace
Shelia Burlock Kas Rogers,
the current director of the
school system's Career and
Technical Education
Department, will lead
Kennedy, replacing Bertha
Caldwell .
Caldwell, the system's
2008-09 Principal of the
Year, will be reassigned to
Mineral Springs Middle
School next year, succeeding
Rands Fulton, who is retir
ing Caldwell has been at
i *
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New name reflects center's mission
Monique Freeney stands outside the
newly-renamed Center.
I
BY TODD LUCK
THh CHRONK'U
For the past 18 years, the
Salvation Army's shelter at. 1255
North Trade Street has offered hope to
those facing hard times. The shelter
officially changed its name Tuesday
to reflect its mission of helping those
who have fallen on hard times to get
back on their feet
The dedication ceremony for the
renamed "The Salvation Army Center
of Hope" fittingly took place during
National Salvation Army Week, a
time when Salvation Army chapter*
across the the globe tout their many
public service efforts.
The Center of Hope contains the
only shelter for homeless families in
Forsyth County. A myriad of other
services are also housed there, includ
ing an emergency housing assistance
service, a community breakfast feed
ing program and a residential re-entry
program for newly -released inmates.
Major Terry Israel, the Area
Commander for the Salvation Army,
and City Council Member Denise
"D.D." Adams, whose North Ward
includes the Center of Hope, unveiled
the signs bearing the building's new
name Israel said "Center of Hope" is
an apt description of what happens
within the building, but he hopes it
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CENTER OF HOPE
by Todd I **.1
\ rea Salvation Army Commander Major Terry Israel and City Council
Member Denise Adams unveil the new sign.
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