Ninth-graders set to take center stage
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONiri.P_
The stage has been officially set for
the 2017 Branded for Knowledge (BFK)
Classic.
The tournament designed to give high
school freshman an opportunity to play
against other schools in the area for brag
ging rights and the coveted tournament
trophy will begin on Saturday, Dec. 2, and
the championship game will be held on
Wednesday, Dec. 6.
Games will be held at Atkins
Academic & Technology High School,
3605 Old Greensboro Road, East Forsyth
High School, 2500 W. Mountain St. and
Glenn High School, 1600 Union Cross
Road.
Teams participating in this years’ tour
nament are: Glenn, East Forsyth, Atkins,
RJ Reynolds, Reagan, West Forsyth,
Davie County, Mount Tabor, Parkland,
North Forsyth, Carver^Winston-Salem
Prep, the NC Leadership Academy
(NCLA), South Iredell, Northwest
Guilford and Page.
According to a press release, teams
will be split into two brackets. Glenn,
Parkland, Northwest Guilford, Carver,
West, Reynolds, NCLA and Mount Tabor
will be in the “Branded Bracket.” And
Atkins, East, Reagan, North, South
Iredell, WS Prep, Page, and Davie will
compete in the “Knowledge Bracket.”
The Branded for Knowledge Classic
was started by retired special agent and
city native Bobby Kimbrough Jr. The
BFK Classic is the only tournament in the
area exclusive to high school freshman.
For more information on the Branded
for Knowledge Classic, contact BFK
chief operations officer Denise Smith at
888-239-4775.
History of Columbian Heights,
a black community, addressed
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE___
New Winston Museum’s Fall 2017 Salon Series, “Lost, Found, and Transformed:
Our Storied Places in African-American History” concludes this month with
“Envisioning Columbian Heights.”
This three-program series, co-curated with the Winston-Salem African-American
Archive, has explored stories of distinct African-American landscapes in Winston
Salem and the people who made them, and contribute to ongoing efforts to rediscover,
preserve, and renew African-American places in our contemporary era of urban trans
formation.
“Envisioning Columbian Heights” will take place at Mars Hill Baptist Church,
1331 E. Fourth St., on Thursday, Nov. 16, at 5:30 p.m.
This panel discussion will focus on overlapping histories of two master-planned
developments: the Columbian Heights neighborhood and Winston-Salem State
University (WSSU). Panelists will explore the complicated relationship between the
neighborhood and the growing institution, how the residential area was both corroded
by and lifted up by WSSU.
Moderator Rosemary Millar, assistant professor, Division of Liberal Arts at UNC
School of the Arts, will lead the panel discussion. Panelists will include Gloria Diggs
Banks, former volunteer with the Society for the Study of Afro American History, for
mer board member of the Historic Preservation Committee, and sister of James
Thackery Diggs Jr., (the namesake of Diggs Gallery at WSSU); and Sandra Jenkins
Armstrong; and Dr. James Lewis Jr., longtime residents of the Columbian Heights and
Columbian Heights Extension neighborhoods.
This event is free to attend. Light refreshments will be served.
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A member of the Mount Tabor ninth grade team tries to get by a defender from
RJ Reynolds during the 2016 Branded for Knowledge Classic. This year's tour
nament is set to begin on Dec. 2.
Want to be a Habitat
homeowner?
Proud Habitat
homeowners
Tiffany and
daughter
Aaliyah
Come to an
Orientation
Session!
Monday, November 13
12 to 1 p.m.
Habitat Housing
Education Center
1023 West 14th Street
Winston-Salem 27105
“It’s so nice to say this is MINE. There is no one living above me or
below me, and I like having a yard for my daughter to play in.”
-Tiffany, Habitat Homeowner
Info on qualification guidelines
can be found at habitatforsyth.org/housing
336.765.8854
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Magnet School Fair
Saturday, November 18th, 10 am-2 pm
Winston-Salem Fairgrounds, Education Building
Enter to Park through Gate 9
Come see 21 Magnet Schools with
unique programs for all grade levels,
all showcased alongside community
partners, in one place.