j New Principals Express Excitement About Challenge
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They Will Face
By Karen Parker
Poet Staff Writer
I Stephanie Counts and
; Joann Staadifer were
• among six educators re
. cently appointed as new
principals in the Charlotte
: Mecklenburg School Sys
• tem. Hie school board ap
proved the appointments
earlier this month.
Mrs. Counts has been
assigned to Cotswold Ele
mentary and Mrs. Standi
fer to J. H. Gunn Ele
mentary. Both expressed
excitement about the chal
-lonaa they will fare HR
principals.
“I’m very appreciative
to have the opportunity to
serve as a principal in such
an outstanding school sys
tem,” Mrs. Counts com
■ mented. She stated her
goal as she works with the
community and staff is to
continue to strive for the
excellence which has made
the local school system a
national model.
Mrs. Counts received her
B.S. in sociology and edu
cation from- the State Uni
versity of New York at New
Stephanie Counts
.Assigned to Cotswold
'Paltz. The cum laude
graduate who minored in
black studies while in un
dergraduate school ob
tained her M.H.D. in ad
ministration from UNC
Joanne Standifer
.Assigned to J. H. Gunn
Charlotte
Before the assignment as
principal, Mrs. Counts was
assistant principal for ad
ministration at Randolph
Junior High School Other
experience includes being
coordinating teacher for
curriculum and instruc
tion at Carmel and Haw
thorne Junior High
Schools.
Prior to those positions
she taught at Elizabeth
Traditional School. Mrs.
Counts also worked in the
Athens, GA, school system
as well as in the Newburgh
education system in her
native state New York.
Mrs. Standifer was
acting principal at J H.
Gunn before being
assigned principal. She is a
graduate of Johnson C.
Smith University, where
she received a B A in
elementary education.
During her junior year in
college, Mrs. Standifer
attended the International
Christian University,
Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan. She
obtained her M A. in
Education from Alaska
Methodist University, and
has taught in Alaska and
Germany.
Mrs. Standifer agreed
with Mrs. Count's opinion
that the Charlotte
Mecklenburg school
system is outstanding. She
spoke highly of the
Effective Teaching (ET)
and Career Development
programs adopted by
school administrators
Mrs. Standifer also spoke
positively about the
California Achievement
Test (CAT). “The results
show that Mecklenburg
County was competitive in
the nation,” Mrs. Standifer
stated. She added the tests
help students identify their
needs and help educators
be accountable for their
instructional program
oesiaes leacmng, Mrs.
Standiter has held the
position of Area Program
Specialist for Garinger-In
dependence. She received
the Teacher of the Year
Award in 1966 and the
Career Woman of the Year
Award in 1971.
Mrs. Counts was recently
selected by the school
system to be a participant
in the Queens College
Women In Management
Program. Both principals
are members of numerous
professional and civic
organizations. They are
anxious to work with their
respective staffs. Counts
and Standifer stressed
their schools are supported
not only by the staffs but by
the parents as well.
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Rev. White To Host 94th AME Zion
Conference
..Rev. William White Sr.,
pastor of Little Rock AME
Zion Church, will be the
host pastor of the 94th
Session of the Western
North Carolina Confer
ence of the African Me
thodist Episcopal Zion
Church scheduled for July
£9.
The conference, which
will be held at Little Rock,
has chosen for its theme:
“Committed To The Com
mission.”
The Right Reverend Will
iam Smith, Senior Bishop
of and Presiding Prelate of
the First Episcopal Dis
trict, will preside. In ad
dition to being presiding
Bishop, Bishop Smith is in
volved with several organ
izations and is in outstand
ing positions in the church.
He is chairman of the
Church Extension Board,
he sits on the Board of
Trustees for several col
leges, national chairman of
Rev. William White Sr.
.Host pastor
the Centennial Campaign,
vice chairman of the Pu
blishing House Lay Acti
vities, on the national
board of the NAACP and
was recently elected as
president of the North
American Section of the
World Methodist Council.
Bishop William Smith
.Presiding officer
Bishop Smith is also listed
in EBONY magazine as
one of the 100 most in
fluential Black men in
America.
His wife, Ida M. Smith, is
the Missionary Supervisor.
The conference begins
with registration and is de
signated “Youth Day." Re
gistration will last from 9
a m. until 4 p.m. The Rev.
C. W. Lewis, Christian
Education Director of the
Western North Carolina
Annual Conference and
other Christian Educa
tion directors will be in
charge of the entire day.
The youth wilT celebrate
the Sacrament of the Holy
Communion at the First
Session.
Late evening begins at 8
and will be led by the
Western North Carolina
Lay Council.
On Wednesday, July 4,
The Right Rev William
Smith will administer the
Holiest of all Zion Sacra
ments, the Holy Commun
ion.
Friday’s session will be
gin at 7:30 p.m. at the Civic
Center, 101 S. College St.
The Missionary Night will
be conducted by Mrs. Ida
Smith.
Conference business will
be held in the church
sanctuary on Saturday,
beginning at 9:30 a m.
AH activities for Sunday
will be held at the Civic
Center. Sunday School will
begin at 9:30 a.m. and
morning worship service
will follow at 11 a m. Bi
shop Smith will deliver the
message and the choir 1
from Little Rock will pro
vide the music. A special
memorial service for all j
deceased ministers, includ- J
ing laymen who died since I
the last annual conference, j
will be held at 2:30 p m.
At me close of the af
ternoon session a fellow
ship banquet will be held.
Mrs. Iris Battle and staff
will host this event. The
banquet will commence at
7:30 p.m.
Rev. White, host pastor,
issues a cordial invitation
to everyone to attend this
annual event.
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