Minority Students Speak Out On NCSSM
uurnam - Angela
‘ "i wants to
'a career In
and law But she
other Interests,
— . ~Jng here has
exposed me to biomedical
engineering,” says the high
school senior, who last year
conducted independent
research in the area.
Angela is one of many
black students finding
success at the N.C. School
of Science and Mathema
tics in Durham, a school for
ilth and 12th grade
students with a special
interest and potential in
science and mathematics.
She is the only black*
student participating In
NCSSM’S -Project XL, in
which about 20 students.
cotothjct independent study
instead of attending
regular classes.
Angela, from Kington,
hag lust been named a
finalist tor the Morebead
Award, UNC-Chapel
\ Wll’a most prestigious
scholarship.
Exceptional even in a
schopP: lor talented
students, Angela mcoar
ages other minority
students to apply. “There
are no limitations here;
you can do whatever you
want.”
Last week, minority
students talked about life
at the JJ.C. School of
Science and Mathematics
\ : (NCSSM). p
Katie Lowry, a Native
perts <# the slate live?
[ anris
home hot I»ve adjusted.”
: Katie said.
“I had no cWteut idea
ns to what it would be Mke.1
^gjought it would be^more
Many NCSSM students
fed that the school’s moat
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town of'fi
plain
be more independent,” _
says. Rodney has been ,
accepted to N.C. State
. University and has applied
to the University of
Maryland and Georgia
Tech.
Another senior, Deirdre
Allen from Roanoke
Rapids, also had definite
ideas about college; she
intends to major in V
actuarial science at
' Howard University. “I had
not heard of actuarial
science, NCSSM opened a
door.” Dierdre is manager
of the softball team
works on NCSSM’s maga
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Assistant,- she says. “I felt
honored to have been
chosen over 100 students."
Dierdre encourages
other students to apply.
"There’s lots of hel
available,' she says.
"Come and try it out. You
can always say no and stay
at borne.”
Felecia Nicholson is also
active in extracurricular
activities, playing flute and
piano and participating in
sports. She is captain of the
girls’ basketball team. She
plans to study medicine. "I
want to be a doctor with an
OBGyn specialty."
Felecia describes the
school as '“magical.” “It’s
made me know that I can
be what I want to-be. I can
believe in me. This is a
sharing school,” she says.
"We hdp each other.” She
encourages others to “be
lieve in yourself, you can
be what you want to be, you
can do anything.”
Sergla Salinas, a
Mexican-American student
from Dudley, recommends
NCSSM to students who
“are interested in people
and like a lot of science and
math.”
It’s not quite what he
expected. “I thought every
one would wear glasses, be
into computers, study all
the time and do nothing
else,” Sergio says. “But I
got here and found those
perceptions unreal.”
He admits that “the
school work is very hard. I
really had to make some
adjustments.”
Chantal Wall of South
port, a junior who wants to
major in chemical engin
eering In college, agrees
with Sergio that “people
here are normal.” Quintal
appreciates “having a lot
of responsibility.”
“If you’re serious about
getting an education, come
here,” she says.
“The teachers allow us to
make changes gradually,”
says William Ray
Kennedy, a junior from
Salisbury. “That helped
me to make the academic
adjustment. I expected my
grades to go down and they
did. But I’m still lean
ing more. I'd definitely do
it again.”
Ray sums up the NCSSM
experience with the word
"family." You must
depend on others as you
would your family to get
through certain situations,
Ray says. "If you have the
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