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At Darita Elamantary School, students In the the Minority Achievement Program reoently cele brated Blade History Month. Hera, they are sing* inf "Lift Every Voice And Bing," the Bleok Na tional Anthem. t i «littonty Achievement Program Shapes Lives Prior To College c By Raw11 Clark Post Staff Writer ffhe Mind la A Terrible ■kg To Waste” is a slogan felted by the United Negro Col I Fund, but the Minority fievement Program in the gCrlotte Mecklenburg School Bam is shaping lives before B reach college. Bha program was implemented October of 1083 in all schools PBes, k-12. Its purpose is to BdtMy minority students with Id potential at an early age and H» additional assistance in de nting their potential. B*ch school has different ob ghves and enrichment activi M. Some of'the activities in IB* field trips, art appreciation ommunication exercises, com Big, and lessons in rts, Math and test rations. to Ellanor Graves, dinator, the MAP is expanding. “We 15 students for the 'oWer Development Program that will ch 16. The students ining in assertive r nese, communication, time man agement and preeentatlonal •kill* and will aleo get an over view of various fields in the com , y • . v- - V . « pany," aha announces. "On May 2-3, there will be an overnight camping experience for atudenta at Discovery Place." At Windsor Park Elementary, they have targeted third and fourth graders to work with in their program. We want to chart their academic growth through theeixth grade. Our objective ie to increase student appreciation of their heritage through cultural experiences yielding a health self-image," points out Windsor ; Park MAP Committee Chairper- • son, Della Kibler. "To meet our objective, we have developed a ; Parent Appreciation Day to held on Feb. 12, 1987. A Mini Career Day, Fab 24, 1987-Field Trip to Discovery Place to see the India Exibit and a visit to the Afro Cul tural Center on Feb. 18." Another Windsor Park activity included a visit by District Court Judge Terry Sherrill on Feb. 27 at a Black Studies Assembly. A vis it by Mayor Harvey Gantt fol lowed on March 6. The school also observes a In ternational Day that is scheduled for May. "On this day, art, danc es and ethnic dishes will be fea tured. This will culminate our activities for the year," Kibler concludes. The Cotswold Elementary School MAP Students presented a special Black History Month presentation. The program re vealed the past by telling and showing the hardships of slavery. It ended by portraying a positive image for blacks in all walks of life. :.g CoachT, Dr. Martin Sutfe'n (J.C. Smith Uniter dfy), Bob Johnson (Co-Publisher of The Charlotte Post), and Della KJbler (MAP committee chair person at Windsor Park). -- -- —- .... . Coach McCollough looturoo os Windsor Pork MAP students tnko notes. U. JL ^> v i
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