Education
GHANA SESSION: WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
On March 11, 2016, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. students gave multiple presentations to the students in Ghana.
On March 11, 2016, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. students gave multiple presentations to the students in Ghana on Women’s History Month.
Women’s History Month presentations
The presentations were power points and numerous videos on famous women in history.
For instance, the students did presentations on Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Jennifer Beck, Jane Addams, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Carrie Nation, Joan of Arc, Pocahontas, Sacagawea, Harriet Tubman,
Cleopatra, Nancy Reagan, Queen Elizabeth II, Mae C. Jemison, and Joan Higginbotham.
In addition, because there was a presentation on Cleopatra, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. students showed a student made diorama of the Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx, and Egyptian Mummies. The Ghana students were impressed. Checkout the great photograph of the Sphinx and the Pyramids.
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Students
The students who were responsible for the presentations were Javier Analco Ramos, Nature Blueford, Walter Duarte, Ryan Huitzil, Taya, Mobley, Antonia Ramirez, Mikayla Serrano, Ke’-ome Whitman, Berenise Banos-Merino, Kenneth Bronson, Yetsel Chamizo, Maritza Sanchez, Edgar Zuniga-Olivera, Zy’Naija King, Jonathan Bautista Zuniga, Kylia Berry, Ba-Sean Fraser, Jaiden Griffin, Jennifer Guzman, Sha’Kim Hailman, Roshelle Ramirez, Zachariah Simmons Bryant, Corey Thermitus, Karen Villa Carrasco, Kayla Byrd, Nai’Heem Crooms, Daniele Delgado, Viridiana Jacobo, Perfecto Kendle, Tatiana S. Laurore, Christlie
Lavarin, Oscar Limon Vasquez, Rodney Loiseau, Maria Lopez, Asion Murchison, Yahsir Ofori-Afari, Shy’Asya Parker, Oswaldo Pelaez, Ali Salahedin, Eduaro Vargas-Cruz, Deicie Vasquez, Djephca Cagilus,Woodley Cagilus, Jean Renold Enelus, Andrit Garnica, Jonathan Hernandez-Jimenez, MarieSencia Marcellus, Verlanda Pierre Louis, and Marc Kenley St. Surin.
Furthermore, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had three great representatives of women’s history visit the school and they were Jennifer Beck, Edith Savage Jennings, and Joetta Clark Diggs.
Women’s History Month: Jennifer Beck
On March 1, 2016 state senator from New Jersey, Jennifer Beck, made a visit to the students of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School. During her visit, she did a presentation for Mr. Wronko’s social studies class about her job as a state senator and how a bill was created and passed through the New Jersey’s Legislature.
In addition, Jennifer Beck explained that she proposed bills to be passed in the legislature that would create new jobs and help people who were unemployed. She also encouraged the students to continue their education and even get involved with politics. Once Jennifer Beck was done with her presentation she answered numerous questions from the students. Some of those questions were:
1. What is the difference between an Assembly Person and a State
Senator?
2. What measures are you taking to create jobs in New Jersey?
3. What is being done to keep companies in New Jersey?
4. Do you think that there should be more women serving in the
government and how would you encourage the young women today to get
involved?
5. Do you feel that our current governor will consider the vice
presidency or a cabinet position?
6. Was there any legislation that passed that you did not agree
with?
7. How did you get involved in politics?
8. When you were going to school, did you ever think about being a
State Senator?
9. Did you find it stressful while running for the State Senate?
In closing, state senator Jennifer Beck thanked the Martin Luther King
Jr. Middle School for having her do a presentation and the students
really enjoyed it. Thank you Ms. Beck.
Civil rights advocate, Edith Savage Jennings, came to the renaming of
the Asbury Park Middle School to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle
School. What not a better way to have this ceremony with someone who
not only knew Martin Luther King Jr. along with his wife Coretta Scott
King but also had Eleanor Roosevelt as a pen pal. While Jennings was
at the ceremony, she spoke to the APMS students about working hard to
meet your goals and also believing in yourself. This message
brightened the smiles of the APMS students as they were honored to be
in her presence. Even at the age of 90, Edith Savage Jennings was
still inspiring young individuals to be their best and being a strong
advocate of everyone getting along and living together in peace.
Joetta Clark Diggs, a four time Olympian winner, made a visit to the
Asbury Park Middle School on December 3, 2015. In honor of the Asbury
Park School district’s “Save Our Students” week, Joetta Clark
gave the 7th grade students a special presentation on achieving your
goals in life. She informed the seven graders that we start off as
acorns and through the process of following the five Ps, purpose,
prepare, patient, perturb, and perseverance, we could become a strong
Oak tree. For instance, she stated that define your own purpose in
life and then prepare your best in whatever you want to achieve. Once
you decide what you want to achieve be patient because success would
not come overnight. However, through this process, she informed the
students you would be perturbed because there would always be someone
telling you that you could not achieve this goal. Finally, she
explained that you need to have perseverance in overcoming all the
negatives and turning them into positives. Work hard and let your
positive actions speak for you. Therefore, have achieving the five Ps;
you would become a strong Oak tree. At the end of the assembly, the
APMS honor roll students got to attend a special session in the
fitness room with Joetta Clark Diggs.
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Culture
“Philly in Paris” Collective needs your help to send Philly youth to Paris
Philly in Paris: Youth Travel Abroad” was formed and created as a hands-on and innovative solution to the violence epidemic that Philly youth face.
Philly in Paris is seeking the public’s support in sending some Philadelphia youth to Paris.
About Philly in Paris
The collective supports youth with violent prevention and conflict resolution through travel.
Organizers are looking to give the youth cultural experiences that include history tours, museums, and leadership development activities.
“Philly in Paris: Youth Travel Abroad” was formed and created as a hands-on and innovative solution to the violence epidemic that Philly youth face.
Led by various organizations and individuals, the collective’s goal is to take Philly’s youth on global excursions, beginning with Paris, to increase their exposure to the world and the world’s exposure to them.
GoFundMe
“We believe that in helping young people to explore diverse perspectives through travel, we can contribute to peacebuilding in Philadelphia”, the GoFundMe reads.
The GoFundMe outlines expenses such as airfare, lodging, and ground transportation.
To learn more about the initiative and to donate, visit the GoFundMe.
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Education
The College Gurl Foundation inspires underserved minorities to pursue higher education opportunities
The College Gurl Foundation inspires underserved minorities to pursue higher education opportunities.
The College Gurl Foundation (CGF) was founded by Jessica Brown in 2017 to support underserved minority students within Washington, DC by providing them their first experience with college, educational programs, scholarships, recreational programs, and mentorship opportunities that create life-changing experiences.
About The College Gurl Foundation (CGF) and college tour
Since 2017, CGF has partnered with AT&T, Dark & Lovely, DC DOES Office of Youth Program, and the Department of Parks and Recreation. As a result of the impactful work, CGF has awarded over $150,000 in scholarships, has a 100% graduation rate from high school, 90% enrollment in college, and 10% of our students have secured professional careers.
GoFundMe
The College Gurl Foundation (CGF) is raising funds for the annual college tour.
“The goal of this tour is to inspire underserved minority DMV students to pursue higher education opportunities as many of our students are the first in their families to consider college,” the GoFundMe reads.
This year, the organization aims to provide 26 students the opportunity to attend the 6 institution visit tour in the Southeast region, giving them a real-world experience of campus life and the possibilities that higher education can offer.
“We are hoping to raise $50,000 to cover for travel, lodging, activities, and food accommodations. Our students are from underserved areas within the Washington Metropolitan area. Hence, without CGF they will not have the opportunity to experience this.”
For this initiative, CGF has started a GoFundMe. If you wish to support this worthy cause, please visit the fundraiser here.
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Education
Texas educator blinded following student incident, GoFundMe started
Texas educator Candra Rogers was seriously injured by a student during a classroom altercation, making her lose her right eye. A GoFundMe has been started to help with recovery expenses.
On August 15, Texas educator Candra Rogers was seriously injured by a student during a classroom altercation, making her lose sight in her right eye. A GoFundMe has been started to help with recovery expenses.
“This is an arduous situation and will take time. Please continue to pray for me, my family, my school, and my district, even the child who caused this incident and his family,” the fundraiser reads.
TX Educator Loses Sight in Right Eye
Rogers, an assistant principal at at Collins Intermediate School, was responding to a call for assistance from a behavioral teacher when she found one student who had reportedly been assaulted by a classmate outside the classroom with the teacher and other students.
Upon entering the classroom, Rogers encountered an “irate” student in a “ransacked” room. Despite her attempts to de-escalate the situation, the student threw multiple chairs and ultimately a wooden hanger. The hanger struck Rogers in the right eye and knocked it out of its socket, causing Rogers to be airlifted to a Dallas hospital for emergency surgery. School officials released the student into the custody of his parents and have prohibited him from returning to campus.
“I grabbed my face while blood was pouring out of my head and stumbled out of the classroom door,” Rogers recounted in a press conference. Doctors were able to reinsert her eye, but they believe the damage is permanent, and Rogers may ultimately lose the eye entirely.
“I will have to have an additional surgery to repair my eyelid, and because doctors are believing my blindness to be permanent, removing my eye may have to be an option,” Rogers said. “I still believe in God for a miracle for restoration of my sight.”
Rogers has been surrounded by her loving husband and children as they help her during this difficult, trying recovery process.
To donate towards Rogers recovery, visit the GoFundMe page here.
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