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15th Annual Montag Family Community Lecture Series
EDUCATION
How the Brain Learns to Read:
Implications for Reading Development,
Instruction, and Dyslexia
Dr. Maryanne Wolf
Internationally recognized literacy and dyslexia expert
Thursday, March 14
7:00 - 9:00 pm
Atlanta Speech School
3160 Northside Parkway, NW
Atlanta, GA 30327
There is no charge to attend but space is limited. Reserve online at
www.atlantaspeechschool.org/montag by March 11. For more information,
contact Kim Allocca at kallocca@atlantaspeechschool.org
ATLANTA SPEECH SCHOOL
^T^th Anniversary
This event is made possible by the support of the Montag family,
our faithful friends and supporters of the Atlanta Speech School.
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student
Student Profile:
► Jacque Jordan,
Senior
► Mount Vernon
Presbyterian
School
Jacque Jordan taught
herself to play the gui
tar when she was in the
eighth grade. Since then,
her passion for music
has continued to grow.
It did not take long
before Jacque started
writing her own songs to
express her feelings.
“Emotion has to be
there,” she said. “People
ask me, ‘What comes
first [in writing a song] ?’
It depends on how you
feel.”
Her songwriting and performing
skills have paid off Jacque has appeared
three times at Eddie’s Attic, a celebrated
performance spot in Decatur, and per
formed a 30-minute set of six songs at
the Sandy Springs Festival last year.
Her favorite singing memory comes
from her second performance at Eddie’s
Attic, when she participated in a contest
and came in second place. “Even though
I didn’t win, the experience of being up
there was enough,” she said.
A Dave Matthews Band fan who de
scribes her singing style as “folk-indie-
rock style,” Jacque said her songwriting
carries through in her assignments for
English class. “My teachers don’t know
what I am saying because I only write in
metaphors,” she said.
Her favorite class at Mount Vernon
Presbyterian School is “Praise Band,”
which she calls “one hour and 10 min
utes of just a meaningful [perfor
mance] .”
Her Praise Band teacher, Chris
Moore, said Jacques singing reminds
him of “a cross between Diana Krall and
Janis Joplin.”
“Jacque is a very gifted singer and
talented songwriter who expresses her
thoughts and feelings so beautifully
through her music,” Moore said. “We
are very fortunate to have her talents at
Mount Vernon.”
Apart from singing, Jacque has been
an active member of the varsity basket
ball team at Mount Vernon during all
four years she has been in high school.
She has been playing since she was 6
years old, but she describes basketball as
“more of a hobby.” “I love the family feel
of the game,” she said.
She played club basketball, she said,
but stopped in order to focus more on
music.
that’s Next:
Jacque will attend Belmont Universi
ty in Nashville in the fall and plans to be
a religion and arts major. “Belmont al
lows you to make your own religion ma
jor,” she said, “which allows me to add
music to my religion.”
—Felipa Schmidt
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