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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 3
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
2009-2010 Pre-Kindergarten
Application Available
Applications for the
2009-2010 Pre-Kindergarten
Program will be available
Monday, February 2, 2009
through Monday, March 16,
2009.
Funding from the
Georgia Lottery, pending
approval, will provide a limit
ed number of Pre-
Kindergarten classes to be
held at various SCCPSS sites
during the 2009-2010 school
year.
Children will be selected
through a lottery process,
which will be held at 10:00
a.m. on Wednesday, March
See Pre-K, page 6
Highlights of the Savannah
Black Heritage Festival
Events, Feb 12-15, 2009
Wednesday, Feb. 12, 6:30 p.m.
Annual W. W. Law Lecturer - Dr. William E. Cross Jr.,
Professor, Department of Counselor Education, School of
Education, University of Nevada at Las Vegas will lecture on
the topic, "Racial Identity After Obama.". One of America's
leading theorists and researchers on black identity develop
ment across the life span, his text, Shades of Black (Temple
University Press, 1991) is considered a classic in the discourse
on black identity. Presented in partnership with the
Southeastern Conference on Cross-Cultural Issues in
Counseling and Education and the Telfair Museum of Art.
Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 W. York St.
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Saturday, Feb 14 2:00 p.m. Jepson Center for the Arts
The Gathering I: “Reminiscing with the Residents about
Hudson Hill, West Savannah and Woodville”
Many of you have indicated that either you, a friend, or a
family member has interest in securing a copy of Low Land
and the High Road, the City's publication which explores the
history and the development of Western Savannah. The City
and the Black Heritage are partners on the Gathering, a book
signing event at which residents that are featured will sign
copies of the text. The event is scheduled for February 14, 2
pm, at the Jepson Center. Only a few copies remain, so we ask
that persons who have secured a copy in the past allow other
citizens this opportunity to get what has turned out to be a fair
ly popular publication. Persons featured in the book who are
planning to participate include event: Herman Allen,
Constance Cooper, Dorothy Courington, Kenneth Dunham,
Harold Franklin, William Jackson, Roland James, Mae Ola
Mason, Pamela Oglesby, Lewis Oliver, Milton Rahn,
Benjamin West, Moses King, Dr. Keber, and Dr. Charles
Elmore.
The Big Read 2009
Are you interested in
taking part in the nation’s
largest book club, “The Big
Read,” Feb. 15-Mar. 8, 2009?
If so, plan to join event part
ners: City of Savannah, Live
Oak Public Libraries,
Savannah Black Heritage
Festival and Zeta Phi Beta
Sorority, Inc., for what prom
ises to be a celebration of
reading for both teens and
adults. This year, participants
will read and discuss Dashiell
Hammett’s The Maltese
Falcon and have the chance to
attend a plethora of communi
ty events:
Feb. 15 -Kickoff Celebration
Savannah State University
King-Frazier Student Center,
Savannah Ballroom, 3-5 pm.
Feb. 20-Mar. 6 -Read-in and
discussions
Feb. 17-19-Stage adaptation
Feb. 18- Lecture with Richard
Layman
Feb. 24-27- Movie series:
Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys;
Scooby Doo; Devil in a Blue
Dress; Mighty Quinn; The
Thin Man
Mar. 1- Film presentation of
the Maltese Falcon
Mar. 2- Deadline for submis
sions to the writing contest
Mar. 7- Big Read—CSI
Mar. 8- Closing event
To register or start a book club
for the closing celebration,
call (912) 897-6233. For more
information, call 961-3173.
Chatham-Savannah Youth
Futures Authority Hosts
“Thank You Mentor”
The Chatham-Savannah
Youth Futures recognized
National Mentoring Month
2009 by hosting a “Thank
You Mentor” Appreciation on
Tuesday, January 27th at the
St. Pius X Family Resource
Center located at 705 E.
Anderson Street. The event
honored programs that have
encouraged and guided youth
in the local community.
The month-long cam
paign was dedicated to rais
ing the awareness of various
forms of mentoring, recruit
ing individuals in the com
munity to mentor, and pro
moting the rapid growth of
mentoring in our community
and across the nation.
Research has shown that pro
grams that rely on volunteer
mentors can play a powerful
role in reducing drug abuse
and youth violence, while
greatly enhancing a young
person’s prospects for leading
a healthy and productive life.
For inquiries, to register
as a mentor program, or
become a mentor, please con
tact Chandriah Bell, at (912)
651-6815 or cbell@youthfu-
tures.com.
The Chatham-Savannah
Youth Futures Authority
(YFA) is a state legislated
authority serving as the col
laborative agency that
addresses issues relevant to
children, youth, and families
in Chatham County, Georgia.
The Chatham-Savannah
Youth Futures Authority is
proudly sponsored by the
City of Savannah, United
Way of the Coastal Empire,
and the Georgia Family
Connection Partnership.
AASU Hosts Black
History Month Events
Superintendent’s Student of
the Month - Gabe Arnold
Armstrong Atlantic
State University will host two
events that are free and open
to the public in observance of
Black History Month.
A session of the 2009
National African American
Read-In will be on February
13, from noon to 3 p.m. in
Fine Arts Hall 206. AASU
students, faculty, and staff
will read from selected works
by various African American
authors, such as Langston
Hughes and Barack Obama,
as well as Caribbean, Cuban,
and Jamaican writers. The
event will include a reproduc
tion of a scene from Lorraine
Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the
Sun,” and a dramatic reading
of Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a
Woman.” Music and a narra
tive by Kalenda Eaton,
AASU’s assistant professor of
African American literature,
will weave the pieces togeth
er. This year marks the 20th
anniversary that the National
Council of Teachers of
English (NCTE) has spon
sored the African American
Read-In, dedicated to the dis
cussion and reading of books
by African American writers
with the goal to make the cel
ebration of African American
literacy a traditional part of
Black History Month. For this
year only, the NCTE has
extended the read-in for the
entire month of February.
See AASU, page 6
The Superintendent’s
Student of the Month is Gabe
Arnold, a Kindergartner at
Juliette Low Elementary
School. Gabe was selected
for his hard work, outgoing
nature and his truly inspira
tional journey.
Despite a heart condi
tion that requires a nurse’s
supervision throughout the
day and a g-tube for feeding;
neither slow Gabe down. He
has shown tremendous gains
in speech, receptive and
expressive vocabulary this
school year and has learned
to walk independently.
Gabe is also a peer
helper for his classmates,
assists putting wheelchairs
away in the mornings and
Gabe Arnold
afternoons, and cleans up
after other students without
being asked by his teacher.
An outgoing student
and role model for both his
school and our entire com-
See Gabe Arnold, page 6
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