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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, January 20, 2010-7
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
SCCPSS Selects the Superintendent’s
Student of the Month for December
City Offers Month-Long Parking
Amnesty
Kenyatta Lowe
Kenyatta Lowe, a sen
ior at Groves High School, is
the Superintendent’s Student
of the Month for December
2009.
Kenyatta was chosen
for her academic record,
artistic talents, and strength
of character.
A member of the of the
National Art Honor Society,
she has received Honors
English 10th Grade Award,
Drawing 1 Award 2009,
Academic Award for Tennis,
#1 Female Doubles Tennis
Award, and numerous PTA
Reflections Awards from
2008-2009.
Her English teacher
Tracy Saunders says,
“...after the Dixie Crystal
Refinery Explosion, I was
amazed and humbled as I
watched her grieve over her
mother’s injuries and eventu
al death, push herself to work
harder in school, and take
care of her sister.”
When asked what moti
vates her to strive for aca
demic excellence, Kenyatta
replied, “Knowing that my
mother is smiling down on
me is what keeps me going.”
Principal Linda Olson
states, “Kenyatta has earned
the respect of her teachers
and peers alike. She is a joy
to have in the classroom.
She believes in giving 110 %
in all that she does, so this is
just one more accolade to
honor her efforts.”
Upon completing her high
school graduation require
ments Kenyatta plans to
attend the Savannah College
of Art and Design and major
in animation.
The Superintendent’s
Student of the Month pro
gram recognizes individual
students at the monthly board
meetings who have excelled
in the area of academics,
leadership, and community
service.
Kenyatta was recog
nized by Dr. Lockamy and
presented with an award
plaque and a $100 savings
bond at the regular board
meeting on Wednesday,
January 13, 2010.
SSU Introduces Gullah/Geechee
The City of Savannah
is offering citizens a fresh
start for the New Year. On
Wednesday, Jan. 13, the
City launched a month
long parking penalty
amnesty program that
excuses any accumulated
late fees if the vehicle
owner pays the original
citation fine. The program
runs through Friday, Feb.
12.
Periodically, the City
offers the amnesty program
as a chance to clear old
citations off our books and
offer citizens a golden
opportunity to wipe clean
their parking debts. On
Tuesday, Parking Services
will send 18,000 letters to
vehicle owners with unpaid
citations in our database.
Violators will have the
option of mailing in their
fines, paying by phone at
912-651-6470, or paying in
person at Parking Services
headquarters, 100 E. Bryan
St. Because the City's
online payment tool located
at savannahga.gov cannot
separate fines from late
fees at this time, violators
will not be able to take
advantage of the amnesty
program through the Web
site.
Parking citation
fees range from $12 to $15
per ticket. A driver is
assessed a $12 late fee if
the citation is not paid
within seven days.
Another $17 is added if the
ticket is not paid within 30
days. If a car accumulates
more than four unpaid cita
tions older than 30 days, it
is eligible to be booted.
The last time parking
amnesty was offered about
a decade ago, the program
proved very popular, bring
ing in nearly half a million
dollars in unpaid citations.
This program
comes on the heels of the
City’s Parking Holiday,
which offered free on
street parking every
Thursday through Sunday
from Thanksgiving through
Christmas.
Over the past few
years, the City has greatly
increased our parking
options downtown, includ
ing a number of incentive
and payment programs as
well as the addition of
1,100 off-street spaces in
the Whitaker Street
Garage.
History and Culture Course
SSU’s Gullah/Geechee History and Culture Class
The Gullah/Geechee
History and Culture course
at Savannah State University
will offer students a unique
opportunity to engage one of
America's most distinctive
sub-cultures in not only a
traditional classroom setting,
but also experientially.
SSU, Armstrong and
SCAD students will visit
Sapelo Island and learn
about the Gullah from the
African American residents
of Hog Hummock
Community, whose ances
tors have lived on the island
for more than two full cen
turies.
The course will allow
students to delve into
Gullah/Geechee culture and
spend substantial time on
Sapelo and St. Helena Island
in South Carolina.
Island residents will
tell tales of their long and
storied past, show students
how to weave baskets out of
local sweet grass and to
make West African-style
casting nets for fishing in the
local waters.
The course will explore
local knowledge systems
created and held by the
Gullah and Geechee since
the 16th century. Further,
the class will have a
Gullah/Geechee language
component.
An important part of
understanding island culture
and history is having some
foundation in exploring the
linguistically West African
and Caribbean roots of com
munities such as St. Helena,
Hog Hummock and
Riceboro.
Also, students will be
able to do community serv
ice projects on Sapelo or any
of the areas the class visits.
The course designed the
course to include:
Authentic
Gullah/Geechee Cuisine
Segment: Students will help
prepare and then be invited
to partake in an authentic
Gullah/Geechee meal.
Most of the ingredients are
locally derived and will
include island fish, crab and
shrimp.
The Sweet Grass
Basket Weaving Segment:
The students and instructors
will actually go out into a
marsh and cut the sweet-
grass. Then, we will listen
to and watch one of the com
munity partners make a bas
ket. After that, the class try!
West African Net Making
and Casting: The class will
make a casting net and then
use it to capture crab, shrimp
and fish. Students will be
taught to employ a West
African method of making
and throwing nets that dates
back several centuries.
Gullah Language
Segment (Gullah/Geechee
101): Community partners
will take turns teaching stu
dents how to properly speak
Gullah and Geechee.
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