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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 7
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Wilson is Superintendent’s
Student of the Month for February
Kea’erra Wilson
The Superintendent’s
Student of the Month is
Kea’erra Wilson, a senior at
Groves High School.
According to teacher Sally
Stephens, “Kea’erra has con
sistently made A’s in her aca
demic classes since she arrived
at Groves High School. At the
beginning of the year she was
concerned about taking an AP
Calculus class along with
Honors Government and AP
English Literature but she has
maintained a 96 or better thus
far in her senior year.”
She is the Groves High
School Valedictorian 2010 and
the Groves High School Star
Student. But that does not say
it all. This high achiever
believes in balancing academ
ics with extracurricular activi
ties and community service.
Kea’erra was featured on
Georgia Public Television as a
Georgia Academic All-star
Athlete. Since her sophomore
year, she has served in the posi
tion of co-captain for the
school’s volleyball team. She is
a peer tutor and a monthly vol
unteer for American Red Cross
blood drives.
Kea’erra’s future plans
are to attend Georgia Tech
University. When asked what
motivates her, of course her
response would be, “Failure
occurs most when you don’t
try your hardest.
The Superintendent’s
Student of the Month program
recognizes individual students
at the monthly board meetings
who have excelled in the area
of academics, leadership, and
community service. Kea’erra
Wilson was recognized by Dr.
Lockamy and presented with
an award plaque and a $100
savings bond at the regular
board meeting on Wednesday,
March 3, 2010.
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Native Son: Living Legend Honoree
The Joseph Henry Tyler,
Jr. Chapter of the National
Medical Association of
Lafayette, LA honored Dr. Lynt
B. Johnson at their Annual
Scholarship Banquet as its
nineteenth Living Legend.
Previous honorees include Dr.
LaSalle D. Leffat, Dr. Ben
Carson, Dr. Louis Sullivan, and
Dr. David Satcher. The banquet
provides funds for student
scholarships.
Dr. Johnson is professor
and chairman of the
Department of Surgery and
Chief of Surgical Service at
Georgetown University
Hospital.
He has published over
100 scientific articles in the
field of transplantation and sur
gery, and has performed more
than 800 liver transplants and
800 kidneys and kidney/pan
creas transplants. He has deliv
ered over 50 educational lec
tures at many prestigious uni
versities. His special interests
include living donor transplan
tation as well as minimally
invasive hepatobiliary and pan
creatic cancer surgery. He and
his team performed the first liv
ing donor transplant in the
Washington, DC area.
Dr. Johnson is a graduate
of Benedictine, Duke
University and Harvard
Medical School. He completed
his postgraduate training at
Massachusetts General
Hospital. In 1991, he became
the first African-American to
hold the post of chief of East
Surgical Services at MGH.
He founded the Liver
Transplant Program at the
University of Maryland in
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Baltimore in 1993. In 1998, He
founded the Georgetown
Transplant Institute, which has
become the largest and most
comprehensive transplant pro
gram in the Mid Atlantic states.
In 2009, he assumed his present
position.
Johnson
His other honors include the
Faculty Teaching"Award at
Georgetown, the Abe Pollin-
Washington Wizards
Community Service Award and
the Crystal Teaching Award
from SNMA. He currently
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