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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 3
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
AASU, SSU Students Heading to
Ghana
Sonya Brown (left), Jeanette Lovett, Tonya Wright (SSU), TaNika Roberts, Megan
Ganser and Dr. Kalenda Eaton. Not pictured: Patrina Lingard.
Sol C. Johnson High School Named
One of America’s Best High Schools
Sol C. Johnson High
School has been named one of
“America’s Best High
Schools” for 2010 by
Newsweek magazine.
Newsweek reports a high
school is selected for the list
based on how hard school
staffs work to challenge stu
dents with advanced place
ment college-level courses and
tests.
Just over 1600 schools,
six percent of all the public
schools in the United States
made the list for 2010. This is
the second year Johnson High
School has made the list.
Freddie Gilyard, Ed.D,
principal of Johnson High
School states, “This recogni
tion is a credit to both teachers
and students. Both work very
hard to ensure that Johnson’s
students are successful. To
have been acknowledged for
two consecutive years is con
firmation that students appreci
ate challenging work and rise
to the expectation of high aca
demic achievement. As the
principal, I am professionally
proud.”
Johnson ranked 1125
with a challenge index of
1.454. To determine the index,
Newsweek researchers take
the total number of Advanced
Placement and International
Baccalaureate or Cambridge
tests given at a school each
year and divide by the number
of seniors graduating that May
or June. The 2010 rankings are
based on Johnson’s numbers
from the 2008-2009 school
year.
Schools are also given an
Equity and Excellence rating,
listed as E&E. and a Subs.
Lunch rating. The E&E rate is
the percentage of all graduat
ing seniors who had a score of
three or above on at least one
AP test sometime in their high
school year.
This calculation includes
seniors at the school who have
never taken an AP course.
Johnson’s E&E is 15.1. The
school’s Subs. Lunch is 54.
The Subs. Lunch figure reports
the percentage of students at
the school who qualify for free
and reduced lunch.
Sol C. Johnson estab
lished in 1959 adheres to its
motto, “Not to Equal but
Excel”.To read more about
Newsweek’s list of
“America’s Best High
Schools 2010 go
http://www.newsweek.eom/t
ag/americas-best-high-
schools.html.
A group of students
from Armstrong Atlantic
State University and
Savannah State University
are heading to Ghana in early
July in the first trip to this
nation on the west coast of
Africa organized by both
AASU’s and SSU’s offices
of international education.
The trip, the result of
ongoing collaboration
between SSU and AASU,
will take half a dozen stu
dents to Accra, the capital
city, and to the University of
Ghana where they will be
taught by Dr. Kalenda Eaton,
AASU assistant professor of
African American literature.
During their stay in
Ghana, students will also
hear lectures on African his
tory and take language and
dance classes from instruc
tors there. The trip includes
volunteer service in local
community centers, as well
as visits to rural villages and
the seaport that served as a
shipping off point of
Africans en route to slave
markets in the Americas.
“The students will also spend
time visiting different areas
talking to community leaders
and learning about African
history and culture,” said
Emmanuel M. Naniuzeyi,
SSU associate professor of
political science and director
of the International
Education Center.
Savannah State has organ
ized study abroad trips to
Ghana since 2002. This year
is the first time that an
Armstrong faculty member
will lead students in the over
seas learning adventure to
the country. The trip takes
place from July 6-27.
“This is an exciting
opportunity for students to be
able to participate in a study
abroad program that will
open up their eyes to Africa
and afford them a better
understanding of another cul
ture said Eaton, who will,
along with the students,
maintain a blog of the trip
accessible from the
Armstrong homepage,
www.armstrong.edu .
Mary C. Wyatt, Savannah
State University vice presi
dent for academic affairs
agreed. “I am in full support
of this program not only
because of the great collabo
ration between Armstrong
and Savannah State, but also
because of the wonderful
opportunity that this trip will
provide students,” she said.
“They will gain new perspec
tives on world cultures that
will help them to enhance
their academic preparation.”
The trip is one example of
several collaborations
between Armstrong and
Savannah State. In recent
months, James Anderson,
AASU director of
International Education, col
laborated with Naniuzeyi for
the 2010 Harvard Model
United Nations conference
that sent several students to
the international event in
Taiwan.
“One of our goals is to
encourage students at both
Armstrong and Savannah
State to take advantage of
programs that result from
collaborative projects being
developed by our institu
tions,” said Anderson.
For more information
visit www.armstrong.edu
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