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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 INVITATION TO BID Scaled E>i<L proposal* will be received In I lie Board of i on, ..inn, for the City of Savannah and Comity of Chatham al the ifrin.'hasinjj IU'pa mu cm. 2H8 Bull Slrccl. Boom 213, Suvan n all, Georgia 31401. LI-US I’iiper for Print Shop Sedi-Armual Bid Closing Dan?: 07.08 16 d 5 PM 11-06 Emergency Generator I ns pec lion and Prenenia- livtr Maintenance Services (Annual Contract) Closing Date: 07.15 10 -u 11 AM Ai the linit und place Rated abftvc, hldn will he puhlidy opened. 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