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4 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Sixth District/Georgia PTA Teams Up
with Parent University
The Sixth District/
Georgia PTA is teaming up
with Parent University for
their Fall Session on Satur
day, Oct. 27, 2012 from 9am
to 1:30pm at the School of
Liberal Studies at Savannah
High.
The 6th District
PTA will host a conference
to provide training for its
members and for the public.
There will be a panel discus
sion consisting of represen
tation from the following
areas: Juvenile Justice, Edu
cation, Health and Wellness,
Legislation, and Prevention
and Awareness. The event
is free and registration is re
quired. RSVP by contacting
one of the individuals listed
below: Michael O’Neal at
(912) 507-8566 , Georgette
Backman at (912) 508-2188
and Kwanza Oliver-Smalls at
(704)517-5492.
SCCPSS Names 2014 District
Teacher of the Year Finalists
L-R Marti B. Cribbs of Georgetown K-8, Monica N. Roland of
Oglethorpe Charter, Natalie Chase of Windsor Forest High School,
and Linda Byerly of Jacob G. Smith.
In a moment filled
with emotion and excitement,
four area teachers were an
nounced as finalists for the
2014 District Teacher of the
Year. The Teacher of the
Year program brings together
top educators from across
Savannah-Chatham County
Public Schools and has pro
duced three “Top 10’’ Georgia
State Finalists over the last
three years (Bettina Polite-
Tate the 2011 Teacher of the
Year, Melissa Webb the 2012
Teacher of the Year, and Alli
son Konter the 2013 Teacher
of the Year).
The four finalists
will now move to district lev
el competition and participate
in a month long judging pro
cess that includes classroom
observations and panel inter
views. The District Teacher
of the Year will be announced
at a banquet hosted by the
Savannah Morning News on
Thursday, January 31, 2013
and will represent the Savan
nah- Chatham County Public
School System during State
level competition.
The 2014 finalists
include; Natalie Chase of
Windsor Forest High School,
Linda Byerly of Jacob G.
Smith Elementary School,
Marti B. Cribbs of George
town K-8 School, and Mon
ica N. Roland of Oglethorpe
Charter.
Georgia Engineering and Technology
Educators Association Fall Conference
to be held at Woodville-Tompkins
The Georgia Engineering
and Technology Educators
Association (GETEA) Fall
Conference Kick-Off will be
held on Friday, October 19th,
at 2:15 PM. The event will
take place at the Woodville
Tompkins Technical and Ca
reer High School located at
151 Coach Joe Turner Street
in Savannah. GETEA is the
official teacher organization
in Georgia exclusively asso
ciated with engineering and
technology educators.
Since 1932 the organization
has been working to empow
er members with new and
innovative ways of teaching
within their classrooms and
labs. This year’s confer
ence theme “STEM is like
a box of chocolates...” will
encompass the many diverse
pathways offered throughout
Science, Technology, En
gineering and Mathematics
education.
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MorningStar Games Holds Successful
Fundraiser
MorningStar
Games, at 30 W. Montgom
ery Crossroad, raised $1,115
for the Coastal Children’s
Advocacy Center through a
series of in-store fundrais
ers. Both staff and custom
ers participated. In making
the presentation, store owner
Jeffrey Kinner emphasized
his employees’ commitment
to supporting victims of
child abuse. The children’s
advocacy center provides
free forensic and therapeu
tic services to children who
have been sexually or se
verely physically abused
or who have witnessed vio
lence. MorningStar offers
board and history games,
comics and anime.
SSU Alumni Association to
Hold Ceremony
The Savannah State
University National Alum
ni Association will host a
chartering ceremony for the
Hampton Roads Chapter
on Friday, Oct. 26 at 6 p.m.
The ceremony will be held at
the SpringHill Suites, 6350
Newtown Road, in Norfolk,
Va.
The new chap
ter will create an organized
network for communica
tion between and among the
alumni, administration, fac
ulty, staff and students of Sa
vannah State University and
the southeastern Virginia and
northeastern North Carolina
communities.
The Executive Com
mittee of the Savannah State
University National Alumni
Association authorized the
establishment of the chapter
in August.
The purpose of the
Savannah State University
National Alumni Association
is to promote the welfare of
Savannah State University
and to assist in advancing
the mission and goals of the
university’s administration.
For information on
becoming a member of the
Hampton Roads Chapter,
contact Mr. Absolon Kent at
(757) 687-0581.
Dr. Joseph A. Buck, III Receives
Lifetime Achievement Award
The National School
Board Association announced
Savannah-Chatham Board of
Public Education President,
Dr. Joseph A. Buck, III, as
the recipient of the 2012 Ben
jamin Elijah Mays Lifetime
Achievement Award. The
National School Board As
sociation’s Council of Urban
Boards of Education gives
the award each year.
Buck received the
award on Saturday, Oct. 6,
at the 2012 CUBE Annual
Conference in Atlanta. CUBE
honored Buck for his efforts
to improve student achieve
ment and management in the
school district as well as his
efforts to increase community
engagement in the district’s
public schools.
“The Benjamin Eli
jah Mays Lifetime Achieve
ment Award recognizes Dr.
Buck’s strong focus on im
proving public schools in the
Savannah-Chatham school
district,” said Minnie Forte-
Brown, Vice Chair of the
CUBE Steering Committee.
“We were impressed with
Dr. Buck’s leadership and his
commitment to equity, oppor
tunity, and access for all the
students in his community.”
The award is given
to individuals who demon
strate a long-standing com
mitment to the educational
needs of urban school chil
dren through school board
service.
In addition to Buck’s
service with the Savannah-
Chatham County School
Board, he spent nearly 40
years as an administrator at
Armstrong Atlantic State
University in Savannah, most
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recently as Vice President of
Student Affairs. During that
time, he also built partner
ships between the univer
sity, the school system and
key businesses. Two local
programs that he has helped
implement include Leader
ship Savannah and Leader
ship Georgia, which help
local professionals gain lead
ership skills and a greater un
derstanding of their commu
nity. Buck recruited many
teachers and administrators
to these programs and used
his positions on the groups’
boards of trustees to build
partnerships between schools
and the business community.
He is also a member
of Georgia Governor Nathan
Deal’s education advisory
group, which meets quar
terly to discuss issues facing
schools in the state.
CUBE represents
more than 100 urban school
districts in 35 states and the
U.S. Virgin Islands. The dis
tricts that comprise CUBE
educate nearly 7.5 million
students in more than 12,000
schools. Benjamin Elijah
Mays, whom the award hon
ors, was a teacher, minister,
author, and civil rights activ
ist who served as president of
Morehouse College and the
Atlanta School Board from
1970 to 1981.
For more informa
tion about and CUBE and the
Benjamin Elijah Mays Life
time Achievement Award,
please visit www.nsba.org/
cube or call Alexis Rice,
NSBA Communications Di
rector at 703-838-6744.
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