Jan. 20, 2015 Blanche Penn announced that the 2015 edition of "Highlighting African-American Achievers" would be Feb. 19-21 at Wallace Pruitt Recreation Center. The annual event on a shoestring budget attempts to give schoolchildren a glimpse of moments in African-American history, and the many ... Continue Reading →
Conference aims for motivational impact on middle-school males
Jan. 20, 2015 Betty Howell Gray was back at the Forum Tuesday to promote a February conference aimed at improving academic achievement. Education experts and inspirational speakers dominate the daytime activities on Feb. 12-13. A free community meeting is planned on the evening of Feb. ... Continue Reading →
Sandra Clory on Tai Chi class
Jan. 20, 2015 Sandra Clory rose at today's Open Forum to discuss a Tai Chi class she will be teaching at Myers Park Baptist Church in February. More on the class is here. ... Continue Reading →
Goal: 80% of 3rd-graders reading well by 3rd grade
Jan. 13, 2014 Johanna Anderson, executive director of the Belk Foundation, is still weeks away from a formal announcement of a communitywide effort to improve reading. But she was at the Forum Tuesday to outline some of the scope of the planning that's already been done; to reassure people that ... Continue Reading →
Primerica services outlined
Jan. 6, 2015 Desmond Wiggan, an investment adviser representative with Primerica, addressed the Forum Tuesday. He was introduced by Doris Taylor. Contact information for Wiggan is here. [A video of the presentation that was posted here earlier has been removed at the company's request because of ... Continue Reading →
Adesegha on Chapter 11 filing at C.W. Williams
Nelson Adesegha, interim chairman of the board of C.W. Williams Community Health Center, used the announcements section of today's Forum to comment on the impact of the recent Chapter 11 filing by the health center. His comments are below. ... Continue Reading →
An appeal for volunteers to proctor CMS high school tests
Melanie Brown, testing coordinator for West Charlotte High School, made an appeal Tuesday for volunteers to help proctor end-of-course tests, both at West Charlotte and at other CMS high schools. The first testing period begins Jan. 6 and runs through Jan. 20, including makeup days. The other ... Continue Reading →
CMS Board members on events surrounding resignation
The session today began with Chairperson Mary McCray reading a prepared statement. After that, McCray and board members Tim Morgan, Ericka Ellis-Stewart and Joyce Waddell fielded questions. Observer reporter Andrew Dunn was in the room. His online story is here. The five videos from this ... Continue Reading →
After Morrison, CMS vows to keep up community dialogue
LaTarzja Henry, CMS assistant superintendent for community partnerships and parent engagement, rose during the announcements period at the Forum today to say that, despite the departure Nov. 6 of Supt. Heath Morrison, CMS leaders would continue to be available to make Forum presentations and answer ... Continue Reading →
Carolinas Care Partnership
Terry Ellington and Lesha Dodson presented Tuesday about Carolinas Care Partnership, a nonprofit HIV/AIDS service organization. Their website is here. Below are videos from their presentations and the Q&A that followed. With Ellington's permission, the slides from a PowerPoint that he used in ... Continue Reading →
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