April 30, 2013 At a special meeting of the Forum at the Varick Renaissance Center, students and adults who participated in a Brisbane Academy trip to South Africa reported on their experience. The students involved in the presentation included Briana Wilkerson, Camille Richardson, Morgan Hill, ... Continue Reading →
Elon Homes & Schools for Children
April 16, 2013 Below are introductory remarks by Dr. Frederick Grosse, president of Elon Homes & Schools for Children, a week prior to the official announcement that Elon Homes would move its operations to the Johnson C. Smith University campus area over the next several years. In ... Continue Reading →
Fullwood, Thomas present at TEDx conference on ‘Giving Back’
March 24, 2013 Valaida Fullwood and Charles Thomas talk about their 400-page, hardback "Giving Back" not as a coffee table book but as a daunting mission, one that was shaped directly by their own life experiences. Their presentation Feb. 15 to the TEDxCharlotte conference about their experience ... Continue Reading →
Health initiatives of the Junior League of Charlotte
March 19, 2013 Whitni Wilson-Wertz, president of the Junior League of Charlotte, describes group's program for youth health. ... Continue Reading →
Doing right by children in crisis
March 19, 2013 Principal. Minister. Counselor. Doctor. Police officer. Judge. Probation officer. Lots of specialists can be involved with a family whose child is in emotional turmoil. Listen as some of the experts describe the "System of Care" that it takes to succeed for the good of the child, ... Continue Reading →
Music can engage children in education
March 12, 2013 Jazz singer Toni Tupponce is program director of A Sign of the Times of the Carolinas. She was at the Forum to promote a March 29-30 presentation at West Charlotte High School with the musicians of the James Brown Band and A Sign of the Times. But seated between two ... Continue Reading →
Rose explains Charlotte Learning Academy charter plan
March 12, 2013 Stacey Rose is a former principal of one N.C. charter school (Kennedy, initially serving Elon Homes residents). And now she is the applicant for a state charter to open Charotte Learning Center in Charlotte in 2014. The Los Angeles native visited the Forum today as a ... Continue Reading →
Head of Title 1 elementaries in CMS’s Central Zone
March 12, 2013 Dr. Nicole Priestly is executive director of CMS Central Zone Title 1 elementary schools. The South Carolina native had a lengthy teaching career, and was an administrator in the Maryland district Heath Morrison was in before going to Arizona, then to CMS. Below are video clips ... Continue Reading →
New town halls announced for CMS task forces
Feb. 26, 2013 Two new town halls were announced at the Forum to discuss the CMS task forces. The CMS flier here has been modified to include the new dates. ... Continue Reading →
Friendship Gardens mobile market to accept EBT cards
Feb. 19, 2013 Friendship Trays Executive Director Lucy Bush Carter announced at the Tuesday Morning Breakfast Forum this morning that the Friendship Gardens mobile market will return to the Transit Center in uptown Charlotte in March. And when it does, it will be authorized to accept EBT cards, ... Continue Reading →
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