February 19-25 19�9 MICm�AN CmZE
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HIGHLAND PARK FOCUS
Jackson Scholarship
Drive Continues
The annual Harvey C. Jack
so Jr., Memorial Scholarship
Fund drive, conducted by the
Highland Park School District
with the support of the Mothers
Club of Highland Park as co
sponsor, continues through
Feb. 28.
The scholarship is named for
Highland Park's first black
professional employee. Jack
son, a counselor and teacher,
served the Highland Park
Schools and community from
1941 until his death in 1967. The
drive period is scheduled to
coincide with Black History
Month.
The fund is designed to
provide two $2,500 grants and
three $250 fmalist awards for
college expenses for Highland
Park Community High School
seniors. rile 1988 grand prize
. winners, Janel Grier and David
Robinson, attend the University
of Michigan and Michigan State
University, respectively.
To qualify for the scholar
ship, a student must be a senior
at HPCHS, have at least three
years in residency at HPCHS, a
'B' or better grade average, ex
tracurricular ctivity, satisfac
tory behavior and citizenship
and evidence of college or
university ad . ion. An ap
plication letter. and interviews
o with finalists are also required. '
Screening and selection are
Students in
BEAR Club
rewarded
The Chief Judge pro tern of
the Michigan Court of Appeals,
the Ho". Mrron Wahls, ex
plained the importance of read
ing and presented awards at the
first assembly for Highland
Park's Barber School BEAR
Club on an. 30.
The new BEAR (Be Excited
About Readi g) Club includes
students. who sign out at least
five boo fro the �ty's Mc
Gregor Library. read the books,
and write short paragraphs
about what they have read. The
t vo in each grade who read the .
most ooks in the first 10 weeks
of the program received EAR
Tee-shirts. .
Winners, with number of �
books ad: second-graders
. Terren William (28, highest'
the school and Eugene Foy
(26); thitd-grad�rs Krystal Ben
nett (6) and Tracy Moten (5);
fourth-grader Karimah Lyman .
(10); fifth-graders Latan�a
Humphrey (6) and Na eshia
Spearman (5); sixth-graders
Lalishia Jackson (27) ana Mar
lyn Minus (10); and in compen
satory educatio Eltisha Banks
and Monique Sanders (5 each).
Berta Villareal's second
graders read 152 books.
done by a school-community
committee.
Public contributions to this
effort for Highland Park stu
dents are welcome at any time
during the year. <Checks pay
able to the Harvey Jackson
Scholarship Fund may be sent
c/o Greg Byndrian, Highland
Park School District, 20
Bartlett, Highland Park, MI
48203.: _
meets
· hfederal 0
members nationwide in more
Highland Park's Board of than 15 000 local school dis-
Educati�n President �nard - tricts. I� primary mission is the
W. Robinson met With U.S. advancement of education
Representative John Conyers through local citizen control of
a�d U.S. Senators D�nald - and accountability for - the
R�eg.le and Carl Levin ?f nation's public schools. Only in
Michigan on February 7 to dis- North America is education
cuss federal iss�es !hat imp�ct policy 0 decided by local school
on local school distncts. Robm- board members directly ac
son as in Washington to attend 'countable to the community.
the 6th Annual Conference f The NSBA Federal Rela
the National School Boards tions Network consists of up to
Association's Federal Relations three local school board mem-
etwork. . I bers in each of the 435 oongres-
The National School Boards sional districts across the
Association represents more United States. Network mem
than 95,000 local schoolboard bers like Robinson are selected
by their state school boards as
sociation to foU federal legis
lative issues and advocate for
the needs of Ipcal school dis-
tricts. I
Throughout the year, mem-
bers of the Federal Relations
Network keep their Represen
tatives and Senators informed
on issues from educational
funding programs to tax laws
that may affect school districts.
Each winter, they attend a
three-day conference that in- I
eludes in-depth briefmgs on
current legislative issues as well
as scheduled appointments with
members of Congress.