Parents plan
scholarship banquet
By FLODEAN S. RIGGS
sr." Writ.,
Detroit Public Schools students
who have high hopes of going on to
college, but are falling hort on
funds can look forward to March
13.
That is when the Parents High
School Scholarship Committee
plans to sponsor the Eighth Annual
Benefit Banquet at Mercy College
Conference Center. Dennis Archer
former Michigan Supreme Court
Justice is scheduled as keynote
speaker.
Committee representatives
asked Detroit Board of Education
members to offer support by pur­
chasing a banquet table.
"We get 80 percent of our fund­
ing from the annual benefit ban­
quet, program books and book
companies that buy tables," said
Neverson Jones, advisor to the 15-
member committee.
Other monies come from Detroit
Board of Education members.
PRESIDENT Frank Hayden,
founding chairperson of the
scholarship committee in 1984 and
Penny Bailer donate their meeting
stipends to the committee by direct­
ly depositing them into the
committee's bank account.
Each board member receives a
$30 payment per meeting attended,
including two regular monthly
board meetings and committee
meetings once a month.
Aqueelah Ahmed, committee
chairperson, said Hayden:s and
Bailer'S contributions have totaled
several thousand dollars.
"For the past eight years, we
have awarded over thirty-five
$1,000 scholarships to deserving
Detroit High School students to at­
tend various colleges and univer­
sities," Ahmed said. '
It was created in 1984· when all
high schools were catergorized
eparately from the middle and
elementary chools.
Scholarships were and still are
given to "deserving" students with
a B grade point average or below.i;
Neverson said.
"WE'VE FOUND the
youngsters that had a 4.0 or 3.5
average were getting the scholar­
ships, we wanted to give that C plus
or C student an opportunity to get a
scholarship," he said.
Students are required to meet ad­
ditional criteria including good at­
tendance, acceptance to college or
trade school, letters of recomraen­
dations from high school counselor
and teacher, letter from church or
community organization and a one­
page letter explaining, "Why they
should receive a scholarship."
Black History Month
Activities
2/18 A Programme - ·The
History of Black Medicine· 8th
FL auditorium 11am-12noon.
- 2/19 Soul Feast (cafeteria)
African-AMerican Bazar,
featuring items from ·Dolls of
Color, ", "Coltrane's alley" and
moore. Marble Lobby,
11am-5pm.
2/20 African-American
Exhibit, featuring works from
liThe American Black Artist,
Inc .." and other area artists and
Sculptors. Marble Lobby,
11 am-3pm.
- 2/21 Winner announced for
Black History Month trivia
contest, 12 noon.
-2/26 Soul Feast (Cafeteria)
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DETROIT
"8 I G DECA member is a
rew rding experience," Caldwell
aid. "The club offers many educa­
tional outlets, a hands-on selling ex­
perience and in tilling the
competitive edge," he aid. "DECA
promote fellowship among all tu­
dents and we get involved in ocial
and civic activities that allow us to
get our in the door for experience
and a chance at scholarship ."
Founded 25 years ago, DECA
came on the national scene, the
il Merchants Association,
training students to be qualified
workers after they graduate from
high school. All but four Detroit
Public Schools presently have
DECAclub.
The members are usually
graduating eniors possessing a
good grade point average and who
have completed the majority of
their required academic courses,
Duke said.
As pan of their club activities
student receive class credit for
working pan-time after hool in
Jazz at its finest
Mumford High DECA memb r r cently raised more than 1,000 for 0 troit Chlldrens Ho pit I. ,
(pho 0 court .. y of umford High School)
the retail outlets.
DECA h chapter throughout
the state of Michlgan which com­
pete in tate and local competition
annually. One area of competition
is to advertise National DECA
Week celebrated Feb. 9-15.
MUMFORD, three-year-state
champs in the National DECA
Week event, made a presentation to
the Detroit Board of Education
during the Feb. 11 board meeting.
"We're defending champs and I
plan to win again this year," said
Caldwell who co-chairs
Mumford's DECA with
Washington, adding that he ha per-
nally spoke at a Detroit Cit
Another exciting Sunday of jazz at the Museum of African American
History Februaly 23, 1992 at 5:00pm. Clarinetist and saxophonist
Wendel Harrison will record the second half of his compact disc .
This presenta;on includes an aI star as such as James, Carter,
Mar1< Berger Vencent Yor1<, Paul Onachuk, Wendell Han1son, Albert
DuncM, Jaribu Shahid, Danny Spencer, and ArdreN Daniels.
MAAH is located at 301 Freder1ck DougI�. FREE, bt.4 seating is
lim lad. Reserve a seat by otmning a �ebirth membership today. Call
the Rebith office at (313) 875-0289.
I DDI 0 pu uing their cademic nd m r etin
go I , Mumford' DECA ch pter ponsored "Superd n e," nd
donated orne of th proceeds to Children' Ho pital, Th y I 0
m de don tions of food nd money to the homele during
Th nk giving and Chri tm .
DECA i just one of the m ny chool organizatio� th�t. h lp
tudents develop into better, more well-rounded, productive Citizens
nd tion I DECA Wee , February 9-15, 1992, offers the perfect
opportunity to recognize nd lute .youth. During. �tional DECA
Wee, contact your neighborhood high chool, ee If It h a DECA
chapt r and it it doe , find out how you can become a DECA boo ter.
Council meeting, businesses and
other local schools.
"As chairperson and an officer of
the Mumford High School DECA
Club, we are motivated to par­
ticipate in both the local and tate
marketing academic competitions,"
Caldwell said. "One of the competi­
tive events is how to advertise Na­
tional DECA Week. The purpose of
National DECA Week is to make
the tudent body and the com­
munity aware of ·the different
educational and career oppor-
tunities provided for through:
DECA and Marketing Education." ;
Success stories always come:
from DECA tudents even from:
ones put into the programs against:
their wills, Duke said. :
"We get some of the kids nobody,
else wants," he said. "It ort of:
motivates them to try to take school:
seriously. They ometimes say 'I.
never thought I was college:
material.' We're Junior Achieve-r
ment and more." :
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