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2-month old Javier Dowdell,
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<htwn WIlborn. He the eon �
MI9gt. Donald Dowdell, oned
In Madrtd, Spain Alrforoe 8Me,
and Elena DowdeI.
We wish only happy years
ahead for Mr. and Mrs. Ed-
ward . Donald. They .
celebrated their 48th wedding
anniversary recently ...
The annual Caribana Fe -
tival will be beld in Toronto,
Canada on Friday, July 31st
until Sunday,. August 2nd at
the Sheraton Centre Hotel.
869-1393 is the number to
call for reservations ...
Irene Wise hosted the
monthly meeting of the Pok­
A-Dots last week end in her
push apartment on East
Lafayette. Baked' ham,
turkey, fired. chicken,
vegetables and cherry and
lemon pies were on her tasty
menu. Attending were Fran­
ces Polk, Allene Mc
Campbell, Margaret Dudley,
Vivian Ormes, Mamie Gar­
vin, Theresa Breaux and
Beatri� Wesson ...
The Marvin Rhodes new
home is a ranch-style in
Southfield. Attractive fea­
tures fare fireplaces, wide
lawns, a wishing well, a pond
and a swing and slides. for the
kids. They love the wide
open spaces ...
Jane Hale Morgan, who
retried as director of the
Detroit Library, is enjoying a
tour of Australia and is
known as a world traveler ...
. Conyer -River Ide
Ford In BE'
Top 100
Conyers-Riverside Ford,
Detroit's only minority­
owned automobile dealership,
and one of the nation's oldest,
bas been recognized by Black
Enterprise Magazine as a 20-
year Top 100 Company. The
dealer hip has made the
magazine' Top 100 list every
year since the listing was
created 20 years ago.
The list gives annual recog­
nition to top-performing
minority-owned companies in
the United States. Conyers­
Rivel'licle Ford is one of only
yen companies with this dis-
tiDction, and the only one in
Mlchlaan. All the elected
companies will be honored in
Atlant May 7.
DETROIT
n altern tive educ tional pro­
gram. Thi i by choice.
She I 0 aid h expec the
di trict to comply with the p cial
edu tion facility utilization
policy.
Photo By S am. Gordon
Clc Iy John on dance. to an African ong during a recent
Cultural Awaren • Program h Id at th Crockett Vocational
Technical Center In Detroit.
that th board approve
that will deputiz 23 dditional
curity offic rs, There re cur­
rently 14 deputized ecurity of­
ficers in the di trict who carry
gun and h ve the authority to ar-
Business student
becomes newsmaker.
By LEAH SAMUEL
."Wrlt.,.
Quincy Allen remembers play­
ing Monopoly as a child and trying
�o "monopolize everybody." He
said that might have been how he
became interested in business.
"It's really hard to say what
prepared me the most. I don't even
really know how or when my inter­
est in business started, I just know
that when I became interested, I was
in for good," he said.
Al en, 22, graduated from
Renaissance High School in 1987,
and received a full scholarship to
Wayne State University. There, he
has accomplished a lot in five years,
besides carrying a grade-point
average of 3.84 out of 4.00. He and
his brother founded the Internation­
al Busincs Association, for busi­
ness students who are interested in
trade.
He recently pent a year study­
ins in Japan.
These day , Allen works as an
assistant to a trade specialist, which
help him learn more about interna­
tional busine . He ha also recently
received a Crain' Newsmakers
Award, which is given to outstand­
ing college students each year.
HE CREDITS hi family for
supporting him through hi chool
"ears.
"I have six older brothers and
sisters, and they're involved in dif­
ferent careers, so I guess it just fol­
lowed that I could achieve
something too," he said. "My
parents were always there. Dad's a
musician and Mom's a housewife,
and they were busy. But they went
to all the parent-teacher conferen­
ces, and I had to go too," he laughs.
"They would have supported me no
matter what I chose to do."
But Allen has just gotten started.
He's heading for' either Harvard or
Chicago'S Northwestern University
for grad school, after he graduates
from Wayne, State this month.
"I'm sure that all graduates are a
bit uncertain, and my goals are al­
ways changing. But I hope that I
have weighed my options well," he
said. "Lately, I really enjoy learning
about trading companies and trade
issues on an international scale.
"EVENTUALLY, I would like
to have my own company in invest­
ment trade, kind of like a broker,"
he said. "I want to be a liaison,
bringing investments into Detroit
from outside the state and outside
the U.S. I like to bring people
together to meet one goal.
"I would like to empower the
people around me, tI he added. "I
prefer to show them how to ask the
right que tions, rather than give the
right answers."
Proudly Presents
"lnvest-ln-vouth" ... lf we don't take the
time now Campaign!
Pre-Mothers Day Gospel Festival
(featuring many Detroit-Area Church Choirs)
Friday, May 8, 1992 .7:00pm
Berea St. Paul's United Methodist Church
16241 Joslyn, Highland Park, MI 48203
Donation: $10.00 (tax deductible)
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By FLODEAN S. RIGGS
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Detroit Public School Students
graduating in June 1993 will not
have to take the High School
Proficiency Examination, said
Deborah McGriff, general superin­
tendent.
McGriff, during an April 28
Detroit Board of Education meeting
held at the Schools Center Building,
asked board members to "rescind"
the proficiency exam, excluding it
as part of graduation requirements.
Eliminating the test would al 0 save
the district' about $1 million in
costs.
Currently, students pa sing the
proficiency exam receive an en­
dorsed diploma, and students who
do not receive a non-endorsed one.
An endorsed diploma works as a
plus when students apply for col­
lege and hunt for jobs. The en­
dorsed diploma says that the student
has successfully passed all parts of
the test and is both job and college
ready.
However, the state Board of
Education reviewed the proficiency
001
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row
. exam in March 1992, and found it
to be an inappropriate te t to meet
the State Department diploma re­
quirements, McGriff aid.
district about $1 million, he
doesn't know if the exam will be
used to measure student kills in
middle chools. McGriff al 0 aid,
she doesn't know what specifically
will be done with the extra money,
but it definitely will be redirected.
, She also said that she will not
recommend that the MEAP be used
as an alternative test to the
proficiency exam.
Board members voted to throw
out the proficiency exam and
during the 1992-93 school year, tu­
dents will be issued a ingle
diploma to all graduates who meet
the graduation requirement 0 200
prescribed credit hours, including
200 clock hours of out-of-class
work experience.
THE PROFICIENCY exam
was developed to measure skills up
to the eighth-grade level, and most
students begin taking it in the ninth­
grade. They are allowed to retake
the entire test or sections of it until
they pass all parts before their
planned graduation.
Critics of the te t, during the
meeting said, it was inferior be­
cause it only measure eighth-grade
kills, and even for that, orne high
chools students are not prepared.
Several of them suggested that the
Mighigan Eaucational Assessment
Program (MEAP). which is taken in
the tenth grade, be used as an alter­
native to the High School Proficien­
cy Exam ..
In 1994, the State of Michigan
will offer a diploma to graduates
meeting skill requirements clo ely
related to the MEAP, McGriff said.
McGriff said that after the
proficiency exam is rescinded from
the high school level, saving the
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