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Retired Judge McPherson talks education, enlightenment with TROY graduates

Retired Judge McPherson talks education, enlightenment with TROY graduates

 

Troy University

Montgomery Campus Graduation List

Summer 2012

 

Associate of Science Degree

Atlanta, Georgia

Erica Rivers

Hayneville

Latisha Lachelle Lewis

Magnolia

Valerie Witherspoon

Millbrook

Constance Tameika Nelson

Amanda Melissa St. Clair

Montgomery

Jeremy Antoine Brown

Samantha Ashley Clark

Christopher Micheal Fields

Lashanda Demecia Griffin

Rachelle Nagay James

Juanetta Lachelle Moore

Bernetta Nicole Russell

Glenda Blackmon Russell

Tuskegee University reaches out to young aviation students

Tuskegee University reaches out to young aviation students

Tuskegee University is helping the next generation of pilots through a new non-profit program aimed to help at-risk youth through aviation education. Saturday, the first class of students will graduate from the academy in a ceremony following a groundbreaking for new hangars at Golden Eagle Aviation in Tuskegee, Ala.

The academy is a collaborative effort of the university, the Chicago chapter of Tuskegee Airmen,Golden Eagle Aviation and the National Park Service. Owned by Rev. Bill Winston, an alumnus of the university and supporter of the academy, Golden Eagle Aviation seeks to revitalize the aviation industry in Tuskegee. 

Marine Corps director to speak at Tuskegee graduation

Marine Corps director to speak at Tuskegee graduation

Lt. Gen. Willie J. Williams, U.S. Marine Corps staff director, will address the graduates during this summer’s graduation exercises on Aug. 4 at 10 a.m. in the University Chapel.

Williams assumed his current position in July 2009. He entered the U.S. Marine Corps in May 1974 and began his career in the 11th Marine Artillery Regiment where he served as a battalion supply officer and later a regimental supply officer/assistant S4 officer. In October 1977, he was assigned to the 3rd Force Service Support Group as the officer-in-charge for Inventory Control Point in Iwakuni, Japan.

Afterward, he served at North Island in San Diego, Calif. He was the ship detachment supply officer for the Pacific Ocean area, Marine barracks supply officer and barracks executive. In 1982, he became platoon commander for the Officer Candidate School in Quantico, Va.

The 2012-2013 school calendar for Macon County Schools

The 2012-2013 school calendar for Macon County Schools

The Alabama Department of Education has released the public school system calendar for the 2012-2013 school year.

Earlier this year, the state legislature passed a law to make school start dates more uniform and to protect tourism dollars from shortened summer breaks.  It requires schools years to begin no sooner than August 20th and end no later than May 24th of each year

All public schools will start on August 20, 2012 and end between May 22 -24, 2013, but other holidays and breaks may fall on different dates within the various school systems.

The Macon County School System's school calendar is as follows:

  • School starts:  August 20, 2012
  • School ends: May 23, 2013
  • Thanksgiving Break: November 22, 2012 - November 23, 2012
  • Winter Break: December 24, 2013- January 1, 2013
  • Spring Break: March 25, 2013- March 29, 2013
  • Labor Day:  September 3, 2012
  • Veterans Day:  Novembe

Students ages 11 an older required to have Tdap vaccine

Students ages 11 an older required to have Tdap vaccine

Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a highly contagious and sometimes fatal bacterial disease which has increased alarmingly in the past decade. To help provide protection, all students 11 years of age and older entering the sixth grade in Alabama schools during the 2012-2013 school year are required to have a tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine.

Students entering the seventh and eighth grades during the 2012-2013 school year who did not receive the Tdap vaccination during the 2011-2012 school year are required to have the vaccination.

All students including those 11 years of age or older entering the sixth, seventh and eighth grades are required to have an up-to-date certificate of immunization.

The Tdap vaccine helps to protect adolescents from pertussis which will prevent spreading the disease to family members, other students and school staff. The Tdap school requirement will go up by one higher grade each school year.

Alabama Math, Science & Technology Initiative (AMSTI) celebrates ten years

Alabama Math, Science & Technology Initiative (AMSTI) celebrates ten years

For ten years, the Alabama Math, Science, and Technology Initiative (AMSTI) has brought innovative and hands-on learning to teachers and students in Alabama. The initiative has greatly changed the way students view math and science. These subjects often go from those least liked by students to their favorites. With the excitement of AMSTI, students select more math and science courses during their educational career and choose courses that are more academically rigorous.

“This is a celebration for ten years of AMSTI as a successful program in Alabama’s schools, for all students who have received a higher quality of STEM education and for the teachers who have benefited from the advanced skills and teaching techniques offered through AMSTI”, said Dr. Tommy Bice, State Superintendent of Education.

The first AMSTI site began operation in June 2002 with a NASA grant to serve 20 schools that year.

High school counselors invited to ASU Counselors Luncheon

High school counselors invited to ASU Counselors Luncheon

Alabama State University’s Office of Admissions and Recruitment is sponsoring a Counselors Luncheon on June 26 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the banquet room of the Dunn-Oliver Acadome. The luncheon is free and open to all high school counselors. Attendees must RSVP by June 21.

John Dow, an ASU recruiter, said the University wants to make sure counselors are informed about ASU’s many programs and opportunities so they can share that information with their students.

“The luncheon will help spread ASU’s new focus on recruitment directly to high school counselors,” Dow said.