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Ninth Ward Field of Dreams Gets Extra Help From Downtown Watering Hole
ABC26 NewsGeorge Washington Carver's main campus in the Ninth Ward still looks like it did days after Katrina. Even though it's still devastated, it's a place of hope. Plus, it's getting a little financial boost. George Washington Carver High School in the Ninth...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Foods and Beverages, Hamburgers, Louisiana State University, Education
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9th Ward Field Of Dreams Project Gets New Donation
ABC26 NewsA project that aims to bring a state-of-the art athletic facility to a Katrina-damaged high school is getting more help tonight to pull it to the finish line. In the devastated neighborhood of Desire sits George Washington Carver High... A school wiped...Tags: Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Washington (U.S. state)
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9th Ward Field of Dreams: Help Carver High School Reach Their Goal
Staff reporterGeorge Washington Carver High School is trying to raise $1.85 million dollars to build a football and track facility on campus in addition to rebuilding the school. The Challenge: Raise $1.85 million and raise the bar on what was once thought to be...Tags: High Schools, Schools, Education
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Robert E. Bruchey II: Let the SUNShine on downtown
George Washington Carver said, “Where there is no vision, there is no hope,” a quote that is befitting the recent decision of the Washington County Commissioners and the Hagerstown Mayor and City Council to fund a multiuse sports and events...Tags: Washington Nationals, Sports, Economy, Business and Finance, Local Government, Finance
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Arbor Day and the history of living green
In the Louisiana parish that was home to generations of my family, people lived hard lives as field hands or sharecroppers, laboring from "can see in the morning" to "can't see at night." They hoed and picked cotton, corn, peas and other crops; they...
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Letter to the Editor - March 16
To appreciate the present, we must remember the past To the editor: It is interesting how times and educational fads change. In a recent column in The Herald-Mail, the writer mentioned a supposedly relatively obscure famous black person — George...Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Frederick Douglass, Passenger Cars, Public Schools, Elkton
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Showcasing work of black scientists
Ask Julieanna Richardson about her ScienceMakers project, documenting the work of black scientists, and she has stories to tell. There's the one about a researcher who recently gave a lecture regarding an herbicide that causes male frogs to have female...
Tags: Science, Black History Month, Colleges and Universities, Black History, University of Chicago
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'Local trailblazer' honored at black history celebration
davem@herald-mail.comLeon Brumback, a longtime educator in Washington County Public Schools who blazed new trails as a black student, was remembered during a ceremony Sunday as one who was the “wind under the wings” of countless students in the county. Brumback...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Frostburg State University, Teachers
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California can't afford to cut transitional kindergarten [Blowback]
Opinion L.A.Research shows that transitional kindergarten results in greater academic achievement, higher graduation rates and better jobs, and saves schools money by reducing the number of students entering special education or having to be held back a grade.... -
Patt Morrison Asks: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -- still hooked
Only his number is retired — 33, in the Lakers' purple and gold that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wore to glory on the basketball court. The rest of him is still working away, most recently on his latest book. At UCLA, in blue and gold, Abdul-Jabbar was a...Tags: Invention and Innovation, Basketball, Arts and Culture, Stevie Wonder, Jackie Robinson
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Middle school students have a way with words
Two area middle school students will be among the 11 students honored April 17 in the 15th Annual Baltimore County Middle School Writing Contest. The contest, sponsored and judged by the senior literary arts students at George Washington Carver Center...Tags: Towson, Poetry, Fiction, Middle Schools, Students
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Milwaukee Public School Board makes decisions regarding schools' futures
FOX6 ReporterThe Milwaukee Public School District Board voted Tuesday night to close some schools, and expand others. The Board took final action on this matter, after months of debate and emotional pleas from students who don't want their child's school closing after...Tags: Entertainment, Twitter, Inc., Students, Parenting, Teaching and Learning
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