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MEAC Announces 2019 Read With MEac Winners


Volume 2 Number 6


Winter 2019


Former President of Bethune-Cookman Dies


BY THE MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE NORFOLK, Va., — The


Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference


(MEAC), the City of Norfolk and Norfolk Public Schools have once again teamed up to host the Read with MEac elementary and middle school reading contest sponsored by TowneBank and Dominion Energy.


reading


Read with MEac is a citywide contest


that encourages


students in Norfolk Public Schools to read as much as possible. Participants’ reading progress was monitored through the Renaissance Star Reading program from September through earlier this month.


MEAC is invaluable


“The partnership with the to


Norfolk


Public Schools,” Dr. Melinda J. Boone, Norfolk Public Schools Superintendent, said. “As literacy is one of the primary focus areas of the NPS Redesign, the Read with MEac contest is a fun and exciting way to engage learners. Each year, students not only enjoy participating in this great reading opportunity, but they really get motivated by the friendly competition. We are thankful to the MEAC and TowneBank for the support they have provided over the last 11 years.”


The reading contest, organized


by MEAC Senior Associate Commissioner and Senior Woman Administrator (SWA) Sonja O. Stills and MEAC Director of Corporate Partnerships Patricia


Easley, along


with the member institutions’ senior woman administrators, is aimed at encouraging education and promoting the love of reading to students. The program is in its 11th year.


“I am thrilled that the MEAC is


able to partner with the Norfolk Public School system on the Read with MEac reading program,” said MEAC Commissioner Dr. Dennis E. Thomas. “Since my tenure as Commissioner, this is a program that best exemplifies the MEAC’s commitment to academic achievement within our community. Once again, I commend the students, teachers,


principals and parents on


their accomplishment. In addition, I want to thank Dr. Boone for her support and encouragement in getting her students to read more.”


The MEAC will recognize


the


winning school and top student reader in a celebration on Tuesday, March 12 at the school.


are:


The winners, announced today, First-Place


Third-Place School, Larchmont


Elementary, $2,000 prize; Second-Place School, Suburban Park Elementary, $1,500 prize;


School,


Taylor Elementary, $500 prize; Winning Class, Teacher Elizabeth McOsker, 3rd grade, Larchmont Elementary, $1,000 prize


Top Male and Female Readers Eleanor Wernly, 2nd grade,


Larchmont Elementary; James


Nelson, 2nd grade, Taylor Elementary; Esme’ Courson, 3rd grade, Taylor Elementary;


grade, Ghent School; Cassandra Hood, 4th


grade,


Elijah Wittkower, 3rd Larrymore


James Williams, 4th grade, Bowling Elementary;


Iris Joyner,


5th grade, Larchmont Elementary; Luke


Shomaker, 5th grade, Taylor


Elementary; Isabella Stone, 6th grade, Ghent School; Liam Fender, 6th grade, Azalea Gardens Middle; Keziah Shack, 7th grade, Academy of International Studies at Rosemont; Ian Burchfield, 7th grade, Academy of International Studies at Rosemont; Laura Strickland, 8th grade, Blair Middle; Adam Akins, 8th grade, Academy for Discovery at Lakewood


Top Male and Female Elementary; Most


Improved Rion Legendre, 2nd grade, Granby


Serenity Nunn, 2nd


grade, Ingleside Elementary; Brandon Moore, 3rd grade, Sherwood Forest Elementary;


3rd grade, Academy for Discovery at


Lakewood; Yasmin


Hedy Santo-Kilgore, Myrie,


4th


grade, Suburban Park Elementary; Oliver


Bowman-Daas, 4th grade, Academy for Discovery at Lakewood; Claire Chandler, 5th grade, Calcott Elementary; Adam Bani Hani, 5th grade, Larchmont


Crystal Vazquez-Guevara, 6th grade, Crossroads School; Vincent Lam, 6th grade, Azalea Gardens Middle; Sahniya Moise, 7th grade, Blair


Sultani, 8th grade, Academy


for Discovery at Lakewood; Jamare Freeman, 8th grade, Ruffner Academy


Middle;


Anthony Izzo, 7th grade, Blair Middle; Laila


Elementary;


Elementary; Richard


BY BETHUNE-COOKMAN UNIVERSITY Dr. Oswald P. Bronson, Sr.


DAYTONA BEACH, FL -


Dr. Oswald P. Bronson, Sr., a 1950 alumnus of Bethune-Cookman College


(now University), and former president of Bethune-Cook- man, died, in Port Orange, Florida. Dr. Bronson served with distinction as the institution’s fourth president for 29 years – from 1975 until 2004 when he was named President Emeritus. Commitment to academic excellence was the cornerstone of his presidency.


A noted fundraiser, visionary


educator, theologian and community leader, Dr. Bronson was appointed to serve in an advisory post by former President


of the United States


William (Bill) Jefferson Clinton. As a former student of B-CU Founder, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, Dr. Bronson adopted a spirit of servant leadership and worked tirelessly to advance her mission to educate the whole person. He marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., pastored several United Methodist Churches in Florida, Georgia, and Chicago


Ruth Carter FROM PAGE 1


for Best Costume Design for Spike Lee’s “Malcolm X” in 1993 and Steven Spielberg’s “Amistad”


in


1998. Carter’s win made her the second black woman to ever win an Oscar outside of the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories.


“I got it! This has been a long


time coming. Marvel may have created the first black superhero, but through costume design, we turned him into an African King. It’s been my life’s honor to create costumes. Thank you to the Academy, thank you for honoring African royalty and the empowered way women can look and lead on screen,” said Carter during her acceptance speech at the 2019 Academy Awards. “Thank you to our genius director, Ryan Cooglar. You are a guiding force. Thank you for your trust and understanding my role in telling the African American


from 1950-1966, and was highly respected among college and university presidents throughout the country.


the


He spent nearly four decades at helm of exemplary institutions.


Dr. Bronson served as president of the following institutions: Interdenomina- tional Theological Center (Atlanta, GA) from 1968-1975, Bethune-Cookman College (Daytona Beach, FL) from 1975-2004, and Edward Waters College (Jacksonville,


FL) from 2005-2007.


Much of his life’s work is memorialized in


the book, “Chief Servant Leader: The Life and Leadership of Dr. Oswald P. Bronson, Sr., President of Bethune Cookman.”


Dr. Bronson is survived by his wife, Helen Williams Bronson, former


curator of the Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation at Bethune-Cookman; three children: Josephine "Bunny" Bronson, Flora Stitt, Oswald "Chip" Bronson Jr.; five grandsons; three great-grandchil- dren; his sister, Dr. Audrey F. Bronson, and a host of relatives and friends who will mourn his passing.


story.”


Carter majored in Theatre Arts and has worked in the entertainment industry for over three decades since graduating from Hampton University in 1982. Carter’s unparalleled ability to develop an authentic story through costume and character has made her one of the most sought


after and renowned costume


designers today. Carter also served as the keynote speaker at Hampton University’s 148th Commencement Ceremony in 2018.


Over Carter’s three decades in


entertainment, she has worked with some of the top directors in Hollywood including


Spike Lee, Lee Daniels,


Reggie Hudlin, Steven Spielberg and now Ryan Cooglar. “Black Panther” also won Oscars for Best Original Score and Best Production Design. The film received a total of seven Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and grossed a worldwide total billion.


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