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Kalamazoo Public Schools OCTOBER 2016 www.kalamazoopublicschools.com VOLUME 19, ISSUE 9 Like us on KPS Expands Mentoring Program to Include Community Organizations IMPORTANT DATES Four churches have volun- Pastor Jesse T. Herron of New teered to help Kalamazoo Public Life said that two years ago he Board of Education Meeting Schools expand the successful helped start a mentoring program Thursday, Oct. 6 and 20 mentoring program it created at Spring Valley, and he was 7 p.m. last year to help boost the en- happy to have the opportunity Administration Building gagement and achievement of to enlist some of his church students. members in this new effort. For more information call New Life Fellowship “Many of our young men do (269) 337-1572. Church of God in Christ and not have role models at home,” the Tabernacle Church of God Herron said. “Without role CONFERENCE SCHEDULE in Christ volunteers will work models, they might not be able with students at Spring Valley to see the career they desire, The middle school parent/ Center for Exploration. Trenches and if they do not know about it guardian and teacher Community Church is expanding they’ll never pursue it. Without conferences will be held on its volunteer efforts to include vision, people perish. You have Wednesday, Oct. 19. mentoring at Northeastern to give them options for different Elementary School, and Stones careers, and put different people Hillside Church will launch its mentoring in front of individuals. If they 12:30-3:30 p.m.; 5-8 p.m. Phoenix High School principal Mark Hill, center, worked with students Reynardo efforts at Woodward School for Dixon, left, and Travonte Brown as part of the Kalamazoo Public School male can see it, they can be it.” Linden Grove Technology and Research. mentoring program last year. (continued on page 3) 1-4 p.m.; 5-8 p.m. Maple Street 12:30-3:30 p.m.; 5-8 p.m. Sports Stars Derek Jeter, Nancy Lieberman Milwood Magnet Dedicate DreamCourt at Northeastern Elementary 1-7 p.m. A new basketball court on Kalamazoo’s The multi-use, outdoor basketball court ALP Eastside is not just a place for kids to play will serve the entire community, especially 1-4 p.m.; 5-8 p.m. ball but for them to build dreams and those in programs run by the Boys & Girls remember the dreams of others. Clubs of Greater Kalamazoo. The high school conferences New York Yankees star and Kalamazoo At the dedication ceremony, Lieberman will be held on Central alum Derek Jeter and Basketball talked about her childhood: growing up Thursday, Oct. 20. Hall of Famer and two-time Olympian poor, discovering her love of sports, and Kalamazoo Central Nancy Lieberman were in Kalamazoo on (continued on page 4) 12-30-3:30 p.m. Sept. 1 for the dedication of a new basketball court at Northeastern Elementary School. New York Yankees star and Kalamazoo Central 4:30-7:30 p.m. graduate Derek Jeter spent several days in The basketball court was built with Loy Norrix Kalamazoo in September for his Turn 2 Foundation the support of the Nancy Lieberman activities, including the dedication of a new 12:30-3:30 p.m.; 5-8 p.m. Foundation and Jeter’s Turn 2 Foundation. basketball court at Northeastern Elementary School. Phoenix CUSTOMER RESIDENTIAL Permit 709 Permit 12-3 p.m.; 3:30-6:30 p.m. **ECRWSS** Kalamazoo, MI Kalamazoo, KAMSC FIRST SATURDAY @ KPL October 1 PAID 5:30-8:30 p.m. Nov. 16 The next First Saturday @ KPL event Postage US Organization will be held at the 49008 MI Kalamazoo, St., Howard 1220 Schools, Public Kalamazoo 5:30-8:30 p.m. Nov. 17 NonProfit 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Nov. 28 Kalamazoo Public Library, downtown, on Oct. 1, 2016, from 2–3:30 p.m. The Anniversary of 9/11 Helps Us Remember the Best of America On 9/11, Dr. Rice gave the Kennedy was Whose wife grew up for people walking home, from in lower Manhattan. keynote address at the 15th killed, and much of her childhood in the lower Manhattan, to Brooklyn, I remember 2002, one year annual memorial ceremony they will likely city. and the Bronx, and New Jersey. after 9/11, in patriotic Clifton, for 9/11 in Bronson Park. His recount vivid- Who, along with my wife, I remember the stories of New Jersey, where I had become remarks appear below. ly the details. went to graduate school in the some who stayed in New York superintendent of schools. For those in city. City that day. I remember Valley Road, Good afternoon. I want to the next gen- Who returns to New York I remember the stories of Clifton, from which you can thank the committee and its eration — our every year to see my mother-in- those who were never found. see the New York City skyline, Michael F. Rice, Ph.D. chair, Lorence Wenke, for their generation — law and friends. I remember that my wife and from which residents saw Superintendent work on this important event. I the signature I remember as someone who and I watched night after night the burning towers, 20 minutes particularly want to thank our moment of tragedy was 9/11. was living almost 700 miles away of telecasts, in disbelief and from Midtown Manhattan. first responders 15 years ago: The cry “Never again”from New York City — in Lansing profound sadness. I remember the Clifton our firefighters, our emergency appears so simple in its meaning — when 9/11 hit. I remember her reaction the firefighters, brothers, who medical technicians, our police and yet resonates so differently I remember a Lansing first time she saw the New York responded with heroism at the officers. Fifteen years ago, they for people around the world. School District administrative City skyline without the towers scene....and who tragically died. did a great job that day and in To ensure “Never again,” in meeting turned vigil when we that had been there since her I remember the memorial the ensuing days and weeks. whatever context, we need to received the first news. youth. service that first anniversary, We appreciated their work, remember. I remember that we called I remember thinking that and the rabbi, now dead, who commitment, and heroism then; And we remember through every friend and family member the Empire State Building looked eulogized the Clifton first we appreciate them today as our unique lenses. in New York City over the next lonely and old, by itself as it responders who gave their lives well. I remember as someone, few days. were, in the skyline. in an effort to help others. Every generation has its sig- who was born in New York City. I remember the stories of And I remember driving I remember thinking that nature moments. For my parents Who grew up in the Midwest those who, like my friends, saw into the area of the bombing, we needed greater security and many of their generation, the — dare I say in Ohio? — but as the plane hit the second tower. eight months later, late at in our schools there and was signature moment of tragedy was someone who visited the city — I remember the story of the night, an unintended detour surprised when no one disagreed President Kennedy’s assassina- The City — and my uncle who person who saw, incredulously, when we were back in the city when we installed buzzer/ tion. Ask people from their gen- lived there many times when I the plane hit the first tower. and reliving in some sense the intercom/ camera systems at eration where they were when was a boy and young man. I remember the stories of horror, literally a war scene still (continued on page 3) PARTNERS Boys and Girls Club of Kalamazoo Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo Despierta Kalamazoo Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan Goodwill Industries of Southwest Michigan Saturday, October 1 Great Start Collaborative Great Start Collaborative Parent Coalition Healthy Babies Healthy Start Kalamazoo 2–3:30 pm, CEN Hispanic American Council Kalamazoo in Bloom Take your family to the library the first Saturday of each month! Get your library card Kalamazoo Civic Theatre or pick out some books to check out. Enjoy stories, activities, special guests, and door Kalamazoo County Ready 4s prizes. Something different each month! First Saturday is a partnership program for KPL Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Kalamazoo Literacy Council and Kalamazoo Public Schools. Each monthly event is co-hosted with an organization Kalamazoo Public Schools serving children and families in Kalamazoo. In October, we will collaborate with our host, Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra Kalamazoo Valley Museum WMU’s McGinnis Reading Center! KRESA The Learning Network of Greater Kalamazoo NAACP Northside Ministerial Alliance October 2016 Parents for Public Schools of Greater Kalamazoo SW Michigan AEYC WMU Haenicke Institute for Global Education Western Michigan University Reading Clinic 2 EXCELSIOR October 2016 www.kalamazoopublicschools.com The Anniversary of 9/11 Helps Us Remember KPS Expands Mentoring Program to the Best of America (cont. from page 2) school entrances, locked school Include Community Organizations (cont. from page 1) doors, and required people to be “As profoundly The district-wide mentor- “The trend we have in “Just having another person buzzed into the schools. tragic as 9/11 ing program began last year. Kalamazoo is not unique,” who can be some version of an I remember increasing our Male employees within the dis- Edwards said. “You’ll findadvocate for them in school police presence there.