Community Announcements

The 2013 Education and Business Summit will be held at the TD Convention Center in Greenville.  The theme of this year's summit is "communitCATE".

Nationally known Keynote Speakers will be Keni Thomas, who survived "Black Hawk Down," and Coach Ken Carter, whose life was made into a movie, and he was played by Samuel L. Jackson. Also speaking and doing concurrent sessions will be South Carolina's own author/speaker Brooks Harper. Bruce Brumfield, CEO of Founders Federal Credit Union, will challenge other business leaders to build partnerships with schools, and he will give us educators some tips on how to approach businesses to form and manage effective partnerships. And, back by popular demand will be Patricia Agatston with more on bullying and cyber bullying.

For more information the website address is www.ebsummit.info

As part of the nation's leading dropout prevention organization, Communities In Schools of the Midlands works to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. Through a school-based Success Coach, Communities In Schools of the Midlands connects students and their families to critical community resources, tailored to meet individual and whole school needs. For more information, please visit www.cism.org, or use the contact information below for specific Midlands sites. 

Alcorn Middle - Chanta Lawton, clawton@cism.org
C.A. Johnson -- Justin Hopkins, jhopkins@cism.org
E.L. Wright Middle - Shelly Francis, sfrancis@richland2.org
Heyward Gibbes - Diane Paynter, dpaynter@cism.org
J.P. Thomas Elementary - Naomi Washington, nwashington@cism.org
Muller Road Middle - Melissa Dunn, mdunn@richland2.org
W.A. Perry Middle - Randi Johnson, rjohnson@cism.org

For the past 3-4 months, Google has been working on a program that focuses on diversity and CS pipeline. They will be starting up a program to increase opportunities for middle and high school students in NC, SC & GA (where they have data centers), particularly girls and underrepresented minorities, to learn programming and computer science. Google will be hiring a number of newly-credentialed STEM teachers to become Google CS Fellows for a 2-year program that will be run in one of the data centers.

Google's plan is to hire 15-20 excellent new teachers to learn the latest in CS tools and pedagogy and spread it via after-school and CS clubs throughout the south. These teachers will work through the barriers and policy issues in the local region, with the goal of scaling up over the 2 years and getting CS into the classrooms in the south. Google's hope is that these teachers become leaders in CS education through this experience, after they finish their fellowship.

You can apply for the Google CS Fellowship at:

https://www.google.com/about/jobs/search/#!t=jo&jid=1241001&

Oak Grove Elementary School Career Awareness
Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 8:00 am - 2:00 pm
Contact Person: Kay Ross
Phone: 803-821-0116
Email: kross@lexington1.net

Free Lunch - Door Prizes - Representatives from SCANA, SCE&G and CB&I - Financial Aid

1674 Highway 321 North Business, Winnsboro, SC
Phone: 803-815-6650

See attached flyer for more information.

Remington College is collecting gently used professional clothing including suits, dress shirts, ties and shoes in various sizes for its Professional Dress Lending Closet. The clothing will be given to students from lower income households who are enrolled at Remington College and are working to make a career change or pursuing new professional opportunities. To donate, please contact Keisha J. Moore, Career Services Representative, at 803-214-9018 or keisha.moore@remingtoncollege.edu.

Statewide initiatives to assist low-income individuals obtain certificates and degrees in Allied Health and Long-Term Care fields.

For more information and how to apply email ProjectHope@dss.sc.gov or call 803-898-8620.