Swimming senior dreams big for post-graduation

Everyone who plays sports has dreams. Many involve winning championships, collecting medals, and playing the sport at the highest level. For most, however, the dream ends without being fulfilled, often after high school or college. Adam Powell, a senior on the men’s swimming and diving team, isn’t ready to let his dreams slip away without a fight. Powell is planning on taking a year off after graduation to attempt to qualify for the 2012 Olympics in the 50 meter freestyle.
If you’ve walked around Morningside Heights, you probably recognize the name Adam Powell. Powell’s grandfather was Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., a former New York City congressman whose name graces Seventh Avenue north of Central Park.
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Honor Roll: Southern Middle School

U.S Online News SIXTH GRADE: Elizabeth Abell, Georgia Campbell, Emily DeWitt, Darcy Drewyer, Katherine Gott, Arielle Hall, Alexander Hutchins, Heather Janney, Nolan Krautman, Amanda Lapsley, Sara Livingston, Bailey Lusby, Jonah Mackiewicz, Grace Magness, Noah McCowan, Kevin Merton, Stephanie Musser, Benjamin Newhouse, Kaitlin Norman, Sean Phelan, Lily Revell, Delaney Sancomb, Charlotte Schinner, Katelyn Segreti, Kadijatu Shaw, Zachary St Clair, Wyatt Vansant, Adair Watson, Cherith White, Jacob Wilson, Carly Wood and Samuel Youngmann.

SEVENTH GRADE: Heather Barry, Miranda Brandenburg, Jesse Campeotto, Savanna Cowan, Allie Cox, Sierra Criste, Sydney Davis, Jaclyn Etzel, Madeline Fitzgerald, Alexis Fowler, Kelly Garner, Meagan Griffith, Maggie Haley, Rebecca Hardesty, Morgan Hartsfield, Adrienne Hein, Jason Hieber, Morgan Hoffman, Alexandra Horton, Brandon Horvath, Callie Huck, Autumn Jackson, Jay Jones, Emilia Julian, Mary Kasprzyk, Dane Leoniak, Josephine Lyons, Maggie Maidl, Emily Marks, Allison Martin, Amanda Merton, Caroline Miller, Jessica Motz, Kaitlyn Nutwell, Jesslyn Perez, Matthew Phelan, Sarah Rothhaas, Katerina Russek, William Simmons, Ian Squires, Austin Starnes, Caylin Stevens, Jacquelyn Sunstrom, Alexandra Talbott, Robert Tromm, Gabriel Valdez, Dillon Waters, Sierra Weinkam and Afton Willson.

EIGHTH GRADE: Christopher Austell Jr., Jacob Boswell, Brooke Chapman, Morgan Collinson, Brendan Demas, Eleanor Dotson, Barron DuBois, Shanna Dunlap, Ariel Eleam, Anthony Fratino, Kailyn Gates, Rebecca Glaser, William Gordon, Demi Heider, Lauren Hoffman, Patrick Holt, Bryan Howl, Lauren Jackson, Zachary Kemp, Clare Kozycki, David Kramer, Colin Krautman, Hannah Larney, Anthony Lee II, Katherine Manders, Zachary McDonald, Thomas Miller IV, Domenic Nutile, Isabella Pierce, Emma Pleisse, Kelly Poe, Amy Privitera, Jayson Ramey, Bessy Rodriguez Diaz, Karoline Russek, Kayla Seymour, Joshua Smith, Julianna Smith, Troy Smith, Selena Spriggs, Patrick Stoehr, Greta Strauss, Hannah Tucker, Harleigh Tucker, Destiny Walls, Charles Youngmann and Kristin Zevely.

The following students made the honor roll for the first marking period:

SIXTH GRADE: Alyssa Abbott, Andrew Alton, Katelyn Alton, Austin Angermier, Collin Annadale, James Atwell, Nicholas Austell, James Baden Jr., Allison Bahen, Brandon Bailey, Brittany Bailey, George Barksdale III, Cole Barrett, William Bartee III, Joseph Beavers, Kathryn Bedard, Brianna Bell, Gina Bell, Nikolaus Bilzor, Timothy Bingley, Melinda Blansett, Alexis Bonincontri, Jordan Brady, Josiah Brought, Caitlin Brumley, Brandon Burch, Kathryn Burgee, Kalei Burgess, Haley Buttner, Dustin Carr, Madeline Case, Landon Castellano, Brandy Chapman, Demetrius Cheakalos, Madelyn Cihocki, Aaliyah Claggett, Ryann Clarke, Kiara Coates, Nolan Coleman, Ryland Collinson, Mason Conner, Charles Connors, Cole Contino, Shayla Cook, David Cooper, Jeremy Couvillion, Renee Cranford, Corinne Curtis, Michelle Cutler, Katelynn Dolin Adamson, Kevin Donithan, Carson Dove, Daniel Duffy, Benjamin Duvall, Chyna Eaton, Destiny Edwards, Nathan Flores, Jimmy Frost, John Gardiner, Jesse Gates, Kyle Germann, Logan Gibson, Anastasia Gingell, Timothy Glaser II, Brandy Gomes, Jeremy Grauel, Daryl Gregg III, Kason Hale, Thomas Hall, Christopher Hardesty Jr., Tabitha Harr, John Harrison, Randi Lee Hill, Jacob Hogan, Gloria Holland, Devin Horseman Guy, Taylor Inzer, Kyle Jackson, Jasmine Jameson, Breanna Johnson, Hunter Jordan, Cassandra Keenan, Jenna Kilchenstein, Ashley Kinstler, Nicholas Kinstler, Liam Kissinger, Leonard Klayman, Anastasia Krause, Andrew Ladd, Stephanie Lantz, Meredith Lawson, William Lawson, Matthew Lester, Hannah Litwiller, Nadia Livesay, Bianca Logan, Rudolf Lutz IV, Luke Madison, McGrath Malloy, Jaylen Martin, Onyae Martin, Eric McDowell, Shania Miles, Katrina Murphy Choi, Colin Nagle, Tyler Nation, Kyle Naughton, Zachary Neuland, Broden Northrop, James O'Brien, Rayne Parran, Jennifer Potter, Bethany Probst, DeMia Randall, Clare Reilly, Patrick Reilly, Sean Roediger, Alyssa Rose, Alejandro Rounceville, Ashley Sanders, Loren Sanders, Michaela Schneider, Madeline Schryer, Jesse Self, Hunter Sharpe, William Shartzer, John Shenton III, Lauren Shoemaker, Angela Silver, Meadow Skipper, Gregory Smith, Jamey Staley, Brittany Stock, Morgan Stueckler, Mia Suplee, McKenzie Sweet, Robert Taylor, Brandon Thomas, Micheal Tichnell, Veronica Tickel, Megan Tippett, Katherine Treff, Warren Tull, Tessa Tyler, Carl Vogel, Christopher Wallace, Courtney Watkins, Matthew Watson, David Watts, Jonathon Watts, Morgan Whitman, Abigail Wilkinson, Natalie Williams, Charles Winder, Melissa Witte, Caitlin Woods and Darren Young.
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Q&A: does anyone know if Jordan School District has Nov. 21 off?

Question by Kennedy J: does anyone know if Jordan School District has Nov. 21 off?
cause on my Calendar for school it says we have it off for the 22 & 23 but those are weekends so i don’t think they have changed the calendar yet, so does anyone know? thx.

Best answer:

Answer by Russ
No, but I’m sure that they would make an announcement, or you could ask a teacher.

What do you think? Answer below!
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Teachers' union chief pushes for funding for school libraries3

Cheered on by librarians and library advocates, teachers' union President Jerry Jordan yesterday called on parents, public officials, education advocates and especially the School District of Philadelphia to reverse the 20-year decline of school libraries.

His request was clear: Make money for libraries and certified librarians a mandated part of school budgets instead of leaving the decision up to principals.

"There are many ways to spend limited education dollars, but a library is one of the best investments," he said inside the upgraded library of University City High, a newly transformed "Promise Academy."

Beginning in the late 1990s, at a time of huge budget deficits, the school district began eliminating librarian positions and failed to replace those who retired or found other jobs, district officials said.

In 1987, every school had a library staffed with a certified librarian and trained library assistant, Jordan said. Four years later, only 176 certified librarians and 114 assistants were employed by the district.

Today, just 72 librarians and 26 assistants remain, he said.

Of the district's 258 schools, only 120 have libraries, and only half of the high schools have libraries.

On the other hand, Jordan said, each of the 26 state correctional institutions is required to have a fully stocked library staffed with a librarian with a master's degree.

"If we mandated that every school provided children with fully stocked, technology-rich libraries, there wouldn't be as many inmates in need of prison libraries," he said.

Studies have shown that students with access to libraries typically show significant improvement in reading, spelling, math and problem-solving. Jordan noted that Pennsylvania System of School Assessment scores in reading are 10 to 15 points higher in schools with libraries staffed by certified school librarians.

This is not a new fight for the union, which has unsuccessfully tried "half a dozen times" to include the measure in its contract with the district, Jordan said.

Dolores Solomon, president of the district's Home and School Association, said parents could make the difference.

"Parents always play a very important part in any issue pertaining to the children," she said.

By involving parents, "this will spark the light to bring awareness to the situation," she said. "Our children are in need of libraries in each and every school, not just some schools."

The district's director of integration instruction, Lois McGee, who works with library-content specialists, said the district pushes for libraries.

"We've been advocating for strong libraries programs in all our schools since Dr. Ackerman came in," she said, referring to Superintendent Arlene Ackerman, who joined the district in 2008. McGee described libraries as "that link that would close the opportunity and achievement gap."

She added that content specialists have been added as extra support in the libraries of the district's six Promise Academies, schools receiving closer attention from the district.

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