February
Newsletter
Volume 2, Issue 2
2014
Events
Inside this issue:
2014 ETS Events
February Newsletter
1
Black History Trivia
ETS 2014 Events:
2
Trio Challenge
3
Health Heart
4
February
19— Trio Night
March
18– The Miracle Worker
April
1-Act Prep
10– Act Prep
June
10- Nutrition Camp/Financial Literacy 6-8th Graders
9-
Driver Safety Workshop 10-11th Graders
11– CPR/Mindy Workshop 9-11th Graders
12- SIU College/ Bowling 9-11th Graders
17- SCC College/City Museum 6th Graders
19- Murray Tour/Kentucky Shores 9-11th Graders
24 - McKendree Tour/Lotta Wotta Creek 9-11th Graders
26- SCC College/ Discovery Museum 7-8th Graders
“THOSE WHO CAN ADAPT TO
CHANGE ARE THOSE WHO WILL
CONTINUE TO GROW.”
JUSTIN RAMALHO
Black History Month Trivia:
Who was the first Black heavyweight boxing Champion? A) Muhammad Ali
B) Joe Louis C) Floyd Patterson D) Jack Johnson
The First Black woman elected to congress was: A) Patricia Harris B) Barbara Jordan C)
Shirley Chisholm D) Sadie Alexander
His invention of an automatic traffic signal led to our present day traffic lights: A) Phillip B.
Downing B) Garret Morgan C) John Standard D) Thomas Stewart
Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black person to win a “Pulitzer Prize,” won the prize for her
book: A) Jubilee B) Soul on Ice C) Annie Alien D) The Fire Next Time
The week-long celebration, “Negro History Week,” which was expanded in 1976 and is now
known as “Black History Month,” was started in 1926 by: A) Ralph Bunche B) Nat Turner C)
Carter G Woodson D) John M Langston
Bonus: The first Black mayor of a major American city was:
Trio Challenge
Join the Trio ETS drawing to win a gift card. Cut on dotted line, mail back
upper portion. Must have correct answers, student name, school, and grade
on entry sheet. Must be postmarked by 2/28/14, to be entered into a drawing
held on 3/3/14.
1. Was known as the father of black history?
2. First black American honored on a postage stamp?
3. Discovered the modern processes for preserving blood for transfusion.
Name:______________________________________
School:____________________________________ Grade:_____________
Educational Talent Search
Staff
Carolyn Kindle
Vice President of Student and Administrative Services
Phone: 618-634-3364
carolynk@ shawneecc.edu
Deborah Johnson
Director TRiO Educational Talent Search
Phone : 618-634-3374
[email protected]
Lindsay Johnson
Academic Specialist
Phone: 618-634-3372
[email protected]
Renee Purchase
Academic Specialist
Phone: 618-634-3424
[email protected]
Evelyn Davis
Administrative Assistant
Phone: 618-634-3204
[email protected]
8364 Shawnee College Rd
Ullin IL 62992
Phone: 618-634-3374
Fax: 618-634-3405
E-mail: [email protected]
Have a Healthy heart!
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Plenty of Rest
Eat a Nutritional meal
Exercise
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