GCS puts out call for donated devices
August 27, 2020Guilford County Schools’ leaders are asking the community to donate electronic devices or cash to aid in virtual learning for 5,200 students across the county. The district is focusing on Kindergarteners and first graders as a priority, in which 12,000 additional devices have already been distributed. Guilford County students began online instruction Monday, Aug. 17 […]
The Anxiety Keeps on Growing
August 21, 2020We thought it would be over by now. As December 2019 rolled into January 2020, we celebrated the entre into a new year as most of us do. Some of us were in New Year’s Eve parties, others of us were in Watch Night Services, and still others simply went to bed saying, “I’ll see […]
Pitchford Earns SoCon Woman Of The Year Honor
August 21, 2020The Southern Conference (SoCon) named Alexis Pitchford of UNC Greensboro (UNCG) and Natalie Srinivasan of Furman as its nominees for the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year award. Selected from a program-record pool of 605 school nominees, the 161 conference-level nominees represent student-athletes from 21 different sports spanning all three NCAA divisions. Of those nominated, […]
Dance Project keeps dancers moving forward
August 21, 2020Dance Project’s Fall 2020 classes will keep dancers moving forward, engaging the whole student with a focus on wellness and building community through dance. Kids, teens, and adults can expect live, online classes with our top-notch instructors, active creativity, and a nurturing space in which to learn, grow, and connect. There will be two seven-week […]
Public schools open remotely
August 21, 2020The first day of school already has a special buzz about it, and Guilford County Schools’ first day for the 2020-2021 school year definitely generated a buzz. Students were unable to log on to the state supported learning portal for more than three hours on August 17. Guilford County Schools were alerted that the North […]
As Postmaster backs down, high capacity sorting machines still missing
August 21, 2020After pointed threats to have both his job and his head if he didn’t straighten out the mess at the U.S. Postal Service, on Tuesday, President Trump’s Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who is also a Greensboro resident, did an abrupt about-face, by ordering all “cost-cutting initiatives postponed” until after the Nov. 3rd General Elections. But […]
A concerted effort is needed to fight COVID-19
August 15, 2020As I write this article, the United States is approaching a death count of more than 160,000 people from COVID-19. These numbers are quite astonishing and I cannot “wrap my head around” the loss, suffering and the misery that every death has caused. Countless families have had to say goodbye to their husbands, wives, mothers, […]
Six Aggie Bowlers Receive NTCA Academic Honors
August 13, 2020WHITEWATER, WI – Six North Carolina A&T Aggie’s women’s bowlers received National TenPin Coaches Association academic honors and the team received All-Academic Team honors. Seniors Tyra Merritt and Mia Pope and juniors Ana Olaya, Chloe Jones and Brionna Thompson and sophomore Ericka Quesada were the six bowlers recognized. Olaya finished second on the team, bowling […]
Artist’s work to be part of Smithsonian exhibit
August 13, 2020A justice art portrait of George Perry Floyd, Jr., painted in the aftermath of Downtown Greensboro and national street protests of his Minneapolis police murder will become a part of a permanent exhibition at Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. In a temporary exhibition area of other justice art […]
Rep. Adams Sees Trump Voter Suppression
August 13, 2020With less than 90 days before the Nov. 3rd presidential elections, Pres. Trump’s handpicked Postmaster General Louis DeJoy of Greensboro, has displaced or reassigned over 30 top executives at the U.S. Postal Service, all in an effort to slow the nation’s daily mail delivery down in an attempt to disrupt voting by mail nationally. Based […]
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