Bolling v. Sharpe Posters
As part of Black History Month, the D.C. Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board is giving away posters to celebrate the Bolling v. Sharpe decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1954, which outlawed segregated public schools in the District. The case was part of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling.
The poster features photographs of those who fought against segregated public schools. Copies are available at the board's office, 2101 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, and the D.C. Lottery Claim Center in the lobby of the Frank D. Reeves Center at 2000 14th St. NW.
Requests for 25 or more copies of the poster must be faxed on business letterhead to 202-698-1938. For more information, call 202-645-7900.
Students Given Phones
American University's Kogod School of Business has distributed 300 BlackBerry 7100 phones with HotSpot wireless broadband Internet service to its students and faculty members, becoming one of the first business schools in the world to integrate new technology with the academic experience. In addition to Internet access, the T-Mobile USA phones will have "Real Simple Streamlining" to allow users to access information from the school on course offerings, admissions and jobs.
School officials said the phones will help create a more realistic business environment for students. American University is ranked by Intel as one of the top 10 wireless campuses in the nation.
Science Fair Held
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hosted Shepherd Elementary School last week at its Silver Spring headquarters for the James D. Martin Science Fair. The first-, second- and third-place winners among the sixth-graders will compete in the Citywide Science Fair in March.
Shepherd is an adopted school of NOAA's Marine and Aviation Operations. The fair is named for Martin, a former NOAA employee active in the Shepherd program, who was killed in 2002 by the Washington-area snipers.
In the sixth grade, winners included Burkina Cooper, first place for "Liquid Effects"; Howard Hill, second place for "Can Static Electricity Raise More Than Hair?"; and Dawn Jefferson, third place for "Speed Racer."
In the fifth grade, Tekiah Jones and Kimiko Matsuda-Lawrence tied for first place with, respectively, "Flower Power" and "Cut Flower Longevity." Anthony Benn and Naadeya Montgomery tied for second place with, respectively, "How a Shield Volcano Erupts" and "Color Me Tasty.' The third place award went to Tunde Smith for "Green 2 Yellow."
In the fourth grade, Eric Scarlett won first place for "What Substance Melts Ice." Kenan Dority won second place for "Liquids Lighted Up." Kevin Jamison was awarded third place for "Spreading Molecules."
-- Compiled by
BRUCE C.T. WRIGHT
