September 6, 2005 Program

Our guest speaker today was William F. Moon, Principal and one of the six Founders of the International Community School. In sharing with us several facts about the International Community School, Mr. Moon's remarks included the following:

  1. The International Community School was created by six fellow-educators in 2002 as a charter school in DeKalb County with the mission to serve refugee, immigrant, and local children, providing a superb educational foundation in a multi-ethnic setting.
  2. Although a Charter School that is public with DeKalb County, the International Community School is smaller and self-ministered, offering parents and teachers more involvement in curriculum, staffing, etc.
  3. The school has a program that serves the needs of 270 children in grades kindergarten through 4th, adding a grade each year.
  4. The school maintains a 50/50 American to immigrant mix. The immigrant students come from more than 30 different countries.
  5. The students have scored in the top third of DeKalb County Schools on state standardized tests.
  6. The International Community School gets $1.8 million of its $2.2 million budget from DeKalb County and state government. The rest comes from private donations. Eighty-five percent of the students qualify for participation in Title 1 funds. For further information about the International Community School, go to www.intcomschool.org and/or call 404-499-8964.

Visitors

We were delighted to have present with us Erick Muhumuza, a Rwandan who is a teacher's assistant and Barbara Thompson from the International Community School, and Interclubbers McCarthy, Grizzard, and Wiggins from Downtown.

Future Speakers

September 13th   Chief Richard James Pennington - Atlanta Police Department
September 20th   Edmund Lindsey - State Representative for District 54
September 27th   Donna Carson - Director of My House

Pin Violation

The spirit of Our Compassionate Mel found all to be well.

Kiwanis Education

Kiwanis International adopted at its Honolulu Convention a new motto: "Serving The Children of the World" (replacing the old motto: "We Build").

President Ray's Quote

"It's better to be a mouse in a cat's mouth than to be a man in the hands of a lawyer."
-- Spanish Proverb

Announcements

  1. An Interclub is scheduled for Buckhead Breakfast on September 12 at Landmark Diner. Call Sandy
  2. Dusty and George say there might be a seat or two left on the Annual Kiwanis Travel to China to enjoy Beijing, the Great Wall/Ming Tombs, the Yangtze River Cruise, Shanghai, and Suzhou during October 17-30, 2005.


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