#CommunityMatters: Uptown Leads by Example!

Sior Griffin receiving a cut & supplies

Sior Griffin sat motionless as the final touches were made to his back-to-school fresh cut. His mother sat near, checking him out...

After leaving the chair, he was led to the back of the shop where he received composition books, pencils and pens. His mother smiles….

Gerald Chavis(G) & Jared Peterson(JP)

This weeks ‘High Five’ goes to Jared Peterson (J.P) and Gerald Chavis (G.) of Uptown Barbers Association for continuing to lead by example. ‘For Us By Us’ (FUBU) is not just a slogan for (J.P.) of King Gardens and (G.) hailing from Park View, it's a guide. Together, these two young African American Entrepreneurs have not only opened a successful business in their community, they continue to provide recognition and support for their patrons, friends and neighbors……

After a 9 year hiatus, they successfully revived UBL’s Summer Basketball League giving renewed interest and meaning to Mackay Park creating a viable venue for players, spectators and other neighborhood business persons. They followed up by participating in the 3^rd Annual Whip Whop Tournament and School Supply give away with the winner’s trophy proudly being displayed in their window.                     

This week, not only can the community youth get a high top fade to begin the school year, Uptown is giving away composition books, pencils and pens to school age patrons. This practice will continue right up to the start of school or as long as the supplies last.

Future plans include an honor roll to be posted on the shop’s wall recognizing the accomplishments of student scholar/athletes.  

CONGRATULATIONS 

Uptown Barbers Association for showing that 'CommunityMatters'....

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Welcome Englewood Children Back to School 9/2/2015

Make the first day stress free and enjoyable! Support your local School Children!

e-Connections:  News about Our Schools  e-Conexiones en Español Por favor, haga clic aqui­ Back to School Nights  (check the school web site for details) Quarles Grieco McCloud JDMS DMAE PreK - Wed., Sept. 9 Kdg. - Thurs., Sept. 10 Tues., Sept 15 Wed., Sept. 16 Wed.,  Sept. 30 Thurs., Oct. 1 Quick Links EPSD District Web Site Monthly Events Calendar 2015-2016 One-Page Calendar Read press releases about school and district news, as well as past e-Connections issues October is Latino Heritage Month Watch your school website for information about October activities celebrating Latino Heritage Month, including a district-wide Latino Fair to be held at Grieco School on October 1. Help Us Build Our Mailing List   e-Connections is an electronic newsletter for school families, interested residents and employees of our district.  Please help us build our mailing list by forwarding this email to your friends and family and asking them to sign up.  We want to reach as many Englewood community members as possible.  Interim Superintendent Dr. Michelle James:  "Welcome Back" As you know, school opens on Wednesday September 2. I hope everyone returns to school highly motivated and energized.  This year, we will intensify our focus on improving literacy and mathematics so that every child has a strong foundation of knowledge, skills and learning.  We have a strong team of returning and new teachers and wonderful community partnerships that are an integral part of our schools.  Together, we will make this year a rewarding one for our students. My best wishes for a healthy and successful year! Welcome New Teachers Quarles - Serena Fernandez, Rosine Ghichlian, Stephanie Kearney, Amber Mosser, Jessica Sacco Grieco - Tamara Emont, Akiba Hunter McCloud - Gary Atamian, Joshua Berkowitz, Shirley Cruz, Ryan Dennis, Eunson Hamm  Christine Persaud JDMS - Amanda Dore, Caroll Pugh DMAE - Gail Baskerville-Norris, Rose Lubin, Nathalie Mahoney, William Rose, Nicholas Serpico, Jorge Valcarel School News High School On October 14, all Grade 10 and 11 students will be taking the PSAT.  The district is paying all costs for these important tests.  The PSAT is administered by the College Board and co-sponsored by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.  Not only is this test a preparation for the college admissions SAT test, scores from the PSAT are used to determine eligibility for certain college scholarships.  In addition, PSAT-takers have access to a free resource that provides personalized feedback, practice and college planning based on their PSAT results. See what DMHS students did this summer   McCloud and Grieco Will Offer Two New After School Programs Design It!, an after school Engineering Program for ages 8-12, and Explore It!, an after school Science Program for ages 8-12 will be offered to students in Grieco and McCloud schools  Both are engaging and fun STEM programs designed specifically for after school.  Each includes six projects that last approximately one month, with the group meeting once a week for the duration of the program. The programs are offered by Rutgers Cooperative Extension 4-H Youth Development and the New Jersey School-Age Care Coalition (NJSACC), and The Network for New Jersey's Afterschool Communities, and were developed by the Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) in Boston and the National Partnerships for After School Science (NPASS) through support of the National Science Foundation. Grieco News Our 1st Grade team received a $1,000 grant for participating in the Mayor's Book Club. Last year, the students read over 1,000. books. Our school is partnering with Abakidz and University of California, San Diego and Stanford University on a study on mental abacus. The research will investigate the impact of mental abacus training on mathematical and cognitive abilities.  The goals of the project is to find our whether mental abacus training can improve math performance for children, determine the grade level at which the training is most beneficial and to test whether mental abacus training affects the cognitive abilities like memory and attention.  Half of the first and second grade students have been randomly selected to receive abacus instruction in addition to our regular math curriculum.   Please follow our school on twitter:@EPSDLHC Quarles News As we welcome all new PreK and Kindergarten students to Quarles School, we also look forward to the opening of our new Modular Classrooms later this fall.   Quarles' OPEN HOUSE - Meet your child's teachers and see the classroom -Tuesday, September 1st, 11:30am - 1:00pm Click Here to Visit your School District's Official Website http://www.epsd.org/ Community School News School Board Elections -  November 3, 2015...Are you registered to vote? Candidates: Molly Craig-Berry George  Garrison III Howard Haughton Henry Pruitt III

Full Blown Gang Warfare in Denning Park:

SHOTS FIRED!

From the back drop of ‘Black lives Matter’ and Black on Black’ crime burst a rainbow of colors into

Denning Park, Sunday, August 23rd at 1:30 pm. While remembering the past, the day prepared for the future earning a  4th Ward Gazette ’High Five’  to the Organizers of the Whip Whop 3rd Annual Basketball Tournament given in the name of a fallen soldier Keith Murray and in memory of Calvin Troy ’88’ Dixon.

Big props goes to Devon England (King Gardens), Stacey Pettie (Rock Creek & FPG), Quaheim Graham (Parkview) , Roy Theodore (Westside/Westmoor Gardens) and their volunteers for producing a real ‘old school’ Englewood Community event featuring Free Food, Free School Supplies for the kids and great basketball for everyone. A special salute goes to all those who attended the Denning Park event for being well behaved (not that anything less was expected) and their appreciative reception of the day.

The rainbow, Westside black, Rock Creek in gray, Parkview blue and King Garden in purple came together NOT on the street to fight, but on the court to crown the King of the Hood. Shots were fired!

Petties’ crew took the first shot. Led by Donald Hennie and Zak Anderson, the Creek game out firing with long 3’s and driving layups. Westside’s Jordan Theodore and the Mofananya brothers countered with their own barrage of spin moves and dunks. Round One went to Roy Theodore’s Westside team.

1. The Creek & West side Standing Together

Davon England and the defending champs KG were all over Graham’s Parkview team led by a penetrating point guard and long range boomer Brandon Alexander. But it was Aron Dorrell and Mike ‘Kool aid’ Thompsons crew that would move on to the Championship game.

The Championship game did not disappoint. Westside’s Malik Powell and Alvin Mofananya was the power in side with Naheim ’Fish’ Carter firing from the outside. But in the end, it was KG’s Leo Jones III (MVP) who pulled his team to victory with two contested 3 pointers. Dorrell, Powell and their crew took care of the rest.

2. KG Repeat Champions

When all was said and done, it was about Love, Basketball and Community. Remembering the past and preparing for the future. Thank you Whip Whop Tournament Organizers for showing us that ‘We All Can Get Along’…...

3. The Creek & Westside

(Photos courtesy of Gissele Bartley & Ricky H. Smith)

Written by Curtis E. Caviness