Author: Carma Henry

    Parkway Middle School of the Arts is gearing up for the 2022 Florida State Assessment (FSA) Test. The FSA Test is given to measure whether students are making progress in the areas of English Language Arts and Mathematics. To assist in creating the excitement for test week, the Parkway Middle School administration decided to have a pep rally for celebration and preparation. Parkway Middle School was previously selected to participate in the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Initiative where each student will receive a tablet, which allows students to have data access outside of the classroom.

     Approximately 75 blind and visually impaired children and their siblings had an amazing time at Lighthouse of Broward’s Eggstravaganza event, searching for beeping eggs, visiting with the Easter Bunny, jumping in the bounce house, climbing a rock wall, having their face painted and doing arts and crafts.

Rev. Al Sharpton delivered a fiery eulogy for Lyoya.

     Black cemeteries have been under assault by antagonistic forces in this country since the very first Black body was interred in American soil. And that assault continues to this day.

     He-Said: Sarah, last week I witnessed untarnished “Racial-Veracity.” I went to my favorite coffee shop and I ran into my conversational partner. John is an older White gentleman in his late 80’s. Typically we have light banal chatter. Last Monday, I baited him with a question to see his real racial character. Keep in mind you can structure a response in a poll by how the question is framed. I asked him with an indignant tone “What happened with the Black lady getting a seat on the court? John, we have only had 114 justices and only 4 have been women and 2 Black men. Everyone knows that this position has always been for White men!”

Plantation Elementary held its annual Career Day on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. This event was a great success with many industries and agencies represented!

       Our bodies can predict the weather. Our experiences allow us to know when it is about to rain or when we can expect a hot day based on what we see and feel in that moment. Sometimes we know if the rain will be short or long by just looking at the sky. There are always signs of the incoming that we can connect to when being connected to nature. I remember being younger and hearing the elders speak of rain because they felt it in their bodies. As a child I did not understand what that meant, but as I got older, I began to understand. We are connected to the World in a way that we innately know certain things if we pay attention to what is going on around us.

“Test Your Bible Knowledge ‘

New coronavirus cases continue to increase across the US. Cases are rising across the entire country. The average number of new cases is 47,000 per day, a 51% increase over the last two weeks.

The Haitian American Nurses Association has been serving our community for over 37 years. They chose to honor Dr. Barbara Sharief with the association’s Leadership Excellence Award.