Booker Arts Magnet School offers students an environment for growing - an environment of spontaneity, freedom of expression, individuality, and creativity. While encouraging self-expression, the Booker staff emphasizes that freedom brings responsibility to develop self-discipline. Within the context of respect for one another, Booker students express their individuality. Booker offers a unique educational program, a program that provides opportunities for students to grow and develop their fullest potential. Booker Arts Magnet School is a good place for your child to grow, to reach higher and farther, to enjoy adventures and new experiences, to learn, to imagine and create, to explore and discover. 'Booker Arts Magnet School is a good place for growingl The Philosophy of Booker Arts Magnet School Booker Arts Magnet School will provide those educational experiences that will help each student develop to his or her highest potential. Emphasizing the interrelationship of the elementary curriculum and the arts, Booker Arts Magnet School will provide an education that fosters academic and aesthetic growth of students who express an interest and/or a need in the arts. The Goals of Booker Arts Magnet School *The goals of Booker Arts Magnet School are to nurturethe students learning, to encourage personal expression, to use the arts to motivate student achievement, to foster self-discipline inherent in artistic achievement, and to instill within students a lifetime understanding of the relationship of the arts to their daily lives. Faculty and Staff *The faculty of Booker Arts Magnet School challenges your child to grow, to strive for excellence, to express individuality, to cultivate creativity, to expand horizons. Booker educators celebrate your child's potential and nurture your child's development. They observe students as they grow and mature, and welcome each developmental stage as an exciting opportunity and challenge. The faculty of Booker Arts Magnet School includes 49 certified personnel, each playing an integral role in the unique educational program at Booker. The principal and assistant principal work with the carefully selected faculty: two arts curriculum specialists, two counselors, a speech and language pathologist, two special education resource specialists, two reading specialists, two math specialists, 1.5 library media specialists, two visual art specialists, two orchestra specialists, two music specialists, two creative movement specialists, a computer lab specialist, two gifted specialists, and 28 classroom specialists. Ninety percent of the certified personnel has had educational training above the Bachelor Degree. Many Booker staff members serve on various district-wide committees, as well as on national textbook advisory committees. The Booker faculty receives additional professional training, enabling them to provide learning experiences in the arts as they teach basic curriculum. Booker's support staff includestwo office secretaries, a media secretary, a nurse, a computer lab attendant, six supervision aides, four custodians, and six cafeteria personnel. The Booker faculty and staff cultivates your child's growth and strives to make Booker Arts Magnet School a good place for growing. For growth does not simply happen. It is facilitated by providing an environment of spontaneity within a climate of discipline. Opportunities for Learning Booker students growthrough learning. In addition to the prescribed grade level courses which a student should master with 85/o accuracy, special classes such as visual art, creative movement, instrumental and choral music, computer, photography, calligraphy, illumination, and creative writing are offered. Students benefit from unique facilities and equipment at Booker including a gymnasium, running track, and playing field: a mirrored dance studio equipped with ballet barres
props and costumes for performances
a performance stage
a four-track recording studio with computers and synthesizers
a photographic darkroom
a potter's wheel and kiln
and calligraphy pens, inks, and graphic art materials. The music department enhances learning through a variety of instruments including guitars, snare drums, recorders, resonator bells, and an 18-station keyboard lab. An elaborate sound system enhances all of the student musical performances at Booker. Booker has two full-time, fully certified gifted specialists to serve K-6. These specialists use the Observe and Enrich Program in Grades K-2. In Grades three through six, identified students are pulled out 2.5 hours a week to work on appropriate activities. The computer lab provides learning experiences for every student from kindergarten to grade six. The lab consists of 32 Commodore computers, 15 disk drives, an extensive software library, and a 28-inch teaching monitor. Every student attends the lab at least once a week. The computer program has several objectives for the students: to become comfortable using computers
to practice basic skills in reading, math, language arts, science, and social studies
to learn to use word processing programs in orderto facilitate creative writing projects in all grades
todevelop keyboarding techniques
todevelopand expand problem solving skills
to have fun. Continued...In addition, students benefit from two Program for Accelerated Learning academic labs. These labs, supported by a computer lab, provide reinforcement of basic reading and math skills. Booker Arts Magnet School offers every student opportunities to flourish by providing individualized learning. By being alert and sensitive to every students strengths and weaknesses, the Booker faculty helps each child to grow. Academics and the Arts earning at Booker Arts Magnet School means growing in many areas. Booker offers a strong emphasis on the arts, coupled with high academic standards maintained in the basic courses. Booker students not only master the curriculum, they experience it. Reading, writing, grammar, spelling, math, social studies and science are enhanced with a fine arts emphasis. Students learn by experiencing creative movement, by hearing and performing music, by creating and seeing art. Booker teachers are distinguished by a personal commitment to the arts, and by professional training in providing creative experiences in the classroom. Basic academic requirements are enhanced by emphases in visual arts, music, drama, and creative movement. Visual art, music, and creative movement specialists on the Booker staff offer additional creative opportunities in choral music, woodwind, percussion, keyboard instruments, orchestra, songwriting, creative movement, gymnastics, drama, and art. In addition, Booker students have opportunities to study with various artists-in-residence. Through this unique program, Booker students have enjoyed workingwith a photographer, acalligrapher.acreative writer, asculptor, aquilt maker, adancer, a juggler, a cartoonist, and a muralist. These residencies have also exposed students to varied creative disciplines and career paths such as commercial art and graphic design, illustration, drama, and audio-visual production. Commu nity resou rces of visual and performing artists further enhance the fine arts emphasis. Booker greatly benefits from a partnership with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Fine Arts Department. Booker students also enjoy visits from guest artists, art collections at the Arkansas Arts Center, field trips to art museums, and a variety of artistic performances. Part of growing for Booker students is expanding their horizons by broadening their appreciation of the arts, and by developing their skills within these arts. BOOKER School nA Place For Growing 2016 Barber Little Rock, AR 72206 324-2482 It Dr. Cheryl Simmons, Principal TO: FROM: THROUGH: SUBJECT: SLIP SHEET FOR REGULAR BOARD MEETING ON NOVEMBER 19, 1991 LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT 810 WEST MARKHAM STREET LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS RECEIVED JAN 6IS92 December 19, 1991 Board of Directors Office of Desegregation Monitoring Ruth S. Steele, Superintendent of School T Tony Wood, Deputy Superintendent -im Ivey, Manager of Support Services NEW PARTNERSHIP: Booker T. Washington Math/Science Magnet School and The Olive Garden Restaurant I recommend that the partnership between Booker T. Washington Math/Science Magnet School and The Olive Garden Restaurant be approved as follows: Booker T. Washington Math/Science Magnet and The Olive Garden Restuarant have united as Partners in Education for the 1991- 92 school year. The students at Washington Math/Science Magnet School will provide art displays for all the major holidays. They will also send homemade birthday cards to the employees of The Olive Garden. The Olive Garden will sponsor field trips to demonstrate to the students how pasta is made. They will also provide resource speakers for various subject areas and events. In addition, The Olive Garden will participate in the cafeteria behavior incentive program in cooperation with the LRSD Food Service Department and in accordance with federal. state, and District guidelines governing school lunch programs. The school has been very pleased with the positive improvements in students' behavior while in the cafeteria and the students are eager to demonstrate appropriate table manners and noise level because they are eager to receive the Olive Garden's incentives.Expressions 19 9 4 Literary Arts Magazine WHATS INSIDE 3 POETRY PAGE...... .2 SEASONS PAGE......... .3 MEMORIES PAGE............0 POETRY & ARTWORK PAGE. 16 HUMOR PAGE.... .18 ART GALLERY PAGE .20 POETRY PAGE...... .20 ESSAYS PAGE..... .28 p-726 c 1986 3M Booker Arts Magnet School Little Rock Public School District Little Rock, Arkansas Volume One, Number One Dr. Cheryl A. Simmons, Principal Dr. Henry P. Williams, Superintendent Susan Coif ord. Language Arts Instructor Nancy Weir, Language Arts Instructor Tom Sarlo, Art Specialist Brian Kinder, Art Specialist Sue Ann Perry, Ar list-in-Residence C. Bruce Watterson, Magazine Designer-Mentor Printed by Prestige Press, N. Little Rock, Arkansas Expressions - page 1 [ Haiku are seventeen syllable Japanese forms using an image of nature. Deer Hiding in winter Dodging bullets left and right - A beautiful sight Jeremy Newkirk Rainbow of colors shining so bright in the sky - Fill the earth tonight Brandy Loring A squirrel gliding from tree to tree like a leaf flowing in the wind Matthew Cook Stars Diamonds in the sky at night glitter like flashlights in the darkened night Christopher Taulbee -Artwork by Chris Dor er Couplets are two rhyming lines of equal length A tree grows, a tree dies. But another tree is going to rise Martinza Lea 1 see poor people out on the street, It makes me want to give them something to eat. Opio Hardin A shih is a Chinese poem of rhymed couplets revealing an intense view of the world Three years ago my friend passed away But still it seems only yesterday. I miss her, she was a sister to me, But God won't bring her back, despite my plea. Ashlee Jones Pollution is tearing us apart Pollution is breaking people's hearts Everyone's dying because of our earth Please let everyone live to enjoy their birth Derrick Williams There is no lake with shining water With a home for the otter, There is no more White Way Delight, Everything's disappeared into the night. Sarah Ratliff PAGE 2 - Expressions Summer Hurray, hurray, school's out Now every day I'm out and about Going to camp, playing sports No more dull book reports. Lying in the sun, swimming in a pool Feeling sorry for the kids in summer school. Going to the beach, getting a tan Cooling myself with a fan Walking on the beach on the sand With the sun so bright 1 wish somehow 1 was there tonight. Summer Standing on the front porch of my grandparents farm I see cotton in the fields. Trees with green leaves are rustling in the wind. Green grass is swaying around. Charlotte Lindeman A Sense of Season SUMMER -Artwork by Antonio Ferguson Summer As 1 run in the yard 1 hear birds chirping. 1 feel the soft grass beneath my feet. I see blossoms blooming. I smell the sweet aroma of the flowers. 1 feel my mouth watering for the taste of honeysuckles. I feel the hot sun on my back. It is wonderful. Sarah Ratliff Summer Senses Don't you just love the smell of fresh morning dew? Waking up to the sounds of birds chirping? And tasting the fresh morning honey that the bees made just for you? I know I do! Joi Tate Sxunmer "My favorite season is summer. To me summer smells hot and stuffy, and with the fact that I'm always by a pool, it smells like chlorine. Summer tastes like chlorine after you get in the water, and tastes like all that extra water 1 must drink because of the extreme heat. To me summer feels not Africa hot but not Antarctica cold either, so 1 guess it feels just right. It sounds like water splashing and kids and grown-ups having lots of fun. Last but not least, summer looks like everybody is not ashamed of their bodies, but just having a great time." Blossoming fruit on apple trees, Now and then a light, cool breeze. It's time for swimming and fun. Stuffy, hot air and shade when you're done. Hoses spraying throughout the day For the season of summer, I feel that way. It sounds like water gushing with might But the best thing about summer is the cool, clear nights. Will Vancuren Monique Ford Expressions - page 3 "Summer is the best time of year because you can go outside and you don't have to worry about going to school the next day. The temperature is always the way you like it and the birds are always in a good mood. Summer is the best time of year because my birthday is in the summer, and also one of the greatest things of all - there are parties every day and since you don't have to go to school, you can stay out long as you want. And if you don't think that's fun, I don't know what is." Patrice Lannette Austin A Sense of Season SUMMER "Summer looks like camp and the lake. It sounds like a big party and the road sizzles. Summer feels Artwork by. Antonio Ferguson "I love summer. I see kids playing, like the Sahara and ice. It smells kids swimming and kidsbeing happy. like horses and sea air. It tastes like camp food and ice cream." Laura Sessoms "Summertime means fun time. Every summer we go to Wild River I smell fresh air, pool water, and flowers. I hear laughing and shrieking. I also hear water splashing and birds chirping. I feel happy, but sad at the same time because I'm not seeing my school friends. I feel nervous about Country. The weather is great and going to a new school or new class. 1 the days are longer. We are also tastestrawberries, watermelons,can-out of school. Something else important that goes on during sum-mer is the newborn baby. I can't April Cruce wait." Jessica Johnston taloupe, and tomatoes. Strawberries are my favorite." "I like summer a lot. I like to go outside and ride my bike and go swimming. I like to play basketball and fish and play Sega Genesis and go to the YMCA." Marcus Abraham "In the summer time you see people cutting yards, playing, swimming and just having a good time. In the summer time you smell food cooking when people grill ribs and barbeque chicken. On the beach you will feel sand, sea shells, and maybe a bug or two. In the summertime you hear people talking and if you live in a bad neighborhood you hear gun shots." Deidre Hampton PAGE 4 - Expressions -Artwork by Antonio Ferguson "My favorite season is summer. I like to hear the sounds of loud speakers with bass, people having fun, the sound of the rush at the mall and I like to hear the sounds of people begging for my food. Summer smells like fruit, peaches, plums, strawberries, grapes, and many other wild fruits. It looks like crowded streets, and hot wet fun. Summer tastes like diet time for me, but yet still, I love summer." Amber McCuien "In summer I feel water from swimming. I see fish from fishing and I see the sun. I hear birds. I hear people talking. I smell cooking from cookouts. I taste grilled hamburgers." Laura Bell "My favorite season is summer. In the summer you feel pool water, warm weather, and you also feelgood. I taste fresh fruit, candy and honeysuckles. I hear children playing and pool water running. I see baseball games and basketball games and me in summer clothes." Sharonda Williams "First, we get out of school. You hear children laughingand friends gossiping. It's hot and humid and your clothes cling to you, but you're free! You have cookouts, burgers, hot dogs, and ice cream. It is very sunny and bright. At night you can smell the aroma of the barbeque and cook-outs. You can't stay out late though, because there are bugs that bite! I enjoy it though, because school will start back in no time!" T. J. Connor "My favorite season is summer because you get to go swimming at Wild River Country. It looks crowded and it sounds noisy and loud because everybody is outside. My season feels good and warm and cozy." Tamara Butler 7 IJ "My favorite season is spring. I like the smell of the spring flowers. The sweet odor fills the air. I love the sight of the cute little bunnies. As I walk I can feel the grass on my bare feet. I hear a bird chirping in a tree nearby. But best of all, I can taste a cool glass of lemonade." Katie Roddy i <' 1 "I like spring the most of all four seasons. I like the sight of blooming flowers, trees, and grass. 1 like to hear cars passing, birds chirping, tree leaves brushing in the wind, and children playing at school and at home. 1 like to feel the cool air blowing through my hair and clothes and the cool green grass rubbing my hands and feet. I like to smell fresh rain shower scents and fresh plant life. I like the taste of Mom's ice tea, chicken, ice cream, chips, candy and delicious, buttery pound cake." Tiffany B. Keown ? "My favorite season is spring. I like the smells of spring. The flowers have a sweet scent and the smell of the air - I just love it. I also like the taste of spring. What I mean is, what I can eat in spring, like ice cream lemonade, etc. My favorite is how spring looks. It is so pretty, the flowers blooming, the sun shining on lakes, and children swimming. There are two more things I like about spring - how it feels and sounds. It sounds really great. I like to He in my backyard in the soft grass and listen to the birds. Also when it gets warm enough, we get to open the pool. And that is why I like spring." Katie Blakely "Springtime is nice. The weather is warm but not hot. Spring looks like heaven, somewhat. Spring has flowers growing, people playing, and men and their sons fishing. Spring sounds like children swinging and dogs barking. I women whistling and singing. It smells like cakes cooking, like flowers blooming, and like fresh, sweet air. It feels warm, but yet not hot, cool, but yet not cold. It feels like the perfect season." Lauren Engle I I >- I is tiw season whtfr everything grows. There are ripe apples on the trees that are juicy and tweet. ThereareWbyatjimaUeverywhere, ' And a mother horse with a baby mre. Th are fluffy clouds in the sky, floating by. tbert ate bhds in the iteee talking t*tth the There are daffodils on the gronnd Where the butferftlea are f loafing round. Clare Barlow s I "My favorite season is spring when the air is fresh and the blossoms, with their soft petals and sweet scent, are blooming. The birds are chirping and the sky above is bright blue. All of the children go ou t and frolic and play. Everyone is happy, everyone is gay. "But then the rain comes down and turns the beauty of nature gray. Now all the children run in and the sky turns cloudy. The birds stop singing, the blossoms stop blooming. Oh man, what a bummer, but at least we still have summer." Ashlee Jones Expressions - page 5 Fall Fall is beautiful leaves falling down very colorful all over the ground Lori Vesole iFall "Fall is a time when you hear all of the leaves blowing around. When fall comes, there are a lot of pumpkins to taste. When the leaves blow down, and you jump in them, they feel rough. The smell you smell in the fall is the smell of the leaves blowing. When you look out the window, you see that the wind is really blowing and leaves are everywhere." Jonathan Benecke L Artwork by Claudia A. Rodgers "Winter is my favorite time of the year. It brings joy and happiness to me. When it snows it makes me think of peace. It seems so calm and quiet because snow is as light as a feather. During winter I see rain, sleet, ice, icicles, and snow. I see everyone wearing winter clothes and everything around us is white. I hear children outside playing in the snow and sometimes you can hear it sleeting. I feel the wind blowing and cold snow falling, softly and slowly." Lauren Hatfield Winter Outside in the cold and frosty air It seems that snow is everywhere. The streets are very icy. And the wind is very windy. All the trees are bare With nothing left to spare. The snow out there is very white. For many people it is some delight. The taste of snow is cold, The snow is also fun to hold. Oceanna Kuonen PAGE 6 - Expressions "In winter I feel the icy winds cutting through my warm jacket and stabbing me with coldness. I always hear the wind moving what's left of the leaves down the street. I can also hear the wind knocking trees against windows - tap, tap, tap - and howling through the trees. Then I see all these things moving and happening. I see the snow drifting down slowly. I see the sleet coming down fast and cold, nonstop. I see people sledding down snow-covered hills. I touch the snow as if it were a fragile rose. I feel its stabbing cold as it numbs my hand. And the glorious smell! It smells so clean as does every thing else after a rain or snow. It feels as though Jack Frost wants to freeze the smell into our memories forever. And he does! I shall always remember winter as a wild animal, kind at times, but rambunctious at other times." Jamie Hartman "I will always remember Booker as a great school. I know that I will miss all the great teachers and their classes. I will try not to think of lunch! If it weren't for this school I wouldn't be going to Horace Mann. I can't think of any other elementary I would like to have gone to. Memories of Booker will always be {in my heart}." Hannah Manire "I will always remember my first day at Booker! I walked in this huge school and my eyes got big. I thought I was so special because I had some markers, a mat, and a big box of crayons. I was looking lost so somebody told me where I was. I will never forget." Cameo Crawford 'The thing I will remember about Booker is Mr. Dorer. He was the nicest teacher. I will also remember you, Mrs. Colford. You're nice and have more patience than me. I will remember everything. Don't forget the boys." Jessica Smith "1 will not forget Dr. Simmons. The other thing I will not forget: these teachers. 1 will never forget the people in the office." Deidre Hampton "I will miss the teachers because they taught me well. I will miss the girls. I will miss my locker, the nurse, Mrs. Johns first, Mrs. L. Kelley second, Mrs. Colford the most." Keith Harris PAGE 8 - Expressions MEMORIES What I Will Miss What I will miss the most about Booker is my very best friends, And I will not forget the ones who stuck with me till the end. I will also miss the teachers who told me what to do, Andi will also miss the times when they helped me through. These things I will remember about this school, All these wonderful things were really really cool. Jamesia Givan I 1 t Artvarkby Clare BOf law "The one thing I will remember about Booker, my elementary school, is my friends. I will miss my friends so much 1 don't even want to leave. I am not only going to miss my friends. I'm going to miss my teachers. 1 hope to get to see my other friends after junior high, that aren't going to Horace Mann." Sherra Dunklin "1 remember Booker by the strict teachers and the awful lunches that they have been serving but 1 got to get them credit about some of the things they serve. But anyway I would also remember it because every time when 1 see Ms. Tisa she's always trying to do a dance but when 1 talk about it she would always tell me to get out of her face." Crystal Johnson "The thing 1'11 miss about Booker is the strict teachers and some of the girls. 1'11 definitely miss Mrs. Colford and Dr. Lacy. 1 will also miss my friends that are going to a different junior high." Jesse Jackson "One thing 1 will remember about Booker is a good gym teacher. 1 like the music teacher. 1 like the stuff that we have in Sth and 6th grade. 1 love our vacations that we have over the summer. 1 wish 1 could stay in the 6th grade." Antonio Ferguson "One thing 1 would remember about Booker is the parties. The parties are fun. They have music and refreshments. When 1 get out of school there will still be parties. But when 1 go the the 7th grade, there will not be parties." Natasha Scott Artwork by Coree Garman "One thing 1 will always remember about Booker Arts Magnet is the friends 1 met here. When 1 get older and see a former classmate retire out of a successful job or maybe go into a successful job, 1 can say 1 went to school at Booker Arts Magnet with him/her. 1 will also remember the great teachers that have taught me, the teachers that really made it hard on me when 1 talked improper English or helped me when 1 seemed to be the only one that didn't understand." Monique Ford "One thing I'm gonna miss about this school is my friends. They might not be in my school next year. All the fun and every thing else we did. And the girls most of all. And if 1 do become a famous writer, 1 won't forget you, Mrs. Colford, and Mrs. Hampton...all that homework you gave me. Who could forget." Ricardo Aaron "The thing 1 would miss most of all is my friends, teachers, and classmates. The reason why is because 1 may never see them again. 1 will miss the teachers because they are nice and they taught me a lot of stuff. I hope some of them go to Henderson. 1 am also going to miss the familiar school." Amanda Leonard "The things 1 will miss most about Booker are the girls, basket ball game, the girls, the food, girls, the teachers, girls, friends since kindergarten, and last but not least, uh, did I mention the girls?" Bryant Young "I've been at Booker for almost 7 years. 1 will miss my friends. My friends are very important to me. I'm going to Fuller. Everyone will be split up. 1 hope to see them again." Lacy Barnes "1 will remember the special classes we got to take. 1 will remember orchestra, art, singing, and P.E. In junior high 1 know 1 will have a lot of privileges, but we won't have each one of our special classes we have now. Rachel Byrd "1 will remember a lot. One thing I will remember is the teachers. Second the events and how big the school was. Most of all 1 will remember my classmates, and 1'11 miss how much fun we had. There were some times when 1 liked the school and some 1 didn't. But now 1 will be off to junior high, and now 1 like the school. Claudia Rodgers Expressions - page 9 M ' > nV J -Artwork by Rhonda Jarrtes "1 will remember all of my friends at this school. I'll remember how all my friends won't be going to the same school as I will. I'll remember all of my teachers. I had all the nicest teachers ever since I came here." Jessica James "When I go on to junior high next year, even though I've only been here a year, there are many things I'll miss. The one thing I'll miss the most would have to be friends, including the teachers. Everyone was pretty much willing to be my friend when I came here. The teachers were very helpful. What I like about the teachers was that they wanted to be more like they're friends. I will miss Booker a lot." Charlotte Lindeman "The one thing that I can remember Booker by is the Arkansas Arts Center. I would always remember that because we go every month almost. I don't like going to the Arts Center, but I do like going to the Arts Center. I don't like going because we see nothing but pictures and I want to touch them but you can't. 1 like going because we get out of class for at least an hour. But then when I get in junior high I probably don't get a chance to go anymore. But it was great. I will never forget. I'll miss it. So long, wonderful Arkansas Arts Center." Patrice Jones "One thing I will always remember is my teachers, especially my 2nd and 6th grade teachers, because you all were my first and last teachers at Booker. Mrs. Dooley was my second grade teacher. 1 will also remember D.A.R.E. and Officer Temple. I like D.A.R.E a lot. It is fun to me." Stephanie Milton "I will always remember that at Halloween was the best time of the year at Booker Arts Magnet. We all got to dress-up and we all had a good time. You could be anything, anyone and not get laughed at. That was the best time for me." Angy Thennes "I will always remember my teachers. Miss L. Kelly was nice and never yelled. Miss Ellington was sweet and she was so nice. Miss Armstrong was always perky with energy. Miss Harding -1 can't say much about her because she didn't like me and I didn"t like her. Miss Clark was OK for a teacher and also nice. Miss Johnson was very strict but nice. Miss Hampton -1 could probably write a paragraph about her. She has been my favorite teacher ever. I think I've learned more from her than from any other teacher. I think I'll mail her some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Mrs. Col ford is strict but she is a good teacher!" Amber Smith "The one thing I will remember about this school is Mr. White. He gave me two D-halls. No one else had. I was shaky. But 1 got over it." Manoa Smith PAGE 10 - Expressions >3^ Bn I. v! MEMORIES jatjyyi 5' ^fZ^j *3 kW .1-: !w y> ?H ' n'/* !-XiptS -Artwork by Heather Lubansky -45, I r ^^'i * a?K M? i '*^X> w "I could never forget Booker. I spent most of my life here. And the teachers I could never forget. Mrs. Colford, yes, you most of all, all the Creative Comers and oral language. But the things I got into. Boy, what a time we had. So much I want to say but I can't say it...but I can. 1 will never forget Booker." Chris Walls "One thing I'll always remember about Booker is the first day of school in kindergarten. I started crying following my Mom. She kept trying to put me in class but I would not go. So, I finally stopped and went to class. But when 1 got in I started crying again. I looked around and I was not the only one. So I finally sat down." Karen Gaynor "Memories of Booker
basketball, football. Mr. Dorer was our teacher. Races with scooters. The basketball tournament was fun: Mrs. Hampton's class came in last." Ted Carroll " One thing I will always remember about Booker Arts is all of the teachers and staff. Booker is a good school 1 like everybody in my class. Sometimes the work is very difficult but sometimes it is easy. It is a nice school. I really like it. It is my first year here. I can get along with almost everybody." Melissa Perkins Farewell It's about time for me to leave this old school of mine Leaving lots of friends and memories behind. I hope this will not break us apart But all things will still be in my heart. Nia Bledsoe "The thing I will miss Booker most for is all of the great times my classmates and 1 have had throughout these seven long years. 1 will also miss my friends - actually that's probably what 1 will miss most. I will also miss the many teachers who taught me over the years. And let me tell you 1 definitely will never forget that nasty old food. I will never forget the basketball tournament. I also won't forget D.A.R.E. and all the parties we've had. 1 will never forget the first time Mr. Kinder put "BAABABA" into Booker's theme song. "All of these memories will remind us of our good and bad days at this place. 1 think Booker should honor us like no other class in Booker's history. I will also never forget the terrible times like when my best friend Micheal Hudson was killed in first grade. Right now all my memories are of Booker. Next year 1 have to start new ones. I hope when I'm old and gray that 1 can come back and visit. 1 probably will." Chris Dorer Expressions - page 11 IJ "The people were the things that made Booker fun. I know we all had some ups and downs, but we all have to admit Booker can be fun. Some friends I have lost, but more I have gained. Booker was and still can be the best elementary school in the state of Arkansas." Diamond Evans "Booker means a lot of things to me. The teachers are great and I have learned a lot. The specialist classes are lots of fun. In the orchestra I learned to play the viola. In band I learned how to play flute. I have attended two schools, but Booker is my favorite. I've had fun at this school and the teachers have prepared me well for junior high." Heather Lubansky "What I like best is that we won the #1 championship basketball tournament. I will also miss field day and recess. Field trips were fun." Curtis Spaight "I don't have a lot to say because this is my first year going to this school. I like my first teacher, Mrs. Newcomb, because she educates me in math, social studies, and science. I like my second teacher, Mrs. Weir, because she educates me in English, spelling, and writing. I love my principal because she is really nice. All of the school's workers are really nice, and I love this school." Jenny Lewis "I like friends, basketball, bad lunches, P.E., Mrs. Weir, Ms. Kelley, Mrs. White, and Mr. Dorer." Bruce Evans "I like the teachers at Booker. Especially my teachers. They are so nice. They help me with my work. I appreciate that. 1 wish I had them next year." Jamie Jackson "I wish I could stay at Booker but 1 don't want to put trouble on you teachers, so 1'11 just leave. We have had so much fun. I like Mrs. Abbott, my 3rd grade teacheer, she is special. Then there's Mrs. Harding, she's okay, but I like Mrs. Clark best. We always played games and learned at the same time. I can't forget Mrs. Newcomb or Weir, they're cool. We've done so much
we've had a dance, award assembly, parties, summer and winter festivals and a whole lot more. I'm going to miss all my friends.. In my book, Booker is okay." Miriam Wilson V "What 1 like best about Booker is when we get to play basketball when it is raining. Something else about Booker is the students. Some of them are nice and some are mean. They have lots of things for people to do if we have nothing else to do. That's exactly what I like about Booker! P. S. I also like it at the end of school year we get to play the teachers in a basketball game. P.S.S. They have something for us all the time." Recco Bennett MEM OKIES Artwork by.Vernee Peasier PAGE 12 - Expressions a "When I first got here I felt very comfortable and welcome. When some kids go to a new school and they have been to so many, they feel uncomfortable, but not at Booker. Everybody was very nice and caring and I appreciate that. When I first came to Booker, everybody would say, "Hi, welcome to Booker." That made me feel great." Amanda Norris "I've been at Booker since I was in the 2nd grade. I love the teachers here. They're great. Two reasons I like Booker is that we have a large size gym and we have computers in the school. Most schools don't have computers. We are very lucky. Booker has a fair staff. Even when you get in the 6th grade you will play in a basketball tournament if you're good. Booker has holiday parties. Go, Booker!" Vemee Peaster "What I like about Booker is some of the teachers and Mr. Dorers class and some of the students. I have been here for six or seven years and I love Booker." Derrick Eackles "I like Booker because we get a locker and most schools have to put their books in their desks! I like Booker because we get to have basketball games and because we have the opportunity to have specialists classes." Sarah Clemons "What I like about Booker is the teachers, students, and friends. But the best things I like are the Just Say Club and D.A.R.E. They are very fun." Marjorie York "When 1 came to Booker in 4th grade, I liked a lot of things. 1 like changing classes, lockers, specialists, that we have a gym, and computer labs. 1 like these things because at my old school 1 never had anything like I have had at Booker." Joel Jones "At Booker I like friends, playtime, parties, specialists, basketball, volleyball, games, free time, kickball, Mrs. Weir, Mrs. Newcomb, projects." Anita Donley " The teachers can get mean sometimes but they do it for a good reason They make sure that you do your work. Also, 1 like the fact that we have a big gym and lockers. I like the staff and the buildings. When I leave here I'll think of all these things, and it will bring a smile to my face. The only thing I wish we could do is have a field trip just for the sixth grade. That would be great." Derrick Williams "Things 1 like are the basketball tournament, lockers, teachers, gym, and principal. Here is something I'd like to say. 1 love Booker, but 1 will have to leave this year to go to junior high. I will always remember Booker." Christopher Booth MEMORIES ROMANCE a < ideasfiWORLD milk chocolate ^^people IQueen .'4' z 'i&C: Artwork by Amanda Norris Expressions - page 13 MEMORIES "What I like about Booker is we have teachers here that care about what we learn and what we will make of ourselves when we're older. We also have very fun sports that all students can play in. Most of all we have a very special teacher by the name of Mrs. Dooley who is like a mother to us. What I will miss is all the fun things we do here and my little Sth grade friends like Sherrell, Tiffany, Kim, and Kerbie. But when I leave don't feel sad, just think about all the things we had." Patrice Austin "I guess I don't know what I like best about Booker. It couldn't be the work because I would be lying if I said that. It could be the school itself but it's not. It is a combination of things. It's having something to do during the day and not just sitting around being bored. It is also being able to talk to my friends at school and on the bus (also having parties on the bus). It is also teasing my friends." Elizabeth Morris "What I will miss about Booker: All the teachers, specialists. Pal Lab, recess, friends, Mr. Dorer, Mrs. Bishop, Mrs. Dooley and G.T., and Mrs. Huie and D.A.R.E. What I will not miss is our school lunch! What I liked : gym, computer, library, field trips, field day, baseball games, lockers, and a play I was in when I was in 4th grade. What I hated: music, lunch, spelling, English, writing and D-hall. What I will really miss at Booker: Mr. Dorer, Ms. Newcomb, Mrs. Weir, students vs. teachers, D.A.R.E. and all my good and best friends." Rhonda James "I will miss my friends. I will miss the teachers. I will miss all of our activities. I will miss all of the field trips. I will miss bothering people. I will miss being in the highest grade. And I will especially miss the basketball games." Kiona Allen "This year is my last with the class, the last time we play around on the playround. But of of all that I miss, I can't say I will be missing that downhome eating. I will be missing the friendly faces the teachers have when they ask us where's our hall passes. One thing I see I will be missing is a little part of me." Joi Tate "I'll miss my friends, playtime and games, my homeroom teacher (Mrs. Weir), the sixth grade basketball tournament, Mr. Dorer, and Mrs. Newcomb." Millicent Eackles "I will miss all the activities they have at Booker. Also I will miss my friends here. I will miss my grades, because I know I won't have the same grades. I will miss homework because I know 1 will have a lot next year. I will miss Booker." Kellee Mitchell "1 will miss my friends the most. Most of them are going to different schools. I will miss them very much. I wish all of my friends could come with me to Horace Mann." Isaac Senior "1 will miss Mrs. Weir, Mrs. Newcomb, Mr. Pleasant, Mr. Dorer, recess!!!!, the basketball tournament, Lauren, and everybody in my class." Sally Grimmett "The things I will miss the most about Booker are recess and the basketball tournament. In junior high I hear that you don't get to have recess, and I don't think I can live without recess. And I will miss my friends, too. And the last thing I will miss is the activities they do here." Sharreka McCoy a "What 1'11 miss the most about Booker is Booker. I'll miss the teachers and seeing my friends everyday. I'll even miss the work (Just a little bit though.) I'll miss going to specialist class. I'll miss recess, and talking with my friends, and watching my class winning the basketball tournament. I'll miss everything. (Except the cafeteria food.) But when I leave I'll take a lot of happy memories with me. Sarah RatliJJ "There are many things I will miss about Booker Arts. Even though I haven't been here for very long, I have grown attached to many things. I will miss all the bright banners in the hall, having recess, and all the people and teachers I've met here. I'll miss the cafeteria food (surprising, isn't it?), also. One of the best times at Booker was winning the basketball tournament. I like to think about all the great field trips and how everyone made it so fun to learn. Goodbye, Booker Arts Magnet School, I'll miss you." Ashlee Jones "What I like most about Booker is the teachers and the creative things we do. I think it is a good school because we have a gym, track, band, and advanced classes. There are also some PAGE 14 - Expressionsgreat friends here to support you. When I leave to go to junior high, I will miss everybody and everything. I also like the wonderful education you get here. I will never forget the special teachers that helped me through all of it." Lauren Hatfield "I"ll miss my friends, Mrs. Weir, Mrs. Newcomb, basketball tournaments, recess, P.E., dance class, art, our parties, free time and playing games, sitting at the lunch table with Clare, Mrs. Harding, Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Clark." Lauren Engle "The things 1 like most are my friends, my teachers and of course, the basketball tournaments! I like the field trips and a few subjects or so. I'm going to miss Booker. 1 don't want to go. I'm going to miss everything! (almost)" Clare Barlow "What 1 like about Booker the best in my seven years here is my friends. Next, I'll have to say the teachers have been a big help to me because they've taught me to try my best, even when 1 thought it was impossible. It's good that most of my friends will be with me next year." Amber McCuien "Something 1 will never forget about Booker Arts Magnet is all the things we get to do there. I will also never forget the good teachers. None of the teachers in junior high will bring treats as Mrs. Colford does. And also, how nice Mrs. Hampton is. 1 am very lucky to have such good teachers. P.S. About the good teachers business. NOT! P.S.S. Just joking!!! Jonathan Benecke Artwork by Amanda Leonard Expressions - page 15 I love hot dogs, Even though they look like logs. Lori Vesole Poetry & Art Artwork by Brian Rainbolt 1 / Fall I don't like fall because it's not fun. I've never liked it. This is the reason, It's not the best season. That is all I can say, so that is it. Except that fall is not a big hit. Patrick Parkinson \ PAGE 16 - Expressions Two couplets, with a proper name in the first line. J Little Mary Doodle Had a little poodle, It was really small. So it couldn't go to the Mall. Sally Grimmett Poetry & Art Little Betty B Sitting in a tree didn't pick an apple so she picked on me. Patrice Austin Two turquoise tigers took ten tall turkeys. The ticked-off turkeys tacked the Terrified tigers to a timebomb by their tails. The tigers are tame and tactful today. Carol Mullins Seven swimming swans slowly sipped seven 7 Up sodas and slyly spied on Cynthia. Jamie Jackson -Artwork by. Jessica K. Smith Alliteration: ^Repetition of a single consonant sound. Five famous females fed on fried fish While fighting for funny friends. Kellee Mitchell Expressions - page 17 nOKt/nD Dream Vacation "Two weeks before my trip to Disney World, somewhere around my tenth birthday, my bags were packed. My hopes were high and I was ready to a be on my way. And as it goes, wouldn't you know my mom's dreams came true. She got a note in the mail with a job from A.S.U. Coincidence wouldn't you say...her job started June 6th. That was the day we were going away. Can you imagine? (We're on again and I can't wait. We are leaving March Sth. My Mom is off. Dad's schedule is clear, Disney World is near.) I was all packed again and ready when, oh, bummer, it flopped again. I was expecting to hear someone say 4 ", sick," but oh, no, the air line was on strike. I heard those discouraging words, "Don't worry, dear, have no fear, there will always be a next year." Sherra Dunklin 'm ij '5StS K '^7 PAGE 18 - Expressions >.' a .^i ik it I* laJ w ?
3et- 5^'W. w A ... \ \ A ' Artwork, by Charlotte LindemanHjaMGR THANKS-CIVINO: "I CET TO BE CALLED THE BIRD. I CET TOBECALLEDTHEMAINCOURSE. MY FAVORITE IS MR. BUTTERBALL." When the Thanksgiving tradition of having turkeys for dinner started, I wasn't too thrilled. Would you like it if you were hunted? Most turkeys don't. Well, I'm not most turkeys. I actually enjoy Thanksgiving. Yes, me, a turkey, I like Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving does have many good things to it. Everyone is happy. Everyone is happy about me, the turkey. I like making people happy. I do think about more than just "gobble, gobble." I even get to be called neat names. I get to be called "the Bird." I get to be called "the Main Course." My favorite is "Mr. Butterball." Where did they get that name? I like being called names. I am also very popular. I can be found in almost every grocery around Thanksgiving. Hunters talk about me. Even little school kids have pictures of me. Around Thanksgiving time I am more popular than Bill Clinton. My favorite part is where I'm stuffed. Boy, does it tickle. I'd laugh, but my head was cut off. When your head gets cut off, it doesn't tickle. You get stuffed with nice smelling dressing. It smells so good that it makes you forget that you're dinner, not the eater. It is very fun when you are at the dinner table. You get to listen to people talk. Whether it's Uncle Bob or Micheal Jordan, the conversations are fun to listen to. They think you're dead. But really, your soul will always live on. Christopher Taulbe Artwork by Charlotte Lindeman Expressions - page 19 Poetry & Art j Chjdii aootj Clc'ad c '>-> = c-\eu:i '*<*1 C\c>'<jAk- e,
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Carol Mullins PAGE 20 - Expressions Artwork by Elizabeth Morris PAGE 22 - Expressions Artwor^<^ Kellee Mitchell Sijo All things must come to pass. I look around the world I see nothing but segregation. I wonder why this world is this way. If I can change it, it will be a blessing. Miriam Wilson Ebony people Are people from Africa They are beautiful Nia Bledsoe Haiku are seventeen syllable Japanese forms using an image of nature. I like the sparkle of dew as it sits on the old oak tree and the shine of the sun glowing as it rises over the horizon. I feel the sparkle of my eyes from the sun hitting them. Brian Rainbolt Poetry & Art Clouds White and fluffy cloud Looking like an animal Lying in the sky Rachel Byrd Expressions > page 23 Artwork by Jessica James A Cool Walk Walking through the woods I hear trees swaying with birds And 1 see the sun Tiffany B. Keown Friends, enemies, me. All of these people 1 see All around the world Hannah Manire Beach Yellowish, golden Good for hot summer weekends And nice cool breezes Manoa Smith PAGE 24 - Expressions Crucifixion On the cross he lay The unfair cruelty of death With the blood of life Charlotte Lindeman The thunder rolls, distant at first, then closer, voice of angry souls Laura Sessoms Rocks A rock collection Bumpy or smooth at the start Broken with one drop Monique Ford He's always gone And always wants to watch James Bond, He always has a gun And watches for the rising sun. Ronald Sanders II Poetry & Art Guns horrible and bad shooting, killing, dying. Oh, wish there were no Guns Rhonda fames -Artwork by Keith Harris Expressions > page 25 Yummy Smashing special fruit For our delightful jelly, Then eat it on bread. Katie Roddy PAGE 26 - Expressions May 1 sit here now Now with the trees around me With you by my side? Jamie Hartman A single red light slowly falling from the sky creeping towards its end Rhonda James Cats Sharonda Williams The past is what is left behind We must never think of it when we dine When you go those goodies 1'11 miss But every now and then 1'11 send a kiss! Amelia Jackson Expressions > page 27 Essays Our Capital Is our capital a place of fear and crime? That's what I'd like to know. 1 mean with all the gangs and things like that, what are we supposed to think? Our schools aren't the safest thing in the world and neither are our neighborhoods. What are we going to do about it? We can't just sit around getting shot at or watch the news and think: "It won't happen to us. Our neighborhood isn't as bad as that." But it really is something that can happen to you. And when it does, you just become another victim, and victims aren't remembered very long usually. Only paying a reporter's salary." So as soon as we realize it could happen to us, the sooner we can help do something about it. Jamie Hartman Friends "Don't walk in front of me - I may not follow, Don't walk behind me - I might not lead, Walk beside me - And just be my friend" To me, this quote means, "I don't want to be a leader or a follower. 1 just want to be a friend." It also means that friendship shouldn't be an uneven partnership. For a friend, 1 look for a kind person. A friend should be thoughtful, loyal, and truthful. A friend should also be smart. He/she should have a good sense of humor and should be fun to be with and someone who'll stick by you. People become friends because (hopefully) they get along well together. They also become friends for companionship. People should become friends if they trust each other, too. From a friend I need someone who'll stand by me. 1 also need someone who'll try to cheer me up when I'm mad or down. I need a friend who would try to help me through hard times. 1 think that friendship should be 50/50. A lot of times, though, it's more like 60/40 or 70/30. One of my friends goes to another school. She's pretty popular at her school. Sometimes, I feel like I'm at the short end of our friendship. Our friendship is 60/40 at the most. (In favor of her, of course.) Carol Mullins PAGE 28 - ExpressionsAcrostic Popping in pan Oily and buttery Popping like fireworks Crispy and crunchy Oily and greasy like Rocks hitting a car or roller coaster No, jxipping out of pan Melissa Perkins "It was like a white volcano trying to get out. I thought I heard an earthquake! I smelled something buttery. It was like touching clouds. I tasted something heavenly, crunchy. As I did all this I wondered, "What could this be?" Then I knew. Popcorn!" Hannah Manire "Once upon a time a lady named Sady Perry came to the castle and popped some white fluffy popcorn. It smelled burnt at first, and then when it was served it smelled good. This fresh smell ran through the walls of the castle, and when it was cooking, the cooks got jealous. It sounded like fireworksand they thought Lady Perry was harming their com popper. But then they tasted it to see if it could be served to their king, and that yummy warm taste left them with their mouths wide open. It looked like neatly fluffed pillows." Monique "The Princess" Ford Popcorn, popcorn, light and yummy It really, really fills my tummy Sometimes it's cold, sometimes it's not But I really, really like it a lot It looks soft, it looks round When it sits there, it doesn't make a sound But in the pan when it starts to pop You never ever want it to stop When it's done it smells real good I would eat it up if only I could Rachel Byrd Pop Corn crunchy, bumpy smelly, yummy, fluffy It is very good for you Tasty Martinza Lea "My mouth began to water as 1 smelled it. It smelled like a movie concession stand. It felt warm and oily in my hand and tasted satisfying in my mouth. As 1 chewed 1 heard crunch, crunch, squeak, crunch. It felt soothing and filling. Oh, Mrs. Perry, won't you give us some more popcorn? It looks soooo good!" Laura Sessoms PAGE 30 * Expressions[ In Retrospect... Teachers nice, mean caring, shouting, teaching help us all our lives People Lori Vesole Star A twinkling star Hangs in the dark shady sky Watching the shy moon Oceanna Kuonen There is a star that shines bright in a room...this is a small spark of hope Stephanie Milton Autographs... Oi ver y 5 c a r V' c l 3 fgc 4- P
h 3 on 6 vT Q<b d4 I I ^5 on4-o 4-ht Concrete Poem by Sarah Clemons PAGE 32 - Expressions Magnet Review Committee 1900 North Main Street Suite 101 North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114 received Jill Z 1995 Donna Grady Creer Executive Director Office of Desegregation Monitoring (501) 758-0156 TO: Dr. Cheryl Simmons, Principal Booker Magnet ia FROM: Donna Grady Cree: Magnet Review Coi j^xecutive Director ittee SUBJ: Proposal for Music Specialist at Booker DATE: July 21, 1995 Thank you for forwarding to the Magnet Review Committee your proposal on the need for a onehalf time music specialist to accommodate the number of Booker students needing orchestra. The Magnet Review Committee, at its July 11, 1995 meeting, fully endorsed your proposal. This action will enable Booker students to participate in the orchestra program that is unique to Booker, drawing students from all three Pulaski County districts. We appreciate your efforts to assure access and quality of Booker's arts program. Best wishes for a safe and productive 1995-96 school year. D GC : s 1 cc: Ann Brown, Federal Monitor - ODM Sadie Mitchell, Assistant Superintendent - LRSD Dr. Henry Williams, Superintendent - LRSDaS rl / k 1 I I 1 J OZBBBB LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL^ d'iSTRICT SI Booker Arts Magnet School 2018 Barbar Strati Phona 324-2482 Lima Rock, Arkansas 72308 Arkansas Public Schools t i V:- ( The Natural Place to Learn p f. (. i. ! .i'i ARKANSAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK j OefOBER 1 - T. 1995 I 4 I I I /1 'I s ' I i 1
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Booker Arts Elementary 3rd grade students What: Design birthday cards on Canon computer van for First Lady Hillary Clinton and the school receives 10 Canon printers - a stop on the 'Create a Card for the First L.ady Tour. Where: Booker Arts Magnet Elementary, 2016 Barber When: Monday, September 29, 1997, 8:30 - 10:30 a m. # Pages (tncludrng cover) 1 To Fax # Speed Dial____ Preparing studetits for success eveiy day J i
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Pages: 1 Phone: Date: January 28,2002 Re: School Closing CC: Q Urgent For Review Please Comment Please Reply Please Recycle Booker Arts and Science Magnet Elementary School will be closed today due to a broken water pipe inside the school. Repair work is underway. School will be open tomonrow. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24,1994 Black History Month essay winners named Students at Booker Arts Magnet Elementary School in Little Rock, Southeast Junior High School in Pine Bluff and North Pulaski High School in Jacksonville won $100 U.S. Savings Bonds VVVX4 4JJ.VU v.o. oavmgs nono for their winning entries in McDonalds Black History Month Essay Contest. The Central Arkansas McDonalds Cooperative sponsored the competition. Winners were Lori Vesole of Little Rock, elementary division
Jonathan Chism of Pine Bluff, junior high division
and Brandon Wheeler of Jacksonville, high school division.Arkansas Democrat (gazette WFDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18,1998 ____ Booker Arts Magnet teacher wins vice presidency of union ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
_ Clementine Kelley, a fifth-grade tpacher at Booker Arts Magnet Elementary School, is the new vice president of the Little Rock Classroom Teachers Association after an "injection conducted Nov. 9 -13. *5 Votes were tallied Tuesday. "'Kelley, 56, won a three-person bace to fill the vacancy created in Sepfember when former union Vice I^gident Willie Givens, the head custodian at Central High School, gicceeded Grainger Ledbetter as president of the union, Ledbetter, who
had held the position since JulyT997, resigned to become a spe- cjalrst in the Labor Education pro-am in the Institute for Economic Advancement at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, ' *Givens, a union member since . 1683 and one of several hundred educational support employees in the _^ociation, is the first non-teacher to hold the presidents position. The union has about 1,800 members. Besides Kelley, others seeking the vice presidency were Deborah Desjardin, a math teacher at Mann Magnet Junior High, and Cornelius Roberts, a civics teacher at Forest Heights Junior High. Kelley said Tuesday night that she will serve as vice president until the term expires Jime 30. New elections for both president and vice president are scheduled for March. Officers elected then will serve two-year terms starting July 1. Kelley said she was undecided about running for an office in March. She sought the presidency against Ledbetter in 1997. She served for more than a decade on the teacher contract negotiating team for the association and has been union treasurer as well as chairman of the membership and election committees.Arkansas Democrat ^C^azette [ ________ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4,1999 A juggler and a scholar 4 .rAWu ^:asgis
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