Some Defining Themes
"We [Americans] do great things!"
President Obama, State of the Union, January 2011
“Teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea!”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Wisdom of the Sands
"The invisible men"
Black male students have the most trouble navigating the education system.
Few are making it through to college.
RON MATUS, Tampa Bay Times Staff Writer, Published April 17, 2005
“What we have seen in the last 10 years is increasing concern among
successful black men in terms of trying to help other African American men
succeed.”
Dr. Courtland Lee, Being A Black Man at the Corner of Progress and Peril
"The essential difference between you and others is that you see our
children as ASSETS to be developed not LIABILITIES to be cared for."
Clem Miller
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are at."
Theodore Roosevelt
"It is the path of the needle that the thread is accustomed to follow."
African Proverb
"If it is to be, it is up to me...or us!"
Twelve two-letter words
“Our students will benefit as we move forward with the understanding that
the student is the key element in the student’s success.”
Jason Mims
"The fruit of LOVE is SERVICE. The fruit of SERVICE is PEACE."
Mother Teresa's Business Card
"We [Americans] do great things!"
President Obama, State of the Union, January 2011
“Teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea!”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Wisdom of the Sands
"The invisible men"
Black male students have the most trouble navigating the education system.
Few are making it through to college.
RON MATUS, Tampa Bay Times Staff Writer, Published April 17, 2005
“What we have seen in the last 10 years is increasing concern among
successful black men in terms of trying to help other African American men
succeed.”
Dr. Courtland Lee, Being A Black Man at the Corner of Progress and Peril
"The essential difference between you and others is that you see our
children as ASSETS to be developed not LIABILITIES to be cared for."
Clem Miller
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are at."
Theodore Roosevelt
"It is the path of the needle that the thread is accustomed to follow."
African Proverb
"If it is to be, it is up to me...or us!"
Twelve two-letter words
“Our students will benefit as we move forward with the understanding that
the student is the key element in the student’s success.”
Jason Mims
"The fruit of LOVE is SERVICE. The fruit of SERVICE is PEACE."
Mother Teresa's Business Card
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