A.W. Brown - Fellowship Leadership Academy
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Copy Editors: Marc Morrow, ESL Director & HEROES Community Service Coordinator
Staff Writers:
BennyDunn, 4th Grade Student igaines@awbrown.org
ShimeseFLOWERS, TA Pre-k 3 sflowers@awbrown.org ebonyKENNEDY, 6th grade Student igaines@awbrown.org marissaMOORE, Pre-k 4 Teacher mmoore@awbrown.org myrondaSOWELL, Pre-k 3 Teacher msowell@awbrown.org
philanMORGAN, 6th grade Student igaines@awbrown.org
Contributors: Iyonia Smith, Francheska Johnson, Kierston Griffin
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AWB teachers go to Zumba classes together.
dorothyGENTRY, 4th Grade Teacher dgentry@awbrown.org
Devonte Moore, Billy Thomas, Jeremiah Bodwin
Photographers: robertWHITE, rwhite@awbrown.org, Moore, Gaines, Gentry, Flowers
Design:
ishaGAINES, igaines@awbrown.org
Advertising:
ishaGAINES, igaines@awbrown.org
Oops! We apologize: We made a few mistakes in our last issue, here are the correctios... On the student files page, Philan Morgan’s last name was incorrect.
National CHAMPS!
Congrats to the Golden Sigma Eagles Step Team for winning Nationals in Atlanta, Georgia!! Wanna see the video?? Visit us at awbrown.org
The Zumba fitness craze hitting the nation has landed at A.W. Brown Fellowship Leadership Academy. After hard days teaching, running around with students during rotation and recess and any number of endless school-related tasks on a day-to-day basis, several A.W. Brown staff members lace up their sneakers, put on their exercise wear and head over to the Bob Knight Facility in Duncanville to salsa and aerobicize their stress away. “Zumba is SO awesome,” said fourth-grade teacher Ardina Rogers. “It doesn’t quite FEEL like exercise . . . .just feels like I’m hanging out and dancing with some of my coworkers and friends. “The camaraderie is probably the best part,” Rogers continued. “The whole calorie burning and weight loss thing is like a nice side effect.” Rogers is joined most week-nights by several A.W. Brown staffers including Delecia Key, Brown office manager; Lori Slaughter, ISS teacher; Christiana Crawford of the cafeteria staff; Dr. Tammy Benson, Pre-K Dean; Torina Johnson and Chastity Armstead, first-grade teachers and, the only male of the group, Benny Dunn of the rotation team. “I ended up going because I promised I would,” said Dunn on how he got involved in the Zumba craze. “Then I ended up actually liking it and decided to keep going. It’s something different from all the sports I usually do to stay in shape.” “A voice Within” by Stephanie Hill”
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The First Lady
By: dorothyGENTRY, News Editor
i’shaGAINES, Pre-k 4 Teacher igaines@awbrown.org
Mrs. Lori and Ms. T. Johnson at Zumba Class.
Dr. Tammy Benson, Pre-K Dean is pictured after her commencement ceremony Saturday May 12.
Photo by Dorothy Gentry
News Editor:
It’s a ZUMBAlation Sensation
Staff Spotlight: It’s a ZUMBAlation Sensation
Editor:
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Zumba is a Latin danceinspired fitness program created by dancer and choreographer Alberto “Beto” Perez in Colombia during the 1990s. It involves dance and aerobic elements. Zumba’s choreography incorporates hip-hop, soca, samba, salsa, merengue, mambo, martial arts, and some Bollywood and belly dance moves. Squats and lunges are also included. Ms. Johnson said Zumba works for her, “because I am working out and having fun at the same time. “I like the fact that while doing Zumba I am targeting certain areas of the body but still working the whole body and burning calories.” And what about working out with co-workers? Any embarrassment there? Ms. Johnson says no, quite the opposite. “Working out with my coworkers is great because we motivate each other,’ she said. “On the days we don’t want to go or we are tired we push each other at work and the next thing you know, we show up at Zumba, cheering each other on!” Ms. Slaughter agrees. “It is spreading across the A.W. Brown family. We just encourage each other,” said Ms. Slaughter who joined the group in March and hasn’t looked back. “I love to dance and this combines my love of dancing with exercise. People usually don’t like to work out because it feels like it,” she said. “Zumba doesn’t feel like exercise.”
If you believe anything is possible then it will be.... And sometimes that belief produces extraordinary results. So you can imagine - that if you were the first African American to graduate from Tarelton State University with a doctorate degree how you would celebrate right?! yes, In STYLE! So here’s to an articulate, diligent, writer & visionary - who believes anything is truly possible. Congratulations Dr. Benson for not only being first, but for defying all odds! - I. Gaines
Wedding Bliss
Congratulations Mr. & Mrs. Kellen Buffington on tieing the knot May 4, 2012 in Las Colinas, TX
Mrs. Venita Ellingberg and son dance at her wedding reception.
plantingS.E.E.D.S
Mrs. Ellingberg’s 5th grade Class
AWB Staff Member, Stephanie Hill, writes a personal memoir called “The Voice Within A Woman” The price is $13.00 if purchased from Mrs. Hill. The book can also be purchased from Amazon.com.
Mrs. Venita Ellingberg’s 5th grade class plants flowers for Earth Day 2012.