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Home My WebLink AboutSubmittal-Newspaper Articles> S PACE C.A NI P Submitted Into the public record -in connectinnyyitj� 11 FOCAL Moore Pork learning Center, a Liberty City -ciente camp, sends yovth to prestigious space comp in Huntsville; Ala. Miami youth learn about science and technology Special to The Tmrr Wtth summer vacation under- way for local vouch. a gronp of students Crum tL1e FOCAL Moore Park Learning renter hegan the season by attending Space Camp lin Huntsville. Ala. The fleldtrip to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. ranked among the top four summer nctivites tot children. was the highlight of a vear-round science progr=am nauts. scientists and educators. operated at the City of Mlaini's Fifth -grader Alex Shaw recalled Moore Park by the Foundation of the airplane ride to Huntsville as Community Assistance and an adventurous experience. "I Leadership IFOCALI. Space Camp was frightened because it was my provided children the opportuni- first all plane fide. but after we got ty to experience hands-on shuttle In We air. I actually enjoyed 1L," mission training, authentle antro- said Shaw. "1 wlA never forget my naut simulations and computer (first visit to space camp." exercises designed to encourage The FOCAL Moore -Park 4atnees try -xplorc thckr poten- Learning Center provides summer conal as future engineers. aslro- Please turn to CAMP 12B npsoll Clark Local vouth got to `blast off' summer at space camp cAMP continued from 11H and after-shcool activities for youth in parades 2-12. In addi- tion the scle ice classes offered to help It uderita experience real life applicattuns of math, sclence and technology, the program provides reading, computer and life skill classes taught by eartlfked teaclirrs. The students are given the opportunity to attend the pro- gram through grunts obtained from Elie City of Miami, Miami - Dade County and The Children's Tn st. "Our goal is to motivate $In- dents to begin career planning and college prepuiation while til primary school because much ioo often, we are Ill-pre- pared for life atter high school," said Barbara Hardenion, FOCAL's program director. "Exposing youth to science and technology careers allows them to thank about opporLmitles that they would Tint. otherwise consider." she :.added. Angle Mohere, a fourth grade FOCAL, student, received the "Right Stull" award at the space c;imp graduation cere- mony. "I rezilly liked learning* new thinks and I loved doing the experiments. I liked having the opporunity to attend space camp and I hope I can go again." said Mollme. The FOCAL- Center in located at Moore Park at Northwest 36th Street arid 7th Avenue. For more information, Contact Barbara 1-lardemon at 305- 331-1442. FOCAL POINT TO READ Miami Herald, The (FL) - July 7, 2005 Author: Special to The Herald A national program known as the Reading Leadership Academy has been brought to the Miami area and will operate as part of a local community-based organization. The Foundation of Community Assistance & Leadership launched the local academy with a workshop on June 25, according to foundation officials. The academy is part of a national network created through a March 2002 initiative of the National Council of Negro Women and the U.S. Department of Education. Then -U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige and Dorothy Height, NCNW president -emeritus, launched the nationwide movement aimed at closing the achievement gap for African-American children. Convinced that reading is the foundation of all learning, the NCNW has made available the Reading Leadership Academy free of charge to local organizations and members of the community who tutor and work with children. The University of Texas Center for Reading and Language Arts and the NCNW developed the curriculum for the academies around the country. The local academy will operate as part of the 5 -year-old FOCAL that is based at Moore Park, 765 NW 36th St., said Barbara Hardemon, head of the academy and FOCAL 's program director. FOCAL , which serves children from Liberty City and Allapattah, is a partnership of the city of Miami Parks and Recreation Department, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, The Children's Trust, Miami -Dade County, the NCNW, Comcast, First Serve and the Sports, Film & Entertainment Committee. The program currently has 140 children who take part in a variety of activities year-round, Hardeman said. "Our goal is to inspire youth to 'reach for the stars' and to strive for excellence as a way of .._ Hardemon said. "We work toward achieving these goals by introducing students to educational activities I `iat help to prepare them for the highly skilled opportunities of the 21st century and fun experiences that could literally change their lives." The workshop was addressed by Sylvia Patrick, national director of the Reading Leadership Academy initiative. It was designed to help enhance participants' knowledge of effective strategies for helping children who are struggling with reading, based on research studies focused on how children learn to read . Besides hands-on interactive training that focused on what works to improve reading, those who attended the workshop got copies of the publication Helping Hearts, Helping Hands: A Guide for Volunteer Reading Tutors. Created especially for the academies, the guide comes with a CD-ROM to allow additional materials to be printed or shared electronically. David Chiverton, CEO/president of FOCAL , said his organization believes it can make a difference by working with community organizations. "It is our hope that volunteer reading tutors and para -professionals can better serve children using this reading model and help students to not only catch up but stretch beyond their comfort level to develop skills they didn't know they had and to move ahead," Chiverton said. For more information on the Readership Leadership Academy, call Hardemon, 305-634-3572. Caption: photo: Alma Brown and Kimberly Douglas (A) JAMES FORBES/FOR THE HERALD PROGRAM DISCUSSIONS: Alma Brown, left, and Kimberly Douglas discuss programs offered by the Foundation of Community Assistance & Leadership during a June 25 reading workshop at Moore Park, 765 NW 36th St. Submitted Into the Pt recon i� cOn 0�2- I 1 d+ item -I- Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 2006 1 EDITOR: MOHAMED HAMALUDIN 1 305-819-8286 1 MiamiHerald.com voo Tilly uami HCraalb ArLLi+ Longtime owners of the rundown Miami A son's persistence and a congressman's help Produce Market say the area has seen cleaner yielded the Bronze Star posthumously f r days and fear developers may buy the iand, 4 father's service during World War II, 5 Councils propose resolution for L--npty sears. Submitted Into the pubes record in connection with` item 'PI I on 02-11- iQ Priscilla A. Thompson FASHION SHOWCASE Students in the Foundation of Community Assistance & Leadership's second annual Fashion 101 and Teen Runway Showcase summer program staged a fashion and entertainment show, Shine, July 27 at the FOCAL -Moore Park Learning Center in Allapattah. The FOCAL program was created by the Sports, Film & Entertainment Committee to give kids a chance to explore career opportunities and gain vocational skills through a behind -the -scenes look at the fashion, beauty and entertainment industries. The participants who received coaching from a team of fashion and entertainment experts designed the clothing, planned the show and modeled casual wear, back -to -school wear and fashion wear. Clockwise from above, Joan Baez and Jairo Oviedo take the walk. Ivelina Maga puts the finishing touches on Michal Callaway as Angie Moliere, 9. Yathniel Green, 1.4, and Ivaneza Moliere, 14, watch. Sheba Callaway and Juwan Downes take center stage. PHOTOS BY NURI VALLBONA/MIAMI HERALD STAFF Submitted Into the pubiic� recor in connection with. item { , I on 02- //-i Pftdfla A. Thompmo ctitu cy099 t�Zhe ,Jliatni fleratO SATURDAY, APRIL 'O. 2004 1101ST YEAR, NO. 209 12004 THE MIAMI HERALD , FINAL' 35 CBMTS 3.2. 1 ... 1,1 FTOFF 1- s -- - - -- - — - lue.•art +.anOp'meaNIWR Student astronauts, from left, Angie Quinones, Danny Trejo ano 6.le - is Altldor settle in for liftnif wring a mock space shuttle launch ar :;oore Park Learning and Technology Cente, 765 3611h St T, Miartr, or=riday. Gaxens of fourth -through sixth -'graders built a space shuttle. an internationa: space station and a m ::-ion control during a sessiwr, led by a representative from the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. d P Youth explore space for a brighter future SnldeDtsfront ilia FOCAL loose ?arl; Lmrntng & 'I eahnoloW C,nrer al—ded a onr -cck spear C—p. it,., C.S. Spur a; Roekel Center In HitniAvWC. Alabama during -heir sprtaE bra". 'This -i— :hc ftrot lima: :hn1 Sisek and H3spul!, student from the %9-1were :.f ed, -0 a chance M s nfeunc ^o par :1c1pate in such -amp.- —Id Barb— Herdcnion, program resnalILT 'Al"a at space CPcap. '.Ile .2udeuu cenduntrd spec, flight mWrpns and syc:tmenis. That returned to Not— to lend .cher students, In s 13nnd-A-51r,rtle Mbek m Uro F Q'tL tosrc puff: ;.carnng & TaMUHAoga' Carter, Ath :ISNP: lance from Melissa Snydera reprvsenta lr:c 901r 'he t: S. Space A Rocket Center TIT. pr please cum •o SPAM CE. M Students explore space camp M ,Alabama SPACE CENTER eonnnued hnm IA is destgn-d :o hely -p-c kids to h4hty skilled appetrtuntttes for t'hr future It aeronautics .no technology. The learning center ti operat. ed iiy Faiuidatton of Community Assistauce & Leadership (FOCAL), a ppnpront 501fc) 9. that 'Refs �ludunls computer rechnolnq•, scleneei math !asse• and tutoring �I,er ;..h,ml :u:d duralg DIc suum-,cr. Yhc learning center serve: as !'^ :,esdemlc partner for vuortJt tiles -Rred at rhe park 1_11i'ling tennis. 'nasi—bel1. football. and C-h1WIcaJI l2. 'Our A— r son— for e-eli-ea as a —v of M. Wr work cowards -111-1.g ! these goals by etiml—Wil exposing stuocnta to _ .- Donal highly skilledop"'or"" 1. tics of Lhc I' centum amu fu esperletlrca LhRI con!? quite Ut- eralh]hang( !herr IRKS", .old Dario Chivcrtar., CEO & Pre>.—1 •,i FOCAL. The pru- grai: u e i:,11.,h0raLLVr' PMv Kith hr Cn; ^I 111an1 Parks an' Fie - Ucpartwan[ x:nl _ut,r 81 mt 1; rhe N.tinnel lcmnaLitici, 5pacr An"J."1ranor. ;NASA(. SUenl- Dade (:aunt(. Natior0d C-neil of ;vrarp a'amcl:-RCINWI. Court m TV rmucaal .d First- 5urvc. Submitted Into the pub{iC recordin connection with item l-�. 1 on 02-1 /- lO Pr" -.;Ila A. Thompson ('*tv_Clerk THE NASA SPACE CAMP EXPERIENCE For these students from the Miami CLC site, a week in Space Camp was an adventure of a life time. 24 students from this site went to Space Camp. NASA BUILD A SHUTTLE PROGRAM A real NASA scientist spent a week with students at the Miami CLC site and guided the students as they built a replica of a space shuttle. The mathematics, science, technology and engineering leamings gained from this hands-on experience will be with the students for a life time. The exposure to career choices in the STEM areas was a real eye-opener to so many students who had not yet considered these areas. W i, - From start (left) to finish (right) the ""NASA Build A Shuttle" project was another very rich and rewarding experience for 62 students at the Miami Community Learning Center. ubt pitted Into the pUbINA Vecor¢„in connection with' stern (�f-j . I on 02- I J-10 Priscilla A. Thompson Citv Clerk