93-09-15 Saturday Scholars Arriving Soon

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY:  Children and their parents will be arriving for
the first day of Saturday Academy on Sept. 25 at 9 a.m. at the
Luther P. Jackson Cultural Center, #4 Dawson's Row, U.Va. (Behind
Cabell Hall, near the construction)

SATURDAY SCHOLARS ARRIVING SOON

     CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Sept. 15 -- The Saturday Academy, an
academic enrichment program for area children in grades 3 through
11, will begin a ten-week fall semester on Sept. 25 at the
University of Virginia.
     "The goal of Saturday Academy is to give youngsters the
academic and cultural background they need to help them in school
now, as well as for future pursuits in higher education," says Rick
Turner, dean of U.Va's Office of African-American Affairs.
      Parents and children attend the three-hour weekly sessions
together.  "This fosters a sense of joint participation in
learning," says Turner.
     Subjects to be offered this year are basic and advanced
mathematics, language arts, African-American history and culture,
and SAT preparation.  "Dance, poetry, lectures, music, and art will
all be used in the history and culture component of the course,"
Turner says.
     Saturday Academy courses are taught by faculty, students, and
other volunteers from throughout the University.  The cost for each
semester is $75.  Interested parents may contact the Office of
African-American Affairs at (804) 924-7923 for more information.
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                                               September 14, 1993

 
Karen Castle, Office Services Specialist, University News Office
P.O. Box 9018, Booker House, Charlottesville, VA  22906
(804) 924-7116, kac@virginia.edu

[Submitted by: Karen A. Castle  (kac@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu)
               Wed, 15 Sep 93 09:28:51 EDT]