Page 6 - November Newsletter
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News from Our School
By Dorothy G. Kapenstein
Recently, Girls’ High students traveled importance of equal rights and equal
into the community to learn, while pay for women. She shared her plans
speakers from the community visited for making college either free or
the school to enhance their educational affordable. Clinton also spoke about the
experience. Mr. Joseph Marchetti, importance of being registered to vote
the chairperson of the Arts and making sure to vote.
department, sent us the following
news items: On September 28, 2016, Michelle
Obama, the First Lady of the United
In celebration of National History Day, States, gave a speech at LaSalle
Girls' High takes part in the History University. Dr. Moore let the students
and
Makers Assembly. faculty
Each year leaders know that
from the African the entire
American school
Community had been
around invited to
Philadelphia visit attend
schools and talk to this
the students. This event. In the morning, the student
year our body and faculty were relocated from
presenters were our building to LaSalle, our neighbor on
the Rev. W. Wilson Olney Avenue. The speakers who
Goode (First opened the event included Senator Art
African American Mayor of Philadelphia Haywood, City Councilwoman Cindy
and now Reverend) and the Bass, and Representative Dwight
photographer and photojournalist Don Evans. Mrs. Obama's speech was a
Camp. Both are proud fathers of Girls' message to young people that voting is
High girls. Rev. Goode is the father of the most powerful thing they can do in
Muriel Goode, who was in the 219th their lives. All the speakers reiterated
class and Natasha Goode who was in the need to be registered to vote and
the 233rd class. Mr. Don Camp was how important voting is. Our students
proud to announce his niece Deborah were amazing. In the crowd were many
was in the 217th, and his late daughter alums who were excited to see our girls;
Stephanie was a member of the 226th. they exchanged their class numbers
Both are very proud Girls' High fathers. with our students.
On October 19, 2016, Hillary Clinton, Mrs. Catherine Michini, the
the Democratic Party candidate for chairperson of the Mathematics
President of the United States, gave a department, sent this report:
speech on the main campus of Temple
University. Dr. Moore, with selected “This past spring semester, I was one of
staff and students, represented Girls' four teachers from the Philadelphia High
High. The students were seated in the School for Girls to take part in a
front row seats for the speech. They seminar at The University of
heard Hillary Clinton speak about the
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