BETTY SHABAZZ ACADEMY HOSTS GIVING TUESDAY FOR SCHOOL FUNDRAISER

BETTY SHABAZZ ACADEMY HOSTS GIVING TUESDAY FOR

SCHOOL FUNDRAISER

By Safiyyah P. Muhammad

The Betty Shabazz International Academy Charter School

recently hosted “Giving Tuesday.”

Giving Tuesday is hosted the following Tuesday after

Thanksgiving as a means to raise funds for its

Super Arts Project. “This is our second year on “Giving

Tuesday.” Although the funds raised last year

wasn’t all what we had hoped for, but for this

year we had chosen to fund our Super Ar ts

program,” Rika Lee, Chief Operating Officer

for Betty Shabazz Academy.

“The Arts program is an initiative that

our former and late music teacher Ann

Ward, who was renown singer and artist

[started]. She was with us for 18 years. She

just made her transition in July of this year.

This was a program that she started that

engaged children in the arts. This program is

offered to children who exemplify academic

excellence, good behavior, and it’s like a rewards

system,” Lee said.

“In the arts program, we engage the students

in African drumming and African dance. The

new teacher has added vocal ensemble,” Lee said.

According to Lee, the Super Arts program

raised over $1,500 for Giving Tuesday. Lee

added that funds raised will go towards

instruments and other expenses related to the

arts program.

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