Newsletter Date: May 28
Meeting Date: May 22
Reporter: Bob Murphy
Enjoy Memorial Day Monday
Come to Rotary Tuesday
INSPIRATION
Mary Cullen reflected on the life of Helen Keller and how it should inspire us in our Rotary activities. Helen Keller was the first deaf and blind person to receive a B.A. degree and went on to live a full life of service to others, exemplifying her saying of "Alone we can do so little - together we can do so much."
ANNOUNCEMENTS, Etc.
President Anthony Hollingshead introduced our celebration of the club's 106th anniversary featuring a gathering of past presidents, former members and spouses of deceased presidents and former members.
Past presidents (l-r) Paul Segal, Paul Borrelli, PJ Fox, current president Anthony Hollingshead, John McGinn, Barbara Harris, Peter Loescher, Susan Blicker, Ken Conde, Jenny Miller, Jan Feyler, Randy Dittmar, Deepak Vishnu and Richard Applebaum.
A big day for membership as three new Rotarians were inducted: Laraine Beck (not pictured), David Salvatore and Mark Harris.
A STRENGTH-BASED
APPROACH TO LEARNING
Dr. Mario F. Cirillo,Head Of School for Academy Career Exploration (ACE),addressed the meeting. ACE is a Charter Public School acting under the direction on the Providence School Department. It took over operation of the Textron Chamber Of Commerce Academy upon the expiration of its charter.
ACE is the second highest ranked high school in Providence. Its student body is 90% minority and 60% female. Its model is that of a "strength based approach" with teachers in the role of facilitators and students as self-directed as possible.
The RI Department of Education has given ACE a "Leading School" designation. ACE is specializing in technological areas of data science, cyber security and software development.
Visiting Rotarians
Jenny Miller
Providence Metro
Stephen Mills
Numarkah, Australia
Nine members from
East Providence-Seekonk
Guests
Anne Black
Mother of Rob Black
Wendy Fox
PJ Fox III
Wife & son of PJ Fox
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