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Richland School District
One held its second annual faith-based convocation with
the theme, “Standing On Common Ground.” More than 250
persons were in attendance.
Dr. Vivia Fowler, the R. Wright Spears Professor of
Religion and Director of General Education at Columbia
College was the keynote speaker for the general session.
The luncheon speaker was Ako Kambon, president of
Visionary Leaders Institute, who is a nationally
recognized leader in the field of educational consulting.
Participants had the opportunity to attend two of
seven small-group sessions on topics including forming
partnerships, youth mentoring and writing grants, as well
as a panel discussion on “Gangs and Violence
Awareness.”
“By forming partnerships with religious
institutions in ways that are permissible, the faith
community can have a positive impact in supporting
schools and enhancing learning,” said Area 2
Superintendent Helen Jones, who leads Richland One’s
Faith-Based Partnerships Initiative.
The following faith-based partnerships were
recognized at the convocation: Adams Northeast AME and
Keenan High; Antioch AME Zion and Webber Elementary;
Beulah Baptist and Lower Richland High; Bethel AME and
Richland One Alternative School; Bethlehem Baptist and
Lewis Greenview Elementary; Bibleway Pre-School Program
and Meadowfield Elementary; Brookland Baptist and
Burton-Pack Elementary; Calvary Baptist and S. Kilbourne
Elementary; Church of the Open Door and Bradley
Elementary; College Place United Methodist Church and
Arden Elementary; Crescent Hill Baptist and Bradley
Elementary; Eastminster Presbyterian and Carver-Lyon
Elementary; Emmanuel Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ and
Forest Heights Elementary; First Calvary Baptist and
Carver-Lyon Elementary; and First Church of the Nazarene
and St. Andrews Middle.
Also recognized were: First Nazareth Baptist Church
and Keenan High; Forest Lake Presbyterian (Circle One) and
Pendergrass Fairwold School; Friendship Baptist and Lower
Richland High; Friendship Baptist and Southeast Middle;
Glory Temple and Hopkins Middle; Good Shepherd Lutheran
and A.C. Flora High; Hope In Christ Ministries and John P.
Thomas Elementary; Interdenominational Ministerial
Alliance and Richland School District One; Kilbourne Park
Baptist and Brennen Elementary; Kilbourne Park Baptist and
Satchel Ford Elementary;
Mt. Horeb United Methodist and W.S. Sandel
Elementary; New Light Beaulah and Southeast Middle; New
Light Beaulah Baptist and Hopkins Middle; Northminster
Presbyterian and Lewis Greenview Elementary; Red Hill
Baptist and Gadsden Elementary; Refuge Temple Church of
Our Lord Jesus Christ and Hyatt Park Elementary; Rosewood
Baptist and A.C. Moore Elementary; and the S.C. Conference
of the United Methodist Church and E.E. Taylor Elementary.
Also, Second Nazareth Baptist and Sanders Middle;
Shandon Cluster of Churches and Hand Middle; Shandon
United Methodist and Dreher High; St. Andrews Baptist and
Rhame Elementary; St. John Baptist (Columbia) and Heyward
Career and Technology Center; St. John Baptist (Columbia)
and W.A. Perry Middle; St. John Baptist (Columbia) and
Watkins-Nance Elementary;
St.
John Baptist (Hopkins) and Hopkins Middle; St. John
Baptist (Hopkins) and Southeast Middle; St. Mark Baptist
and Gadsden Elementary; St. Mark’s Lutheran and Logan
Elementary; St. Martin’s In The Fields and A.C. Flora
High; St. Mary’s Episcopal and E.E. Taylor Elementary;
St. Phillip AME and Webber Elementary; The Potter’s
Christian Life and Pine Grove Elementary; Trinity
Episcopal Cathedral and W.A. Perry Middle; Trinity
Presbyterian and Burnside Elementary; Zion Chapel No. 1
Baptist and Forest Heights Elementary; and Zion Mill Creek
Baptist and Lower Richland High.
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