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Retired French soccer player speaks at Shepard
  
Lilian Thuram, retired French soccer player and founder of his Foundation for Education Against Racism, visited Shepard today sharing his ideals and goals with students and teachers. He was especially interested in the multicultural efforts of the teachers in the IB, and expressed interest and support of the partnership between Shepard and the Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University and Freedom Story, the Durham-Dominican Republic/Haiti Teacher Study Tour including Danielle Payton, Robert Hunter, Leonardo Williams, Joseph Flowers and Kelley Hill. For more information about Lilian Thuram and his foundation, follow the links below.
Foundation
http://www.thuram.org
Sports Career
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blackhistory2009/columns/story?columnist=lapchick_richard&id=3934455 |
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Shepard students continue demonstrating good character and citizenship by increasing their awareness of what is going on in their local community, increasing their sense of responsibility and voicing their opinions through participation in a schoolwide Kids Voting Durham 2009 election held on Monday, November 2nd. Humanities teachers informed students about candidates qualifications using Mini-Bio facts and Youth Student Discussion questions, then students cast their votes. IB Ammbassadors led the activity and students were highly engaged and orderly when they put ballots in the Voting Box and eagerly awaited their USA Kids Voting, "I Voted stickers."
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8th Grade Health Fair
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
You are invited to attend the Health Fair sponsored by the Health Careers Club and the Health Careers Center at North Carolina Central University.
You will have an opportunity to hear about various health professions, discuss with NCCY students present day issues on hygience, obesity, exercise and eating habits.
Students will also be on hand to talk about going to college and being successful Mark your calendars today. Your teacher will bring you to the gym during your scheduled time. |
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Hello and welcome to the Shepard Middle School web site! We hope you find it to be a quick and easy resource for general information and keeping up to date with what is happening at our school.
Shepard is an International Baccalaureate Middle School that follows the traditional DPS calendar. We are led by Principal James Ingram.
Our hours of operation are 7:30 A.M. to 2:30 P.M. Monday through Friday.
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