SCRUGGS STUDENTS, STAFF WILL CELEBRATE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. KING

Monday, January 15 is the National King Holiday

(January 11, 2007)—Students and staff at Scruggs Elementary School will gather together to reflect on the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the school’s celebration program at 2 p.m., Friday, January 12. The theme is Embracing the Vision/Fulfilling the Dream. The program will be held at the school, located at 4611 South Grand.

Students and staff will read about King’s contributions and his commitment to civil rights. There will also be dancing, singing and a litany of poetic readings. The slain civil rights leader was killed by an assassin’s bullet April 4, 1968. He was a Nobel Peace Prize winner and was credited for paving the way for equal rights for African Americans.

For more information, call Vera Jennings at 752-0604.