The Coalition of Alabamians Reforming Education (C.A.R.E.) and Black Belt Arts and Cultural Center (BBAC) will hold its annual Closing Awards Ceremony for the 2002 Summer Mind Camp held at Clark Elementary, Friday, at 7 p.m. in the school’s cafeteria.

The public is invited.

Clark Elementary students will participate in the program and display their mastery in subject areas such as mathematics,

Spanish and African Dance. The 2002 Summer Mind Camp was a summer enrichment program offered to the children of the Selma City and Dallas County School Systems. The program provided students with academic support in math and reading , while introducing them to French, Spanish, African Dance and Black History.

C.A.R.E. is a non-profit organization that provides academic and instructional support to many schools throughout the Black Belt.

According to C.A.R.E. director and coordinator of Summer Mind Camp, Lydia Chatmon, “We chose Clark Elementary as the school we would go in and help with the students because they were most in need of academic and instructional support. The principal, Mrs. McCall was the most receptive of all the elementary principals in the Selma City School system. We are pleased we can help.”

During the school year, members of C.A.R.E. work with the students, using RISE 10-Point Plan and the Professor B High-Powered Math Program.

For more information on programs and services, call 872-7280.