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D ixon St and w ill later be moved to the Lloyd Center
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The project is the brain child o f R eiko W illia m *, the
district's fam ily and com m unity engagement manager, who
said she got the wlea after having a conversation w ith
Mimeonc who seemed shocked when »he mentioned an
A frican-A m erican student that w atexcellin g . A ftertlteco n
versation she worried that all the attention » mi the problems
o f young black students was drow ning out the hard work o f
others
You hear *o much about d e tk its a n d achievement gaps.“
she said.
W illiam s said ihe exhibit came together with a call for
nominations o f black student-doing w ell district-w id e and
the recruitment o f a photographer mid web developer
Skylar Holt, a freshman at JetTeraon H ig h School it one o f
the 13 students featured m the exhibit
H olts gets A *s and B s in school She Joes especially w ell
m fn g lis h elasaes. taught by Anne N ovinger, one ot het
favor lie teachers, and chemistry is getting steadily easier
I lo ll plans io go to college and is thinking about law school
dow n the road
"I m enjoying it a lot.” she said o f her high school. “ I like
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Skylar Holt excels as fresrimon nt Jefferson High School in north Pori lend Her contribution as one of the
city's 'Young Mack H Gifted' students is part o f a new exhibit coming to school district headquarters and
u o rd Center Mn/i.