The Great Carver M.S & The Orange County Bar Association

Carver Middle School has been vilified in the past, but things are turning around because of the hard work of Samuel Danner, Principal, and Dr. Sheila Windom, Principal Leader at Orange County Public Schools. Principal Danner shares that he’s led to “fights for the poor’. He found that the middle school was lacking structure, and the culture was out of place. He emphasizes the importance of words of affirmation, pouring into these youth without any fear and teaching them the right way rather than belittling them. Dr. Sheila Windom calls passion a necessity for student success, not just student passion but adult passion in the forms of teachers, parents, and administrators. Children need more parental support and that expectation of education priority. Principal Danner invites you to make a donation to Sponsor a Student to attend the 2024 Spring College Tour. He will take 40 scholars on a college tour to Tuskegee Institute March 14-16, 2024 so they can learn more about the man (Dr. George Washington Carver) their school is named after. Donations accepted @ www.schoolpay.com/link/carverSD2024. In the second hour, we spoke with Onchantho Am, the Scholarship Chair of the Orange County Bar Association and the Associate General Counsel at UCF’s Lake Nona College of Medicine. Becoming a ward of the state at 15, she began advocating for herself and siblings. By speaking up and out for her passions, her voice being heard fueled a passion for public service and child advocacy. The Orange County Bar Association offers a Lawyer Referral & Information Service that has a free brief consultation to review a legal issue and discuss fees. http://www.lrisoc.org/ The OCBA is hosting a Law Day 5K run that supports free civil legal aid programs on March 2, 2024. https://orangecountybar.org/page/law-day-5k The OCBA is seeking those outside of traditional legal profession that demonstrates and promotes civic responsibility for nominations for their Liberty Awards; deadline February 29th https://cdn.ymaws.com/orangecountybar.org/resource/resmgr/documents/law_week/OCBA_Law_Week_Liberty_Awards.pdf Send your submissions to [email protected]