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Holman Leadership Academy Enlightening Minds to Lead!-
Student Presentations Our young leaders give weekly presentations on "Presentation Friday"! They are preparing now for successful futures. -
Guest Speakers Our leaders learn from real business and community leaders on a bimonthly basis. Click on "Guest Speakers for previous and future guest speakers".  -
Community Involvement Our leaders learn about community concerns and have visited Operation Push, a City Council meeting, and the Black Wall street economic summit. -
Hands on Learning Our leaders do a variety of projects which require them to use their knowledge on various topics. -
Field Learning Students take bimonthly field trips to museums and cultural events. Click on "Field Trips" for previous and future trips.
Curriculum
School Overview
| President's Corner |
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| Written by Alisa Scott |
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Our president class is our upper grade class! Reading: Read Aloud: Leaders are reading "Ain't I a Woman" by Sojourner Truth. In the past they have read chapters 35-37 in Alex Haley's "Roots". Next they will read "What is the Fourth of July to a Slave" by Fredrick Douglas.  Independent Reading: Students are reading either "Lord of the Flies" or "Chronicles of Narnia". They have read "Black Like Me" and "Our America" in the past. Homework: Students are reading "A Terrible Night" by Anton Chekhov. Â
Writing:  Leaders are writing a biography of a historical African American. They will then write a biographical poem on the same individual, which will be used in our school's black history book.
Math  Measurment: Leaders can find the perimeter and area of irregular polygons, quadrilaterals and triangles, measure circumference and are learning about volume.  Algebra: Leaders can show an inequality on a number line, write equations from word problems, solve equations, and can graph equations by creating a XY table and finding coordinates. Geomentry: Leaders know polygons from six types of triangles to a decagon, polyhedrons, types of prisms and pyramids, can measure angles with a protractor and estimate measurements without one, can find the missing angle of a triangle and quadrilateral, and can determine the net figure to a prism or pyramid. Graphing: Leaders can make a line graph and a bar graph as well as use data on graphs to solve problems. Fractions: Leaders can make equivalent fractions, add fractions, subtract fractions, multiply fractions, divide fractions, simplify fractions, change improper fractions to a mixed number and vice versa. Science: Leaders are learning about human and animal anatomy as well as operant and classical conditioning.They have dissected a frog, grasshopper, mouse, and a squid and had to compare and contrast their organs to ours. Click the link below for more information.  http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=48641&id=1542440407&l=15d36a8d7a
Social Studies: Leaders are building their business, "Kidz Creationz", and are learning about current politics by reading the newspaper. Students will also begin to play the Stock Market Game soon.
Art:Â Students are learning how to use Adobe Photoshop |
Philosophy of Education
| Marian Wright Edelman Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.
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