Cooking Up a Satisfying Future ; Stay-in-School Group's Bake-Off Nurtures Students On Many Levels
The Washington Times › April 10, 2006
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Lawrence Pullum of Southeast has a New York City lunch date with talk-show host Star Jones Reynolds. The 10-year-old student at Anita J. Turner Elementary School in Southeast won the opportunity through a February cookie bake-off sponsored by Communities in Schools, the nation's largest drop-out-prevention organization, which is headquartered in Alexandria.
Judges Wally "Famous" Amos, Alma Powell and Susan Allen chose Lawrence's fruit cookies as the winner of the competition. The fifth- grade student says he made a dessert with a golden, crispy texture.See the full content of this document
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Cooking Up a Satisfying Future ; Stay-in-School Group's Bake-Off Nurtures Students On Many Levels
"I wanted to make a healthy cookie," Lawrence says. "I mixed the ingredients, and my mom baked them."
Two hundred Communities in Schools affiliates in 27 states and the District provide services to nearly 1 million students each year with the goal of motivating them to ...See the full content of this document
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