Butterfield Highlights Education During May District Work Period

May 15, 2015 NC Elected Officials

Congressman Butterfield’s District Work Period
District Visits Focused on Education 
May 4-8, 2015

Annual Congressional Art Competition
Butterfield and the Congressional Art Competition Participants

 

During last week’s District Work Period, Congressman Butterfield greeted the participants of the Congressional Art Competition. Each spring, the Congressional Institute sponsors a nationwide high school visual art competition to recognize and encourage artistic talent in the nation and in each congressional district. Since the competition began in 1982, more than 650,000 high school students have participated. Students submit entries to their representative’s office, and panels of district artists select the winning entries. Winners are recognized both in their district and at an annual recognition ceremony in Washington, DC. Winners will receive two (2) complimentary round-trip plane tickets to Washington, DC. 

 

This year Zeke Seamans from Durham School of the Arts took the Best in Show prize.  Emon Lott from Rocky Mount High School, Donte Boys from KIPP Gaston College Preparatory, and Assata Goff from The School for Creatives Studies rounded out top place in the competition.

 

Additional information on the competition can be found here. 

 

 

Butterfield Delivers Shaw University Commencement Ceremony Address
 
On Saturday, May 9th, Congressman Butterfield delivered the commencement address to hundreds of Shaw University graduates. The event marked the 150th anniversary of the oldest historically black university in the south. The private, nondenominational university graduated 260 students, including 30 recipients of master’s degrees in science, education, and divinity.
Read Congressman Butterfield’s commencement speech here.
 
Butterfield with the Voyager Academy High School Class 

Butterfield Visits Voyager Academy

Last week, Congressman Butterfield visited Voyager Academy High School in Durham to meet a prep class who had been participating in the Capitol Hill Challenge, a unique stock market simulation which teaches students about finance and how the actions in Washington affect those on Wall Street. 

 
Join us on for
Vision Screening Day
Saturday, May 16, 2015
at Golden East Crossing Mall
10 AM – 4 PM

In honor of Healthy Vision Month, OptiCare Managed Vision are hosting a FREE Vision Screening Day with special guest Congressman G. K. Butterfield. The Vision Screening Day will include free screenings for adults and kids and free reading glasses. This event will also include chair massages for all ages, a farmer’s market and special prizes. Please join Congressman Butterfield for this fun and informative event at Golden East Crossing Mall, located at 1100 North Wesleyan Boulevard, Rocky Mount, NC.
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