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Belton on the Beltway A Queen Village youngster attended a leadership forum in the nation’s capital. By Joseph Myers R e v i e w s ta f f w r i t e r
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aylor Belton aspires to be a choreographer, but last week allowed history to begin its dance into her
heart. The 11-year-old student at William Meredith School, 725 S. Fifth St., joined more than 100 honorees at the six-day People to People World Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C., a reward for her academic endeavors, civic efforts and leadership prospects. The adventure added her name to the thousands that have earned guidance in promoting cultural understanding and world peace since People to People’s 1956 institution. See BELTON page 8
Sports Dr. Angelo Milicia has spent more than two-thirds of his life in education. Effective tomorrow, he will end his stint at a school whose prominent components, including its art theater, owe their existence to his advocacy for student achievement. S ta f f P h o t o b y G r e g B e z a n i s
A gap at GAMP A twin-twin situation
Draft night landed siblings who starred for a West Passyunk school spots on their desired teams. By Joseph Myers.............Page 35
The Girard Estate school recently bid farewell to its long-tenured principal, whose retirement will lessen its budget woes. By Joseph Myers r e v i e w s ta f f w r i t e r
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he only way this nation is going to continue to move forward is to invest in education,” Dr. Angelo F. Milicia said Monday at the Girard Academic Music Program, 2136 Ritner St.
In announcing his retirement last month, the 62-year-old gave new meaning to putting one’s money where one’s mouth is, as his decision will aid the cash-strapped institution by sustaining two teachers’ jobs and most of its lauded music program. His departure as principal will end a 16-year affiliation with the school and will allow assistant principal Dr. Jack Carr to head
the facility he helped to establish in 1974. Milicia, with local roots that stretch back to his elementary and secondary school days at the now defunct St. Edmond’s, 23rd and Mifflin streets, and Bishop Neumann High School, Seventh and Christian streets, vacillated on severing his immeSee MILICIA page 10