Hollis Ave Community Center

05/15/2014

05/11/2014

Proverbs 31:28

Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her..............Happy Mother's Day

03/11/2014

03/07/2014

Our open gym....bring your team .....every Tuesday and Thursday 9-11pm

03/05/2014

Major Changes in SAT Announced by College Board http://t.co/5eGe1pxTuc

The company says its current college admission exams, which have fallen from favor, do not focus enough on important academic skills.

02/28/2014

BHM Fact 27: Computer scientist and engineer Mark Dean is credited with helping develop a number of landmark technologies, including the color PC monitor, the Industry Standard Architecture system bus and the first gigahertz chip.

02/28/2014

BHM Fact 26: George Carruthers, was awarded a patent for his "Image Converter for Detecting Electromagnetic Radiation Especially in Short Wave Lengths." During a 1970 rocket flight, Carruthers's UV telescope, or spectograph, and image converter provided the first proof of the existence of molecular hydrogen in interstellar space. Carruther's invention was used on April 21, 1972, during the first lunar walk of the Apollo 16 mission. For the first time, scientists were able to examine the Earth's atmosphere for concentrations of pollutants, and see UV images of more than 550 stars, nebulae and galaxies. Carruthers was awarded NASA's Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal for his work on the project.

02/27/2014

Thursday BHM triple fact day!

BHM fact 25:Lewis Howard Latimer was an inventor and draftsman best known for his contributions to the patenting of the light bulb and the telephone.

02/27/2014

02/25/2014

Fact 24: Muhammad Ali, the self-proclaimed "greatest [boxer] of all time," was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th-century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.

02/25/2014

Monday night double fact!!

Fact 23: As a child Muhammad Ali was refused an autograph by his boxing idol, Sugar Ray Robinson. When Ali became a prizefighter, he vowed never to deny an autograph request, which he honored throughout his career.