Plano ISD MLK Tribute Event
to Feature Student Performances

November 23, 2004

students at mlk event Hundreds of students will be featured performers and speakers in the Plano ISD Martin L. King, Jr., Tribute Event to be held from 7:00 to 8:15 p.m. on Thursday, January 20, at Plano Centre, 2000 E. Spring Creek Parkway. The event is free and open to the public.

The Plano ISD MLK Committee, chaired by Dr. Myrtle Hightower, retired Plano ISD educator, is planning the event, which will include presentation of the Plano ISD Multi-ethnic Committee's Diversity Leadership Awards and MLK Art Contestentries. The Plano ISD event will be among the many activities scheduled during the 2005 Plano MLK Celebration - "Many Nations, One Community."

2005 Plano MLK Celebration

Saturday, January 15

Downtown Plano Area

10:00 a.m. - Parade,
Downtown Plano
11:30 a.m. - Program & Health Fair, City Hall
12:00 p.m. - Free Luncheon, Douglass Center

Sunday, January 16

Custer Road United Methodist Church, Plano

7:00 p.m. - "An Evening Celebration"

Monday, January 17

Collin County Community College Spring Creek Campus, Plano

8:00 a.m. - Power Leadership Breakfast
10:30 a.m. - Youth Leadership Forum

Thursday, January 20

Plano Centre, 2000 E. Spring Creek Pkwy., Plano

7:00 p.m. - Plano ISD MLK Tribute