Jewell Cardwell: Hot tea and cool beginnings
Portage Path Learning Center student Dayly Fischer, 10, sips tea during the etiquette program for fifth grade girls. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
Madeline Milford, president-elect of the Akron Woman's City Club, talks with Portage Path Learning Center students Ciraia Johnson, 11, (left,) and Dayly Fischer, 10 during the etiquette program for fifth grade girls. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
Helen Arnold Learning Center students Kayla Porter,10 (left) Ellionna Bland, 12, Dana Beasley, 11 and Keilah Thompson prepare their lunch plates during the Culmination Tea of Portage Path and Helen Arnold Learning Centers' etiquette program. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
Helen Arnold Learning Center student Tazjai Primes, 11, takes a sip of tea at the Akron Woman's City Club during the Culmination Tea of Portage Path and Helen Arnold Learning Centers' etiquette program for fifth grade girls. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
Pamela Chatelain (center) a fifth grade teacher at Helen Arnold Learning Center, pours tea for her students Kwila Gomez, 11 (left) and Lynea Wicks, 10. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)