President Obama Congratulates Beatrice Hair at Rose Garden Celebration

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As President Barack Obama urged Congress to pass a $30 billion small business jobs package while also honoring the Small Business Association's (SBA) business persons of the year in the White House Rose Garden, Salisbury business owner Beatrice Hair sat in the front row.

"This is an issue that involves putting our government on the side of the small-business owners who create most of the jobs in this country," Obama said Tuesday.

Hair, the 2010 North Carolina Small Business Person of the Year and founder of Salisbury Tutoring Academy, is celebrating her accomplishment all week in Washington, D.C. during National Small Business Week.

"The Small Business Association has rolled out the red carpet," Hair said. Meeting Obama and hearing him speak, was "unbelievable," she said.

"It was surreal to actually be sitting there," she said. "He encouraged us that we are the people that run the small businesses, and that he was there to honor us."

Hair was one of about 12 people who Obama shook hands with, and the only one he got a photo with.

"I was awestruck," she said. "You can see a person on TV. But when you're literally there, it's close contact. I could see everything he was about as a person, and the strength in which he was conveying his message."

Hair said Obama stressed that America's economy was counting on the small business owners.

"He taught us the economy is riding on people like us to take risks, which has been the across-the-board message," she said.

Sunday night, upon her arrival to the week-long event, the SBA welcomed all 2010 business persons by flashing their businesses on large screens, along with a banner with her name and business.

Hair said the reception Sunday and events since have been filled with many different people, "who are just excited about their work."

"Hundreds of people here are actually passionate about what they do," she said. "It's very refreshing and inspirational. I feel like I've just made lifelong friends here."

Hair has also met several congressmen and senators, and was interviewed by a local television station, with the reporter asking her what it was like to start a business from scratch.

"I feel really proud to be a North Carolinian."

During a gathering party in the same room where the president holds events such as the inaugural ball, Hair and other business people received a special message from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

"She was videotaped in China telling us to keep doing what we're doing, share your ideas and take your business global," Hair said.

She said her students back in Salisbury were anxious to hear the stories about her trip, and for her return.

Her biggest thanks for the entire experience goes to the University of Phoenix, she said.

"They customized my master's degree for me so that I could get my master's while I was working," she said, noting that the University of Phoenix customized her online learning just as she does for Salisbury Tutoring Academy students.

"This is like an unbelievable, once-in-a-lifetime, breathtaking experience," she said.

Hair was nominated for the North Carolina Small Businessperson of the Year award by Jenifer Flatley of the University of Phoenix Alumni Association.


 

The Salisbury Tutoring Academy, Ltd and Mrs. Hair have been featured on the front page of the Salisbury Post for its successes numerous times.


Some Spotlights on Salisbury Tutoring Academy in the Press!

Below are several articles from newspapers and magazines regarding The Salisbury Tutoring Academy. Click on a picture to view a full-sized version of the clipping. (The full sized articles are large, so download times maybe be long for modem users.)

 
"Mrs. Hair is published nationally for the third time"
 
Mrs. Hair's article is
published in the
National Tutoring Magazine!!!!!
 

Rowan Business
January/February 2006
 
Salisbury Tutoring
Academy, LTD.
 
Locals Feel Blessed to
Have Met Pope
 

ADHD: Local woman publishes work on dealing with disorder

 
 

CANDLELIGHT VIGIL

Among the participants Monday were, Mayor Susan Kluttz, Beatrice and Randy Hair, and Clayton Jones.

 
 

The Salisbury Tutoring Academy, LTD Makes Sunday Headlines Again, and Again, and Again!!!!

Conner is another one of our success stories!!!!

 
 

A local tutoring school has taken an extra step to help make sure no child is left behind in education

Salisbury Tutoring Academy is the only tutoring business in the county certified as a supplemental provider under federal No Child Left Behind standards.

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Articles in Salisbury Post! Four Part Series on ADHD
  Health professionals keeping watch on ADHD (06/21/03)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (06/22/03)
Medicine, tutoring help (06/23/03)
ADHD camp offers hope, encouragement (06/24/03)
 

 

Medication and education are two of the biggest worries for parents of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

Once a child has been diagnosed with ADHD, doctors must determine a course of treatment, and teachers must come up with the best way to help those students excel in school.

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Article in Salisbury Post! (Large File)


What did Albert Einstein, Walt Disney and Babe Ruth have in common?.
They all had Attention Deficit Disorder.
But they probably never got the chance some Rowan County children, diagonised with ADHD, got last week -- their own two-day summer camp.
"Children have a hard time fitting in or following simple school rules such as sitting still," said Beatrice Hair, Director of Salisbury Tutoring Academy. " This camp will give them a chance to use their energy, exert it to something positive and at the same time meet other kids just like themselves." ... [more]


Rowan Salisbury School System asked Beatrice Hair to help teach the ADHD Workshop with Dr. Koontz and Dr. Aiken. View the feedback from this Workshop. ... [more]
 

Frontpage Article in Salisbury Post! (Large File)


Beatrice Hair opened Salisbury Tutoring Academy more than two years ago. Four months later, she had 40 students.
today, she has 124 students ranging from pre-kindergarten to college students and adults who can't spell and don't want to be embarrassed at work.
Just like the schools in the area, she's growing. She now has a staff of 23 comprised of the best teachers she can find... [more]
Continuation of Salisbury Post Article (Large File)


The positive energy at the school also is a part of the success equation. "We're very positive," Hair said. "You will never find a child being put down or being berated at my school."
With such a large following of students, Hair said some educators get defensive about the academy, but they shouldn't be, especially if she's helping testing scores... [more]
Healthy Living Magazine Article


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