I, Anike Bay - aka Iris Montgomery-Ilori - author of "Little Iris' First Day of School," "Little Iris' First Grade Field Trip to Jet Magazine," "Girls Like Us! Season 1, 2 and 3 as well as the movies entitled Girls Like Us, Girls Like Us 2.0, and Girls Like Us Menage 'A' Trios," grew up on the South Side of Chicago in the Englewood community, where I attended Charles W. Earle School, from Head Start through eighth grade. I went on to attend Mather High School on the North Side for 11/2 years before transferring to, and graduating from, William Rainy Harper High School. I also attended Eastern