ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS AROUND OUR SCHOOLS SHOUT OUTS Jan 11, 2019

Shout Out from Pleasant Grove Elementary Grace Cole

On Friday, December 21, the fifth grade students took on the staff members of Pleasant Grove Elementary in a zone basketball game. Coach Isley did a terrific job preparing the students for the

game. The teachers were determined to keep their winning streak going. It was a lot of fun watching a fifth grade boy play against his mom, who is a member of the staff!

After 6 hard fought periods, the staff emerged victorious; our students played very well This was a fabulous way to head into vacation and model good sportsmanship to the entire school. Well done!

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The PGE gym was rockin’!

ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS AROUND OUR SCHOOLS SHOUT OUTS Jan 11, 2019

Shout Out from Garrett Elementary National Pawn

Garrett Elementary school music teacher Katie Hayes knew one of her students’ birthdays was coming up at the beginning of winter break, and the child’s wish was for her own violin to continue with her music lessons. Ms. Hayes found out about the National Pawn social media contest offering a free item for one lucky winner to celebrate the holidays, entered and WON! What a great way to support a student’s musical dreams! Ms. Hayes picked up the violin from the Burlington National Pawn store on the last day of classes, December 21, just in time to surprise her student on her birthday, December 22!

Check out a link to the story from Mebane Enterprise:

http://www.mebaneenterprise.com/lifestyle/article_b74d50e8-0987-11e9-8c0b-8b96398d539b.html

ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS AROUND OUR SCHOOLS SHOUT OUTS Jan 11, 2019

Shout Out from Graham Middle Cheri Thomas, Choral Director

Our Graham Middle School Falcon Singers sang at Capital Bank at 1128 S. Main St. in Graham on Friday, December 21, the very last day before winter break.

They did a great job, and had fun singing for the community!

ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS AROUND OUR SCHOOLS SHOUT OUTS Jan 11, 2019

Shout Out from Cummings High Cindy Smith, Orchestra Director

On Friday, December 21, members of the Cummings High Orchestra celebrated the last day of school before break with a Holiday Tour of Newlin, Andrews, and Eastlawn Elementary Schools! At their last stop, Eastlawn students entertained them with their Readers Theatre performances. It was an exciting day of music and theatre and just the thing to kick off the holiday break! We enjoyed a great time sharing our love of music with future Cavaliers!

ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS AROUND OUR SCHOOLS SHOUT OUTS Jan 11, 2019

Shout Out from Newlin and Hillcrest elementary schools

Check out the Times-News story about the fun we had at school just before the winter break and the community partnerships that made it possible!

http://thetimesnews.com/news/20181222/christmas-comes-early-for-students-at-2-burlington-schools

Shout Out from Southern High FFA Tasha Dawson, FFA Advisor

(Submitted by Emma DiLello) The Alamance County community has supported the Southern Alamance FFA Chapter for many years. This holiday season, Southern Alamance FFA looked for a way to give back to our community and selected the Christmas Cheer organization. Our FFA chapter adopted four families in the Alamance County community through the Christmas Cheer program. Members of the Southern Alamance FFA chapter came together with the goal of providing these families with an amazing Christmas! Students enrolled in agriculture classes at Southern Alamance were encouraged by their advisors and FFA officer team to donate toys, winter clothing, food supplies, monetary amounts and other necessities to the Christmas Cheer drive. All donations collected were sorted out by each family’s list, and delivered to the houses of these families by members of Southern Alamance FFA. This was the

first year that Southern Alamance FFA has participated in Christmas Cheer, and they plan to keep this going on for many years to come. There are no words for the emotional and social impact that this undertaking had on Southern FFA students. After delivering our surprises, minds and hearts were full of thankfulness, appreciation for what we have in our lives and a sense of accomplishment as we begin to overcome barriers and turn over a new leaf in Southern FFA traditions.

ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS AROUND OUR SCHOOLS SHOUT OUTS Jan 11, 2019

Shout Out to ABSS Student Scientists

Congratulations to our ABSS student scientists who will be advancing in competition at the 2019 North Carolina Piedmont Triad Region 5 Science Fair on February 16 at the Triad Math and Science Academy in Greensboro!

The Region 5 Science Fair will include student winners from Stokes, Forsyth, Davidson, Rockingham, Guilford, Randolph, Caswell, Person, Orange, Alamance, Chatham, Davie, Surry (including Mt. Airy), and Yadkin counties.

Elementary science champions advancing to the regional competition include:

Kiera Curl Ayden Gardner E. Grant Mayle Grand Prize Grand Prize First Place Garrett E M Holt Pleasant Grove

ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS AROUND OUR SCHOOLS SHOUT OUTS Jan 11, 2019

Middle school science champions advancing to the regional competition include:

Kaley Miller Anna Thomas Tyler Jones Grand Prize First Place Second Place Southern Middle Hawfields Middle Hawfields Middle

High school science champions advancing to the regional competition include:

Paarth Tara Kallie Elam & Josie Gonzalez Preston Whitt Grand Prize (tie) Grand Prize (tie) First Place Eastern High Eastern High Eastern High

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Seth Frazier & Daelon Perry Karin Phillips Second Place Third Place Eastern High Eastern High

Congratulations and Good Luck!

Shout Out from Elon Elementary

It is amazing that, even with all of the rainy and snowy weather in Alamance County over the last few weeks, amazing progress still continues on the construction of the new Elon Elementary School!

You can tell by these recent photos from Samet Corporation that the building is now totally under roof.

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A flying Phoenix must have taken these pics!

ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS AROUND OUR SCHOOLS SHOUT OUTS Jan 11, 2019

Shout Out from Alamance Community College

On Wednesday, January 3, ACC was pleased to host the second annual Girls Take Over Tech event for ABSS middle and high school girls and their families. It was a great success!

Check out the Times-News story, photos and video from the event:

https://www.thetimesnews.com/news/20190103/acc-hosts-stem-event-for-young-girls

Shout Out from Southern Middle Heather Ward, Principal

Students in Mr. Miller's CTE Ed Tech program at Southern Alamance Middle School built a hovercraft chair using only plywood, a tarp, PVC pipe, a lawn chairs, tape, and a leaf blower. The challenge was to build a chair that would allow a person to hover just enough to glide over the floor without scratching it.

Students used the design process, with lots of trial and error, to successfully create two hovercraft chairs. This is the epitome of 21st Century Learning!!!!

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We are so proud of our students and Mr. Miller for accomplishing this task!!! The students’ work has been featured in The Times-News: https://www.thetimesnews.com/news/20181102/southern-alamance-students-build-hovercraft And on WGHP Fox 8 in a What’s Right With Our Schools feature segment https://drive.google.com/file/d/11Ghr_irNnmGCNAuUDmptMl9WjXdvSTx6/view

and at the High Point University community event “Come Build with Us”

ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS AROUND OUR SCHOOLS SHOUT OUTS Jan 11, 2019

Shout Out from Garrett Elementary Michelle Ammann, Principal

Thank you Gator Families for the generous donations that made our Holiday Toy and Blanket Drive a huge success! Shout Out to some of our 4th and 5th grade student leaders Kendal Pierce, Mitchell Joseph, Marci Guzman, and Presley Brown. I would also like to thank Mrs. Timmons and Mr. Sodano for their help making a difference in our community! Mrs. Timmons, our school social worker, established a partnership with Christmas Cheer organization to donate the collected items to support families throughout Alamance County that benefit from the Christmas assistance/support of the Christmas Cheer Organization.

ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS AROUND OUR SCHOOLS SHOUT OUTS Jan 11, 2019

Shout Out from Southern Middle Heather Ward, Principal

Here’s a special "Shout Out" to SMS Student Scientists Kaley and Sofia!!! We are so proud of your hard work!!!! 2018 Alamance-Burlington District Science Fair winners from Southern Middle School: Kaley Miller (at left below) - Grand Prize overall for middle school; project entitled "What Would You Do?" Sofia Soto (at right below) - Honorable Mention in the biology category; project entitled "Space Garden"

Shout Out from Andrews Elementary Gena Crews, Assistant Principal

Officer Ricky Pacheco Matias served as an Elementary School Resource Officer on January 7, which was his day off from his regular duty as a Burlington PD officer. While spending the day at Andrews, he engaged with students during lunch and in their classrooms. He was caught reading a book to a class while they were visiting the media center for their Encore time. What a great role model for our students! He also assisted with traffic control at dismissal. We appreciate you Officer Pacheco Matias!

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Shout Out from Western Middle Sarah West, Academic Coach

We are in the midst of our PBIS Winter Reset and we are filming example and non-example videos to support our GRIT Matrix expectations.

It has been a blast to see student participation!

ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS AROUND OUR SCHOOLS SHOUT OUTS Jan 11, 2019

Shout Out from Grove Park Elementary

Thank you, Burlington Police Officers! In Honor of National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, our GPE kindergarten students surprised Officer Christian with thank you cards!

ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS AROUND OUR SCHOOLS SHOUT OUTS Jan 11, 2019

Shout Out from Broadview Middle Porscha Alston, School Social Worker

Save the date! Don’t miss this fun event happening on Friday, January 25. Who will win? Bobcats or Falcons? Which school has the best staff basketball players? Come and find out who will win!

Shout Out from Turrentine Middle Patti Perrou

The 7th graders at Turrentine Middle School visited the International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro on December 19.

Three of our 7th graders had the opportunity to present at the ABSS Outreach Meeting about their experience at the museum.

The students are Christian Anderson, Yah-fiya Harris, and Reese Dorthy.

Their teachers, Ms. Erika Dye and Ms. Isha Milton, accompanied the students to the meeting.

ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS AROUND OUR SCHOOLS SHOUT OUTS Jan 11, 2019

Shout Out from Southern High Pamela Henline, Assistant Principal

Johnathan Lloyd, former Southern High Patriot and Duke University Blue Devil standout, stopped by to visit his alma mater Southern High today!

He came to visit prior to his NFL workouts that begin on Monday in Charlotte, NC.

Johnathan and his dad, Heath Lloyd, are pictured with SAHS principal, Teresa Faucette.