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ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS AROUND OUR SCHOOLS SHOUT OUTS Mar 10, 2017

Shout Out from Eastern Alamance High Mike Brumble, Drafting

Eastern Alamance was selected to participate in the Bauhow Initiative for the year of 2016-2017. The Bauhow Initiative is an opportunity available through North Carolina Modernist Houses. NCMH is a non-

profit organization that supports high school students who are interested in an Architecture career. They also work toward preserving structures that used the Modern design. The school received $10,000.00 worth of computers to give to some students who would normally not have access to a computer at home or the Autocad software. The students receive those systems and they take them home for their own use. All of the students in the drafting program have the opportunity to enter a contest sponsored by NCMH for a scholarship to attend the NC State School of Design summer camp program. The scholarship has a value of $1200.00.

(Pictured L to R: Nathan Rutledge and Donovan Garrard)

The Students’ Design Challenge this year was to review houses designed by George Matsumoto and create an 1800-2400 sf house for a family of four that honors his underlying design principles and elements without copying them.

Eastern competed with 8 other high schools across the state. Eastern had 2 entries and the students placed 1st and 2nd in the contest! The two students were Nathan Rutledge 1st place and Donovan Garrard 2nd place. Both are Architectural II students of Michael Brumble at Eastern Alamance. Both of these students will be attending the resident immersion camp at NC State University this summer.

Pictured above right: Donovan’s design

Pictured at right: Nathan’s design


Shout Out from B E Jordan Elementary Eva Sodano, Academic Coach

Last week B. Everett Jordan focused on developing a LOVE of reading as we celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday during Read Across America Week! Fun and zany activities were planned throughout the week for the whole school.

Monday: Fox in Socks Everyone wore their silly socks. Tuesday: Cat in the Hat Students and staff wore their favorite hats. Wednesday: Wacky Wednesday Students and staff both dressed to impress in their craziest outfits. Thursday: Thing 1, Thing 2, Read to Me and I'll Read to YOU Participants dressed up as Thing 1 and Thing 2 or as twins. Grade levels across the school paired up for some partner reading. Friday: Oh, the Places You'll Go! Students and staff wore shirts that represented the places they have been or the places they would like to go.

In addition to the daily activities above, we invited student family members, central office staff, and school board members to come out and join in the fun as GUEST READERS on Wednesday, March 1st. We had 26 different volunteers bring their favorite books to share with the students and staff. It was a wonderful experience to have some new faces sharing in the fun of reading at BEJ. Student Family Members: Holly Cabrera, Sandy Ellington-Graves, Christina Strickland, Deanna Cook, Leigh Ann Apanites, Smyrna Robinson, Cheryl Davis, Jimi Jo Carter, Stephanie Sandy, Renee Cruz, Denise Ellington, Susan Lynch, Southey Blanton, Shannon Grubb, and Molly White


School Board Members: Steve Van Pelt, Allison Gant, and Pam Thompson Central Office Staff: Dr. Bill Harrison, Dr. Jean Maness, Dr. Robin Finberg, Sarah Miller, Joe Ferrell, Emily Myers, Amy Richardson, and Leslie Ray It was a fantastic week filled with fun, books, special guests, and READING! Thank you to ALL who came out to help make Read Across America Week a success at BEJ. Our students and staff appreciate you!


Shout Out to Creative ABSS Minds Judy Huffman, Odyssey of the Mind On March 4, 2017, two Alamance-Burlington Schools competed in the Odyssey of the Mind Regional Tournament at Northwest Guilford High School in Greensboro. Southern Alamance High won 1st place and will be going to state tournament on April 1st at A&T in Greensboro! Congratulations to both teams that did a great job representing their schools and our district! Here’s the “long-term problem” they had to work to solve: To Be Continued: A Superhero Cliffhanger Creativity is being taken away from the world, and it is up to Odyssey teams to rescue it! Teams will create and present a humorous performance about an unexpected superhero that encounters three different situations where it must save creativity in some way. The superhero will change appearance when it displays its superpowers and go back to blending in with society when not. The performance will also include a clumsy sidekick, a nemesis character, a choreographed battle, and a cliffhanger ending.

Congratulations!

Pictured at left: Southern Alamance Middle School Team members: Jana Cartner, Ava Forbis, Sarah Perkins, Kaylee Rogers, Bryer Sutton

Pictured below: Southern Alamance High School team members: Angela Ren, Elizabeth Murray, Kaelah Shields, Chandler Estes, Emma Whitfield, Ellie Murray, Kimberly Sawyer

Odyssey of the Mind is the largest creative problem solving competition in the world!


Shout Out from Eastern High Dave Ebert, Principal

Mr. Bradley Costa, American History, Civics and World History Educator at EHS, was recently announced as the winner of the Burlington VFW Post 10607 Teacher of the Year Award! In addition, as local Teacher of the Year winner, Mr. Costa was entered in District Six competition at the end of February. Mr. Costa also earned the District 6 Teacher of the Year Award! District winners are

entered into state competition, and then the state winner advances to national competition. Mr. Costa will be honored at the Burlington VFW Post 10607 Awards Ceremony on May 4th. We are proud to have him represent Eastern High and ABSS and be recognized for his passion and resourcefulness as an American History, Civics and World History educator! The VFW Teacher of the Year Award is meant to recognize outstanding educators in the fields of Civics and American History that teach children where we were, where we are, and where we may be in the coming years and our responsibilities as citizens to help determine those choices.


Shout Out from Turrentine Middle Ron Davis, Athletic Director Congratulations to our TMS girls’ basketball team for winning the DARE tournament for the fifth straight year! Way to go, girls and Coach Frederick Shoffner! Congratulations to our TMS cheerleaders—our girls won the poster contest this year! Congratulations to our cheerleaders and Coach Gretchen Bruesehoff! Go Turrentine Trojans!

Shout Out from Western Middle Congratulations to the Western Middle Boys Basketball Team! They placed second in the regular season and won the 20th Annual Dare Tournament on February 9th at Graham Middle School! The team is coached by Nick Coller and Matt Dobson.


Shout Out from Elon Elementary Tia Gilliam-Wilson 5th Grade Teacher On March 16th, Elon Elementary School Teacher and Author Tia Gilliam-Wilson will be sharing her two books: "Can I Help You Cook?" and "Can I Help You Cook,Too?" During her presentation, Mrs. Gilliam-Wilson will talk about how she became an author and one of her delicious recipes. She will also have books available for purchase and they are also available at Amazon.com. ‘


Shout Out from Exceptional Children’s Dept. April Brantley EC Program Specialist

Business Panel Members from left to right - Heidi Norwick (President, United Way of Alamance County), Kellie Covington (Human Resources Operations Manager, Walmart Logistics), Griffin McClure (President, Green & McClure Furniture/America's Mattress), and Scott Gollnick (Vice President: Sales & Marketing, OT Sports)

9th Annual Employability Seminar

Each year students attend the seminar to demonstrate skills they have learned regarding employment. This year’s event was held at Cummings High School on Tuesday, February, 28th. We would also like to thank our volunteers and Business Panel Members. A special thank you to our moderators, Tommy and Liz Hill! Congratulations to Williams High School for earning 1st place! Way to go Bulldogs!! Congratulations to all of our teams! 2017 Results: 1st Williams High School 2nd Cummings High School 3rd Eastern Alamance High School 4th Southern Alamance High School 5th Western Alamance High School 6th Graham High School


Shout Out from Student Support Services Kim Yarborough Lead Social Worker

This week we celebrated National School Social Work week! There are currently 28 School Social Workers that serve schools in ABSS. School Social Workers are valuable members of their school's Student Support team. We are utilized to break down barriers that students and families may experience. We work to identify needs and address them by participating in home visits, Child and Family Team meetings, as well as consulting with community partners. This year's theme is "Be the Change": School Social Workers as Change Agents to Help Students Succeed. Thank you ABSS social workers for continuing to be the change agents in your schools.

Shout Out from Western High Stephanie Mitchener

Students in Mr. Mitchener's Cold War History Class used cooking recipes distributed in West Berlin during

the Berlin Blockade in order to get a better understanding of the diet of West Berliners during the Airlift.


Shout Out from Graham Middle School Dayson Pasion, STEM Educator

On Thursday, March 9th ten sixth-grade

student groups, chosen by their peers,

presented at the third annual Graham

Middle School Shark Tank event. ELA

teachers Lisa Cates, Beth Estes and Linda

Kroger facilitated this transdisciplinary

unit during the third nine weeks,

culminating with student presentations.

Students were asked to solve a real

world problem of their choosing and

create either a product or service and

then pitch their ideas to local community

professionals. Students tackled problems

like sixth-grade student participation in

middle school sports, skin care,

availability of school supplies, student

engagement and school pride,

homelessness, animal cruelty, water

scarcity and many more. The event had

grown so large this year that we had to

move the event off-site. Thank you to the

Graham Cinema for hosting the event.

This project was an anchor for the ELA

classes. As students used the engineering

design process to develop their solutions,

they also learned how to analyze

informational text and media to research

the latest developments of their chosen

problem and how to write and speak

persuasively to convince their class and

then the “Sharks” to choose their product

or service. Students also used resources

from our makerspace, The Innovation Lab

to help develop their prototypes. Some


students learned and used Tinkercad to

develop 3D renderings of their products

that they could later print on our 3D

printer. Students learned how to code to

create apps and websites. Students

learned how to storyboard, shoot and

edit video to develop a persuasive

narrative in order to sell their pitch.

Students calculated costs and developed

budgets. Some groups even calculated

the valuation of their business venture!

Many student groups also had a social

component, where future profits would

benefit a charity or organization that

aligned with the problem they chose. A

huge shout out to our ELA teachers for

developing a problem-based learning

opportunity for our students that

provided them with choice, space to

explore their passions, freedom that

allowed students to be creative and take

risks all while developing as readers,

writers and speakers.

Many thanks to all the teachers that

made our event possible whether it was

helping on the day of the event,

critiquing and providing feedback to

student groups, or being a mentor.


Thank you to our Graham

Middle School “Sharks”:

David Duarte, eighth-grade

student and former GMS

Shark Tank winner

April Burko, Academic Coach,

Graham Middle School

Jessica Pasion, Executive

Director, Burlington

Downtown Corporation

Kim Mack, Associate Vice

President of Human

Resources, LabCorp

Griffin McClure, City Council

Member, City of Graham and

President, Green & McClure

Furniture

Congratulations to our winning team, GMS Spirit Squad! Hailey, Melissa and Eden won over the judges

and look forward to implementing their ideas.


Shout Out from Western High Stephanie Mitchener, CDC

Microsoft EXPERT Certification

Western Alamance High School would like to Congratulate Carson Lafferty,

Mackenzie Dowler and Abby Smith for earning Microsoft EXPERT Certification in

Microsoft Word last semester! Western is very proud of these young people

as they are now considered MASTER Level Certified by Microsoft. They have passed

Microsoft PowerPoint Specialist Certification, Microsoft Word Specialist Certification and 2

Microsoft Word EXPERT Certifications. Way to go!!!

Western Exploration: On February 21 and 22, 320+ 8th graders visited our campus for Western Exploration. Students had the opportunity to visit the WA Career and Technical Education classes as well as the Arts Education classes and ROTC. 20+ student leaders served as guides. The 8th graders received registration information and were entertained by Theatre Arts, Dance Class and WAchapella! Western Exploration culminated with Curriculum night on Thursday, February 23; giving parents the opportunity to meet teachers and have questions answered about the upcoming year.


Save the Date from Graham Middle School Dayson Pasion, STEM Educator

Graham Middle School is pleased to announce the date for the first ever School Maker Faire in

Alamance County!

Thursday, May 4, 2017 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Graham Middle School 311 E Pine St. Graham, NC

The call for makers will be posted next week on our social media streams.

Any interested individual or group may apply to present and exhibit.

@GMSfalcon


Shout Out from Cummings High Rhonda Farmer, CDC

Shout Out from Eastlawn Elementary Check out the Elon University News Network story about Elon U students reading and mentoring students at Eastlawn: http://www.elonnewsnetwork.com/article/2017/03/elon-atheletes-read-at-elementary-school Shout Out from ABSS Career and Technical Education Lindsey Criss

On March 7, ABSS CTE took twenty-five 9th and 10th grade male students interested in health careers to the Duke University’s School of Nursing to introduce them to nontraditional careers in Nursing. Students represented six high schools! The tour began with an information session given by Dr. Brett Morgan, the faculty advisor for the Duke American Assembly of Men in Nursing and an Assistant Professor. The topics included education requirements, salary ranges and the various specialty areas of nursing. Students learned that males make up only 10% of the nursing profession so the opportunities are endless for those opting for this profession. After

Tamia Marrow just received one of the first awards at

the NC DECA State competition to become a Certified

Guest Services Professional. Please congratulate Tamia

and Mr. Mitchell for all their hard work that is already

paying off this year at the State level!

http://www.elonnewsnetwork.com/article/2017/03/elon-atheletes-read-at-elementary-school


the session, students heard from a panel consisting of two nursing students, one labor and delivery nurse and two nurse anesthetists. Each panel member told their story that led them to the nursing field, though their backgrounds were different all had the same vision for their future whether in general nursing or a specialty area. The panel had the same message for the students: make good grades, job shadow and volunteer in health careers, and take as many science, math and technology courses as offered in your schools. Lunch was provided by the Duke American Assembly for Men in Nursing.

Following lunch, students went on the Center for Nursing Discovery Tour. The students visited the skills lab in the areas of labor and delivery, intubation and anesthesia. During the tour, students were able to view demonstrations and engage in hands-on learning by actively participating. Activities included: checking pulses, listening to heartbeats, intubating patients (mannequins) and viewing the vein finder.

It was a great day and all the students left with a better understanding of nursing in the 21st century and how it is not just a career for women. We want to thank Josh Tai, President of the Duke American Assembly of Men in Nursing, for coordinating this event and making the day a true learning experience!


Shout Out from CTEC Terry Drummond, Automotive Instructor Students who are CTEC SkillsUSA members competed at the South West Regional contest at South West Rowan Cabarrus Community College. The outcome is as follows:

1st place Automotive Service - Michael Rimer (EHS) pictured at left

1st Place Quiz Bowl – Jasper Allison, Conner Forbis, Alberto Lopez Muro, Mickey Ruiz Vivar, Lizet Romero,

and Elizzeth Perez Santiago These students teamed together to take first place in the quiz bowl contest.

2nd Place Culinary Arts - Ana Patricia Thomas (pictured at right) All of these students will progress to the NC State SkillsUSA contest April 26th - 28th this year. Congratulations!


Shout Out for Elon Pride Karen Barnette, A O Elementary Several teachers at AO Elementary are Elon alums for either undergrad or grad school!

We wanted to show

our "We Are Elon"

pride for

#ElonDay. Go

Phoenix!

Shout Out for Southern High Carpentry Pam Thompson, BOE

Lowe’s Home Improvement of Burlington presented Randy Faulkner and carpentry students $500 for their program in honor of Mr. Faulkner being selected as the 2016 North Carolina Construction Trades Teacher of the Year by the North Carolina Home Builders Association. Thanks, Lowes for supporting our schools, students and teachers!


Shout Out from Western Middle Check out the Times-News and WFMY News 2 coverage of the Great Western Middle Egg Drop Experiment with AIG math enrichment students in Mrs. Rickard’s class with assistance from the A O Fire Department! http://www.thetimesnews.com/news/20170309/taking-crack-at-math http://www.thetimesnews.com/videos/96FF7BB2-F3E6-438B-A081-4C86E4A98EE5/AIG-students-at-Western-Alamance-Middle-School-designed-3D-printed-containers-for-an-egg-drop-and-enlisted-the-help-of-the-AO-Fire-Department-to-test-them-at-11-and-23-feet-Sadly-this-egg-didnt-make-it https://www.facebook.com/MaddieGardnerNews/videos/1364944136861750/

http://www.thetimesnews.com/news/20170309/taking-crack-at-math

http://www.thetimesnews.com/videos/96FF7BB2-F3E6-438B-A081-4C86E4A98EE5/AIG-students-at-Western-Alamance-Middle-School-designed-3D-printed-containers-for-an-egg-drop-and-enlisted-the-help-of-the-AO-Fire-Department-to-test-them-at-11-and-23-feet-Sadly-this-egg-didnt-make-it



https://www.facebook.com/MaddieGardnerNews/videos/1364944136861750/





Shout Out for Champion Readers Paige Ysteboe, Western Middle The ABSS Middle School Battle of the Books was held on March 9, 2017. It was a fierce competition that ended up in a tie-breaker round to determine second and third places. Congratulations to everyone! Turrentine will go on to represent ABSS in the Regional Competition on April 4 in Winston Salem. Congratulations to all of our competitors!

First Place Turrentine Middle School (above) Second Place Western Middle School (below left) Third Place Woodlawn Middle (below right)


Shout Out from R. Homer Andrews Elementary Gena Crews, Assistant Principal

Our orchestra students were sharpening their saws and the saws of others as they performed for our staff and students in our cafeteria during lunch. What a great way to get in some practice and demonstrate leadership! We are amazed by and proud of our students as they step out as leaders to provide many wonderful

opportunities for themselves as well as their peers. Thank you students and Mr. Davis for all of your hard. Keep rockin’ leaders!

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