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ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS AROUND OUR SCHOOLS SHOUT OUTS Oct. 9, 2015

Shout Out from Southern High Times-News

BLAST from the CLASS Remember last week’s story about The Crackens band performing at Southern High? Times-News posted a video clip of one of their live performances on the TN website and included the photos below in the Wednesday edition.

The Crackens performing live, via video: Save the Last Dance for Me http://www.thetimesnews.com/section?template=videodetail&vid=4526524587001&vidtitle=The%20Crackens!%20Live!

Above, vocalist Jace Matthews, center of the band The Crackens, belts out “House of the Rising Sun” by The Animals on Friday at Southern High School’s auditorium. The Crackens band is composed of students in teacher Matthew McCracken’s 1960s-era social studies class. The band performed five songs that were popular in the 1960s. Photo: Sam Roberts/Times-News

http://www.thetimesnews.com/section?template=videodetail&vid=4526524587001&vidtitle=The%20Crackens!%20Live

http://www.thetimesnews.com/section?template=videodetail&vid=4526524587001&vidtitle=The%20Crackens!%20Live


Shout Out from Western High Times-News

Check out the feature story in Times-News about Western High art teacher Mr. Terry Simpson

http://www.thetimesnews.com/article/20151002/NEWS/151009754/0/SEARCH

Photo courtesy of Sam Roberts/ Times-News

http://www.thetimesnews.com/article/20151002/NEWS/151009754/0/SEARCH


Shout Out to Haw River Elementary Melissa Border, Technology Teacher Although Haw River’s students are currently on their fall intercession, many students were at the school working hard. Students from grades 3, 4, and 5 came to school during the first week to get some help in Reading, Math, and Science. During this week, the Battle of the Books and Science Olympiad teams also camped out in the Media Center, preparing for their upcoming events. The Battle of the Books team must read and be able to answer questions about 12 books. The Science Olympiad team is preparing for 19 events, ranging from launching a bottle rocket to building a paper airplane. These teams convinced Mrs. Reed into staying for the second week as well, so they could spend more time with their teammates!

Vansh Patel, Hope Anderson, and Judy Cuz working in the Communication Canopy, preparing for the Describe

It, Build It event! Here, the teams must look at a structure that has already been built and write down

instructions on how to build it. Their teammate, then has to build the structure as best as they can, using the

instructions that have been written.


In the Gathering

Hut, the Battle

of the Books

team is

dissecting Tuck

Everlasting

together!

For many of the

students on the

team, this is

their 4th Battle

Book team!

Science Olympiad

teammates,

Stephanie Olivera,

Giselle Merino,

Nayla Singleton,

and Dynasty

Bennett are

researching

organisms they

could find in their

backyard, while

enjoying the heat

of the fire in their

Critter Tent!


Judy Cruz, Vansh

Patel, and Hope

Anderson building

the STEM

challenge for the

day in the Fire Pit!

Here, they have to

build a structure

that will allow

either a marble,

golf ball, or racket

ball to move from

the top to the

bottom of the

structure, slowly.

Keaira Bell, and

Arianna Hinton are

working in the

Construction

Canopy, building

airplanes that will

fly the straightest,

farthest, and

longest!


Thank you Mrs. Reed for allowing us to bond as a team!


Shout Out from Southern High Teresa Faucette, Principal

Congratulations to our SAHS Student Service Counselors! At a recent information session, they provided

valuable information to our Senior Parents/Guardians on Scholarships, How to access and use the Naviance

site for parents and students,

SAT/ACT,College Applications--

How Do I apply?, General

Resources and Upcoming Events

for Seniors.

We had over 200 in attendance!


Shout Out to South Graham Elementary Cindy Farmer, Fox 8 News

Check out the great What’s Right With Our Schools story from Cindy Farmer at WGHP Fox 8 News about South Graham Elementary second graders and their 3-D South American Cities project in Ms. Rebecca Stanley’s class Go Pandas! “When you were in the second grade, did you know what 3D stood for? Not only did a group of second graders in Alamance County learn about three-dimensional items, they put what they learned into action. As Cindy Farmer shows us, it's a great example of what's right with our schools.” http://myfox8.com/2015/10/05/3d-class-at-south-graham-elementary-school/

Shout Out to Career Technical Education Pam Smith, Southern High Career Development Coordinator

On Friday, October 2, Scott Sublett, Southern High Ag Mechanics teacher, accompanied 15 students for a presentation and plant tour at GKN Driveline in Mebane as part of National Manufacturing Day! Photos aren’t permitted inside the manufacturing plant to ensure corporate security, but students enjoyed a great tour of the facility. Here’s more about GKN, a major U.S. and international corporate employer: GKN Driveline is the world’s leading supplier of automotive driveline components and systems. As a global company serving the world’s leading vehicle manufacturers, GKN Driveline develops, builds and supplies an extensive range of automotive driveline components – for use in the smallest ultra low-cost car to the most sophisticated premium vehicle demanding the most complex driving dynamics. The company operates in 22 countries around the world with 22,000 employees. http://www.gkn.com/driveline/careers/Pages/default.aspx

Manufacturing is the largest employer industry in our state, accounting for almost 11 percent of the total workforce, according to the N.C. Chamber of Commerce. This annual event is designed to amplify the voice of individual manufacturers as they showcase their exciting contributions to our competitive economy and celebrate the 438,000 North Carolinians and 12 million Americans who take pride every day at working in manufacturing. http://ncchamber.net/mark-your-calendar-for-manufacturing-day-on-oct-2/

The GKN Driveline plant in Mebane is also one of seven local manufacturers who have partnered with Alamance-Burlington Schools and Alamance Community College to launch a new high school apprenticeship program that will begin recruiting students in the spring of the 2015-2016 school year. More information about this exciting apprenticeship program known as Alamance CAP (Career Accelerator Program) will be coming soon. The seven companies with facilities in

Alamance County are working with ABSS and ACC to “grow their own” highly-skilled work force for the future.

http://myfox8.com/2015/10/05/3d-class-at-south-graham-elementary-school/

http://www.gkn.com/driveline/careers/Pages/default.aspx

http://ncchamber.net/mark-your-calendar-for-manufacturing-day-on-oct-2/


Shout Out to Southern Alamance FFA Nick Anders, FFA Advisor

Congratulations to the Southern High FFA Forestry Career Development Event Team! These students worked hard and earned first place in regional competition recently.

Team members are wearing their red competition shirts in the photo: L to R: Charlie Dejournette, Austin Cutter, Sam Cross, Adam Durham and Holt Worley. In addition, Southern High FFA National Forestry Team members have helped to coach the regional team: at left, Amy Sofferin and at far right, Victoria Sharpe. Not pictured is Sarah Maddry who also helped to coach the team. Holt Worley earned High Individual in the region. Congratulations for a job well-done!


Shout Out to ABSS Published Author, Leslie Ray

Leslie Ray is the Federal

Program Manager in the

Curriculum Division of

ABSS Central Office.

Congratulations to Leslie!

She is now a published

author of her first novel,

entitled “Run To Me”!

"Sometimes home is exactly

where the heart is..."

Run To Me is a small town

contemporary romance set in

the picturesque mountainous

town of Spruce Pine, NC, just

north of Asheville. Finding

hope in the hopeless, Run To

Me teaches us to believe in

the unexpected. Full of love,

laughs, and real life, this is a

book you won't want to put

down. For a synopsis and

more on Leslie's book, visit

www.LeslieRayAuthor.com

“It wasn't until I read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen at the age of twenty that I fell in love with books. Jane Austen's novels were the catalyst for my entire writing career.”

http://www.leslierayauthor.com/


Shout Out #2 to Leslie Ray Debra Sparks, AP Ray Street Academy

Leslie Ray,

published author with her first novel entitled Run To Me, came to Ray Street Academy to talk to our middle and

high school students about the writing craft. Students have been focusing their studies on topics such as;

moods, themes, word repetition, conflict, etc. Ms. Ray spoke with students about the process of taking a book

from conception to publication. Students discussed with Ms. Ray the many areas of writing including; concept,

plotting first drafts, revisions, editors and beta readers. In addition, they took the conversation beyond text to

the process of publishing. Students learned about literary agents, publishing houses, the many types of editors,

and royalty

payments.


Shout Out to Western Middle Greg Holland, Principal

Mr. Holland loves the student art work created by his Western Middle students! It really brightens up the cafeteria! Thanks to Dana Wheeler, art teacher,

Engineering 2 classes at Cummings High School have been working on a design-build project about cranes. The tower design was provided, but it up to each student team to design, build and test the rest of each crane. During the build and test phase, the students found that some ideas and constructions did not work. Critical thinking skills/problem solving was used to correct the problems we redesign. The project culminated with team and class challenges of stability, design, construction and lifting strength.

The project began following a visit to Buckner Steel's Steel Days tour for high school students. That field trip introduced them to various career possibilities in the steel industry including material movement (cranes).

Shout Out to Cummings High School Rhonda Framer, Career Development Coordinator


The project began following a visit to Buckner Steel's Steel Days tour for high school students. That field trip introduced them to various career possibilities in the steel industry including material movement (cranes).

On Thursday, October 8th DECA Advisors for ABSS held the 5th Annual DECA Bowl Competitive Events Conference at Country Club Lanes in Burlington.

ABSS Marketing teachers began their own local ABSS competition back in 2010 to help prepare ABSS students for regional and state level events. Each year students take a multiple choice test prior to coming to Country Club Lanes where they complete their role play portion with an Alamance County community partner. This year 43 students from Cummings, Eastern and Southern came together with the help of their DECA Advisors (LaMarvis Mitchell, Stephen Smith, and Jolene Alley) to go head to head. Students spent the morning doing their role plays and then enjoyed lunchtime activities of bowling and billiards while the scores were tabulated. After lunch concluded there was an awards ceremony for students to receive recognition for high test scores, role play scores and overall combined scores. Students and Advisors are looking forward to the regional competition (MCEC) held in Alamance County on December 2nd for Alamance, Stokes, Rockingham, Caswell, Person, Forsyth, Guilford, Orange, Davidson, Randolph and Chatham County students.

Shout Out to DECA BOWL Rhonda Framer, Career Development Coordinator


Shout Out to DECA BOWL Rhonda Framer, Career Development Coordinator

DECA is a Career and Technical Student Organization that helps prepare students to be leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitality and management careers. Throughout the country there are 200,000 DECA members from 3500 high school chapters. Students involved in DECA have the opportunity to take what they are learning in the classroom and apply it to industry-validated competitive events that are aligned with National Curriculum Standards in the career clusters of marketing, business management and administration, finance, and hospitality and tourism. The competitive event process includes a written test component and an interactive component with an industry professional serving as a judge. Students who choose to join DECA throughout NC normally only compete in a regional event in the fall and then the state wide NC Career Development Conference help in the spring.

First grade students at AWE have been enjoying learning all about their community with some wonderful guest speakers the last few weeks! Some of the visitors included engineers, a speech pathologist, a paramedic, a k-9 police officer and even Jerry Peterman, the Mayor of Graham! Speakers talked about their careers and how they impact our community. It was an AWEsome learning experience!

Shout Out to Alexander Wilson Jenna Clark, First Grade Teacher


Garrett Gators got a real treat last Thursday when the Good Morning Show's news crew made a visit! Eric Chilton and Tracey McCain led WFMY's Read 2 Succeed Assembly - challenging students to be lifelong readers. Several Gator volunteers played a jeopardy game and got the chance to be news anchors. Students loved the "Breaking News" briefs, especially the one that said, "Everyone present at school on Monday will get a free puppy!" Gators are still singing the Read 2 Succeed theme song Everybody Needs to Read! It was a great way to excite and encourage readers of all ages!

Shout Out to Garrett Elementary Angie Kutzer, Librarian


On October 7th, E.M. Yoder participated in its first National Walk to School Event. It was a huge success.

Many Yoder families took advantage of the beautiful morning and walked to school or arrived at school early to enjoy

a few laps with friends around the school’s track.


Busy Bees!

The last week of September was a busy one for the Seabees at Smith School. The Scholastic book fair was open

all week for students, parents and grandparents to enjoy. It was a very successful book fair which raised money for

our PTO and added some great books to our library collection. Parent volunteers worked long hours to help with

our success. A special thanks goes to Jennifer Smith and Sharon Holt for heading up this project. Also this week

the Seabees welcomed their grandparents for lunch. The halls were filled each day with grandparents waiting for

their grandchildren to come to the cafeteria. Some grandparents were invited back to their grandchild’s classroom

for a special presentation. Of course while they were here, grandparents were encouraged to stop by the book fair

with their grandkids. There were lots of smiles, hugs and kisses exchanged that week. On Thursday we continued

the book fair at night while inviting families to come for our curriculum night. Each family visited with their child’s

teacher to learn about what the children in that grade would be learning this year. The families received a lot of

information in the 45 minute sessions. We had a busy week. Some wonderful books were purchased, some

grandparents were hugged and the curriculum was explored.

Shout Out to Smith Elementary Lindy Isley, Librarian


Yesterday, we held a New Teacher Meeting for our newest Seabees at Maria's Italian Restaurant. This gave them a chance to meet outside of school to bond and discuss questions they had about their instruction. After dinner, our Academic Coach, Lisa Pore, led professional development on the importance of Guided Reading. This was a great way for us to help support our new teachers!

Shout Out to Smith Elementary Craig Dodson, Assistant Principal

Shout Out to AO Elementary Ashley Parnell, Academic Couch

Over the past month, AO Elementary students have been participating in a community service project for NC Packs for

Patriots. In connection with our Heroes Parade on 9/11, AO students donated a variety of food items, toiletries, military

socks, magazines, candy, snacks, a flag, notes and cards from students along with other miscellaneous items. The

project took place over a four-week span with each week having a different theme. Erika Kennedy, fifth grade teacher,

organized the project. In all, AO ended up making 45 boxes to send to NC Packs for Patriots. A tremendous THANK

YOU to Erika, our classroom teachers, students and parents for making this a successful event! At AO Elementary,

our vision is to ensure that our students are Connected, Capable and Cared For. Accordingly, we are glad to see our

kids helping others feel Connected, Capable and Cared For!

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