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ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS AROUND OUR SCHOOLS SHOUT OUTS Apr 22, 2016

Shout Out from Southern Middle Tracey Schledorn, School Counselor

The week of April 4th, all Southern Alamance Middle School seventh grade students visited the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill!

Students took part in UNC-CH’s “First Look” Program for upper elementary and middle school students. This program introduces school children to the concept of college – academics, arts, athletics, student life – and inspires and motivates students to set their goals on a college degree.

Students attended mini-classes led by current college students and shared their newfound expertise with their classmates. Small groups then toured the beautiful UNC-CH campus and feasted like royalty at the UNC Ram’s Head Dining Hall.

Upon return, students wrote notes of appreciation to UNCCH for the opportunity. We are College Bound!


Shout Out from Cummings High Rhonda Farmer Career Development Coordinator

Calculators got a workout on Friday, April 15 as CTE students enjoyed The Reality of Money experience sponsored by the North Carolina State Employees Credit Union. Students learned how to budget for housing, transportation, entertainment, communications, groceries, etc. based on their career and family situations. Each student received a paper outlining their education attainment level, job held, marital status, whether or not they had good or bad credit, then had to go to different booths to decide what they could afford and still have money to put into a savings account after subtracting out their monthly expenses.

Community volunteers, staff from the credit union and CHS staff members manned the booths and helped students decide on how to stay within their budget. Students got to see the relationship between high school graduation, post-secondary education attainment and career salaries in a very tangible way!


Some students also got a surprise with an unexpected expenses when picking a wild card that indicated something like: “Congratulations, you have just adopted a puppy from the animal shelter. Add $125 to your monthly budget.”


Shout Out from Hawfields Middle Rachel Clark, 8th Grade ELA & Project Unify Liaison

It was another successful Special Olympics Spring Games at Elon University!

Hawfields Middle School's Project Unify entertained the athletes between events. We had 28 volunteers who served as buddies to some and offered crafts, a bubble station, Fruit Loop necklaces, and of course,

the ever-popular face painting for any athlete or volunteer!

It was a great time for all involved. Can't wait to do it again next year!


Shout Out for Elementary All County Chorus Andrew Pappert, Choral Teacher, Newlin Elementary

On Saturday, April 9th, 4th & 5th grade students from across Alamance County gathered at Graham High School for our 9th annual ABSS Elementary All County Chorus Concert. Families, staff and the community enjoyed the fabulous performance that these special honors level singers had worked so diligently preparing for them. The advanced nature of the 2 part song selections indeed made this year’s program uniquely challenging; yet, the students excelled and succeeded wonderfully! This year's conductor clinician was Guilford County middle school chorus teacher Theresa Kennedy. Thanks to her, our fine accompanist Laura Sam (retired ABSS music teacher), and to everyone involved in the organization and execution of this exciting annual event. Wow, next year is the 10th anniversary! Great Memories!


Shout Out from Eastern High Aoilfe O’Neill, Debate Team Coach

Drew Latimer, Eastern Alamance alumnus, is in his junior year at Tufts University in Boston, majoring in Greek and Latin. Drew became a National Debate Champion this past week when he and his debate partner, Jeremy Chen, took home the trophy of the 2016 United States Universities Debating Championship held at Morehouse College. The team beat some very high ranking teams, such as Stanford, Yale, and Harvard. There were over 400 debaters and 60 universities in competition at the event. As you can imagine, I am a VERY proud Debate Coach!

Pictured at right:

Drew Latimer (L) and Jeremy Chen (R)

2016 U.S. Universities Debate Champions


Shout Out from Alexander Wilson Elementary

Congratulations to AWE data manager Zoila Lambert who ran in the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 18th!

Check out the Times-News story and photo below:

http://www.thetimesnews.com/lifestyle/20160417/9-local-runners-qualify-for-race

Photo courtesy of Steven Mantilla/Times-News Left to right: Wally Bixby of Burlington, Zoila Lambert of Graham, Kirstie Doehler of Gibsonville, and Stephen Stiegel of Elon are preparing to run in the 26.2 mile Boston Marathon on Monday. Also, congratulations to Stephen Stiegel, the cross country coach at Western Alamance High who also ran the

Boston!

Fox 8 Sports did a great story about Zoila and her training before the big day, so check it out!

http://myfox8.com/2016/04/18/track-alamance-county-woman-as-she-runs-in-boston-marathon/

http://www.thetimesnews.com/lifestyle/20160417/9-local-runners-qualify-for-race

http://myfox8.com/2016/04/18/track-alamance-county-woman-as-she-runs-in-boston-marathon/


Shout Out from Haw River Elementary Scott Lewis, Assistant Principal

We would like to send a Shout Out to the Haw River Police Department! Haw River students in grades 3

through 5 have enjoyed police officers presenting a gun safety program this week. Sergeant Doug Faulls has

been emphasizing “Stop, Don’t Touch, Run Away and

Tell a Grown Up: which is the theme of the Eddie

Eagle gun safety program for students in this age

group. Haw River Police Department is the first law

enforcement agency in Alamance County to provide a

program of this type to elementary students.

Students really enjoyed the video and presentation and

learned the safety slogan and song in just a few

minutes.

Time Warner Cable News 14 aired this story about the

program:

http://www.twcnews.com/nc/triad/news/2016/04/18/poli

ce-officers-teach-elementary-students-about-gun-

safety.html

The Times-News covered the story and

here is the link:

http://www.thetimesnews.com/news/2016

0420/reviewing-gun-safety-haw-river-

police-offer-lessons-for-fifth-graders

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Students were also interviewed by Fox 8

and WXII News 12!

http://www.twcnews.com/nc/triad/news/2016/04/18/police-officers-teach-elementary-students-about-gun-safety.html



http://www.thetimesnews.com/news/20160420/reviewing-gun-safety-haw-river-police-offer-lessons-for-fifth-graders




Shout Out from South Graham Elementary Sarah Risley, EC-AU Teacher

This whole month staff and students at South Graham Elementary have been participating in Autism Awareness Month. Students are learning facts about Autism, creating a puzzle piece mural to show that we are all different but that we fit together, and staff wore blue to show their support for Autism Awareness Month!

Shout Out from Eastern High Joy Walker, Assistant Principal

Eastern Alamance High School juniors Isaiah Facemire and Dan (The “Danwagon”) Murray will be spending time in the upcoming weeks learning more about North Carolina’s legislative process as they have been selected to participate in the NC House Page Program!


Isaiah is looking forward to the opportunity April 25th thru April 28th while Dan is also excited for his May 16ththrough 19th internship. Both students are currently in AP USH with Mr. Patrick Stokes. Their interest in politics came to the forefront while in their respective Civics and Economics classes when both ran in their mock elections for president. The NC House Page Program is an opportunity for North Carolina high school students who are in good academic

standing, have principal approval, and exhibit a strong civic desire to better their communities and state. An essential aspect of being selected involves being sponsored by a current member of the NC General Assembly’s House of Representatives. Dan is sponsored by Representative Dennis Riddell (District 64) and Isaiah is sponsored by Representative Stephen Ross (District 63) We are very proud of these Eagles…and [maybe] future presidents!! Pictured above L to R: Dan Murray and Isaiah Facemire

Shout Out from Smith Elementary Lindy Isley, Teacher/Librarian Good Behavior Boogie! Last Friday the Seabees at Smith celebrated their good behavior with a special event. Those students who scored the required 80% of their dojo points were treated to a dance party during their specials time. Coach David Vaughn taught everyone the basic “step touch” move, and the students took matters into their own hands from there! It was amazing to see just how talented the Seabees from each grade level were. Even some of the specialty teachers got into the groove. This event was part of the PBIS celebration to promote expected behavior throughout the school.


Shout Out from Graham High Band Kyle Dortch, Director of Bands

Please come out and enjoy some delicious yogurt and support our GHS band members headed to the Festival of Music at Carowinds!

On Saturday, April 23rd between 12 and 5 p.m., visit the Purple Penguin in Graham, enjoy a sweet treat and help our students!


Shout Out from Southern High FFA Anna Bruner, FFA Advisor

The Southern Alamance FFA Tool ID Team and FFA Creed Speaker competed in the Alamance-Chatham Federation Tool ID and Creed Speaking competitions on March 22. The competitions were held at Southern Alamance High School. The Tool ID team placed first in the federation and team member Mycai Brooks was the 1st place individual. Team members include

Mycai Brooks, Colton Newton, Seth Hayes, Hailey Gomiller, JC Keck, and Hasten Watson. Their coach is FFA Advisor Scott Sublett. The Tool ID team will compete at the state competition in June! Pictured above: Tool ID competitors completing the tool identification portion of the contest.

Pictured below: Tool ID team member Colton Newton completing the matching test portion of the contests. Contestants have to match the use/definition of each tool to the tool name.


Haley Ingle, our Creed Speaker, placed second in the federation and will compete on April 28th at the West Central Regional Rally!. Good luck Hailey! Her coach is FFA Advisor Anna Bruner.

Pictured: Southern High FFA Creed Speaker, far right, Haley Ingle with the two other Creed Speakers at the competition.

Shout Out from South Graham Elementary Angie Riffe, Technology Teacher South Graham's Fourth Grade Wax Museum: South Graham's fourth grade students have been working hard on researching famous North Carolinians. Students researched through informational text and focused on summarizing skills to create an informational script.

Students dressed up as their person and performed for the rest of the school.


The fourth grade teachers and students are very appreciative of everyone's support. We are very proud of our students! Way to go!


Shout Out from Southern High HOSA Heather Silver, Health Science Educator

I am the HOSA advisor for the SAHS Chapter of HOSA. We sponsor 2 blood drives per school year for the CBCC (Community Blood Centers of the Carolinas). Last Friday students, staff, and parents donated blood that will go directly to patients in and around our community. We set a goal of 90 units and far surpassed that goal, collecting a total of 131! That was the second most units we have ever collected at Southern.

In November of 2013 137 units were collected. The HOSA officers and other club volunteers rallied during school lunches for 2 weeks to recruit donors! We hosted the blood drive in the auditorium.


HOSA students who assisted with the blood drive as Runners & Returners Pictured at right: Left to right Catherine Witherow Alicia Cruz Audrey Call Rachel Hunt Pictured below: HOSA Donor Safety Escorts Left to right: Alea Eisenhardt Chapel Curry Megan Foor Miranda-Jo Wilkes

Pictured below are HOSA officers: Left to right: Casey Brann, Treasurer Courtney Holt, Historian Audrey Patterson, President Heather Silver, Club Advisor Fey Carbajal, Vice President Lauren Shoffner, Secretary


Shout Out from Alexander Wilson Elementary Melissa Harrelson Alexander Wilson Elementary celebrated Earth Day on Wednesday, April 20th with a full day of outdoor activities! Students rotated through stations that focused on our ECO Campus such as the butterfly garden, nature trail and bird sanctuary. Students made bird feeders, planted sunflowers, created dragonflies, discussed ways to reduce, reuse and recycle, went bird watching and even dipped into the water pools to find different stages of life. Students were excited and thrilled to be outdoors learning about our environment and how much

we have to learn in our own backyard! AWE would like to give a BIG SHOUT OUT to donor - Lowes Home Improvements of Mebane, who helped with materials!

Pictured at left: Reusing and recycling items into repurposed artwork

Using Scientific tools to help with investigating and identifying birds and living organisms.


Using our five seasons to explore our environment.

Using field guides to help explore our nature trail and identify types of trees.


Enjoying student created music outdoors

Planting sunflowers around our outdoor classroom

Reusing items to create bird feeders


Shout Out from Williams High Ocean Sciences Bowl Team Erica Bower, Coach

Wishing our WWHS North Carolina Champion Ocean Sciences Bowl Team GOOD LUCK in this weekend’s NATIONAL finals! Our team left on Thursday, headed for Morehead City, NC!

Students from Walter M. Williams High School Making Waves at National Ocean Sciences Competition

Five students from Walter M. Williams High School will compete against other top high school scholars in the 19th National Finals Competition of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) this Saturday, April 23 to Sunday, April 24. The Williams team won the Blue Heron Bowl regional competition in February and joins 23 other regional team winners (out of a total of 369 competing teams) at the Finals in Morehead City, North Carolina. This is the fourth time students from Williams have competed in the NOSB.


The Walter M. Williams team representing North Carolina consists of: Misbah Chhotani (Junior), Jos Boswell (Sophomore), Hanna Tawasha (Freshman), Riley Nelson (Freshman), and Carimar Melendez (Freshman). Team advisor is Erica Bower, AP Biology and Biology teacher.

The Finals competition theme is “Our Changing Ocean: Science for Strong Coastal Communities.” Students will test their knowledge of ocean-related topics, which include cross-disciplines of biology, chemistry, policy, physics, and geology by answering buzzer-style, multiple choice questions, and longer, critical thinking-based team challenge questions. They will also participate in the Science Expert Briefing, a mock congressional hearing where they present science recommendations on a piece of legislation, bettering their understanding on how science informs policy.

Supporters at home can follow the Walter M. Williams High School team at the NOSB National Finals competition this weekend on Twitter with the hashtags, #NOSB2016 and #NOSBRocks.

About National Ocean Sciences Bowl The National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) is a program of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership based in Washington, D.C. NOSB seeks to interest students in pursuing a college degree and future career in the ocean sciences. Through this educational forum, the NOSB strives to encourage and support the next generation of marine scientists, policy makers, teachers, explorers, researchers, technicians, environmental advocates and informed citizens, to consider and appreciate the ocean.


Shout Out from Southern High Laura Perry, Art Instructor

Congratulations to our Southern Alamance Senior Artists! 2016 AP Art Seniors Michelle Borja Lauren Cates Cameron Duck Justin Fogleman Delaney McDaniel Megan Murphy Haylie Shields Angie Sastoque Shelby Wagner Adrian Walker


Shout Out to Southern High Senior Artists Lisa Cates, Graham Middle

The Southern Alamance 2016 Senior Art Showcase successfully celebrated the hard work of Seniors and Art teachers Wednesday evening! There was a huge crowed who turned out to celebrate and support these young inspiring artists and their magnificent teachers Laura Perry and Todd Duell!


Shout Out from A O Elementary Liana Napier AO elementary school is so proud of the 36 acts that performed at our Annual Variety Show! Students sang songs, did gymnastics and Acro, played the piano, and rocked out on the drums! The talent was extraordinary and very entertaining!


Shout Out from North Graham Elementary On the day before Earth Day, North Graham Elementary “healed the world” on Thursday, April 21st with the entire school and its cast of 400 students and staff members dancing and singing on the soccer field to encourage peace and harmony. NGE dance teacher Debbie Whittington choreographed the event and invited elected officials and community guests, including the Alamance Arts Council, to join the school’s performance.

Check out the Time Warner Cable News 14 story about the event: http://www.twcnews.com/nc/triad/news/2016/04/21/north-graham-elementary-students-excelling-through-arts.html

http://www.twcnews.com/nc/triad/news/2016/04/21/north-graham-elementary-students-excelling-through-arts.html

http://www.twcnews.com/nc/triad/news/2016/04/21/north-graham-elementary-students-excelling-through-arts.html


Shout Out for ABSS Performing Artists You don’t want to miss the enjoyment of watching talented and artistic students from across the district perform in the annual Alamance Citizens for Education Stage Struck 2016! Williams High School’s auditorium will be filled, so get there early on Saturday evening, April 23rd to get a ticket and get a seat! The show begins at 7:00 p.m. Elementary, middle and high school students will have their talents on display, so don’t miss this great event!


Shout Out from North Graham Elementary, Graham Middle and Graham High Jordan Clifton, Theatre Arts Teacher, North Graham Elementary

Students in grades K-12 at Graham High School, Graham Middle School, and North Graham Elementary have been hard at work on and off stage to create an unprecedented experience for their friends, families, and community! This tri-school production of Seussical Jr. uses the transformative power of musical theatre and the legendary literature of Dr. Seuss to provide an evening of entertainment for all ages!

Come see the talents of our student actors, singers, dancers, stage managers, designers, artisans, and technicians. Please join us, as we share our passion for learning, creating, and performing! We will offer performances at Graham High School on April 28th, 29th, and 30th at 7:00 PM, open to the general public. Tickets can be purchased at the door, $3.00 for students and $5.00 for all other patrons.


Shout Out from Haw River Elementary Melissa Border On Saturday, April 16th, Haw River’s first Science Olympiad team competed at the district tournament. We were so excited, nervous, and ready to go! In order to participate on the Science Olympiad team, students had to read all of the Battle of the Book books, and have exemplary behavior in school. We are so proud of the students who stayed after school, every day that we could, until 5:00! We blazed a trail at the river by having a team, going to competition, and earning a medal in two events! We made many wonderful family memories! Way to go Haw River! We love you awesome nerds!


Shout Out for Elon Elementary Ernestine Holman Here is a big Shout Out for the Elon Elementary Steppers! These students performed for a crowd at the schools’ Global Night on 4/21. They were E-L-ECTRIC!

Shout Out from Student Services Danielle Woodall, Lead School Social Worker

Community partners from Alamance County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (JCPC) and Community Council (CC) participated in #PassThePinwheel in support of National Child Abuse Awareness Month.


Shout Out from Haw River Elementary Melissa Border A huge shout out to The Lamb’s Chapel and the Haw River Police Department!! After the Science Olympiad tournament, on Saturday, April 16th, The Lamb’s Chapel and the Haw River Police Department partnered together to support a spaghetti dinner to raise money to support our future Science Olympiad teams!

Dinner was also offered on Sunday, April 17th, after church services. The two events and local businesses helped to raise almost $7,000 to continue this wonderful opportunities for our students at Haw River Elementary!

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