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August 31, 2015 Volume 4 Issue 1
SPOTLIGHT ON EDUCATION IN THE
WILKES COUNTY SCHOOLS
Dates to Remember
Sept. 4 UTA/T3LC Leadership Training
Sept. 10-12 Quilt Show
Sept. 21 ELL Parent Night
Sept. 22 Reading Foundations
Sept. 23 NCHSAA Regional Meeting
Sept. 26 Nichols for Kids Trivia Night
Inside this issue:
Wilkes Early College High School Page 1
Gear Up Visits Appalachian State Page 2
Running Down Main-Mt. Pleasant Page 3
Welcome Mrs. Price to MCES Page 4
Welcome Mrs. Freeman to NWMS Page 5
Educational Fun at Boomer Ferguson Page 6
Welcome to the 2015-2016 School Year
Wilkes Early College High
School
Students in Adina Watkins’ English class look happy to be back in the early college learn-ing environment and very glad to be with their peers
and friends.
Wilkes County Schools Gear Up students visited Appalachian State Uni-
versity during the summer of 2015.
Gear Up Students Visit ASU
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GEAR UP, Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Pro-grams, is a researched based, national college access initiative that pro-vides critical early college awareness and support activities within our Wilkes County middle schools. The program will begin matriculating to all four high schools next year. The GEAR UP program model strives to in-crease the number of students who are informed about how to plan, apply and pay for college through the GU 101 curriculum, career exploration, col-
lege tours, cultural activities, and so much more…
For further information contact:
North & West District Coordinator Jody Freeman at free-
Central & East District Coordinator Kelsey Williams at wil-
Mount Pleasant Elementary staff returned to school and was intro-
duced to an important mission by their principal, Jennifer Blankenship,
that matched their theme this year, Racing to Finish Strong. The mis-
sion was to work collaboratively in teams to race around Wilkes Coun-
ty finding clues, facing roadblocks, and completing detour activities.
While visiting the community stops, team members picked up materi-
als to bring back to the school for a collaborative challenge activity.
Mrs. Blankenship and Instructional Specialist, Andrea Byers, asked
Running Down Main-Mount Pleasant Bluehawks
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community busi-
nesses to assist
with the race by
passing out clues
to the teams as
they visited each
site. Mt. Pleasant
staff was over-
whelmed by the support of Wilkes County businesses.
Welcome Mrs. Price to MCES
7th Grade Has An AMAZING Day at
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Welcome Mrs. Freeman to NWMS
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Educational Fun at Boomer-Ferguson
7th Grade Has An AMAZING Day at
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First Week Happenings at CCWES
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Happy Faces at Wilkesboro Elementary
7th Grade Has An AMAZING Day at
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