Parent Teacher Magazine Cabarrus County School May/Jun 2016 | Page 10
Winkler Students Study Medicine
More than 300 seventh graders at Winkler Middle
School participated in a problem-based learning unit called
Code Blue to learn about human body systems through
role-playing. To prepare for Grand Rounds presentations,
classrooms were turned into hospitals and students
assumed the roles of doctors and specialists. In the
medical field, Grand Rounds are an important teaching
tool to help doctors and other healthcare professionals
keep up-to-date in important evolving areas, which may
be outside of their core practice. After students passed
their rigorous board and physiology exams they received
two patients to diagnose and give a prognosis. On Friday,
February 12th, students presented their findings during
the 2nd Annual Winkler Grand Rounds presentations to
various medical professionals in the community such as
pharmacists, registered nurses, doctors, nurse educators
and more.
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CCS Students Read Across America
Cabarrus County School Students will participate in Read
Across America this week! Read Across America is a reading
motivation awareness program that calls for every child in
every community to celebrate reading. Students will celebrate
by participating in fun events such as dressing up as their
favorite
book
character
and listening
to special
VIP readings
from
community
members.
Students Learn About
Law and Order
CCS Names TOY Finalists
Cabarrus County Schools is proud to announce the following teachers have been
selected as finalists for the CCS Teacher of the Year for 2016-17:
Astrid Francis- W.M. Irvin Elementary School
Tina Platek- Jay M. Robinson High School
Stephen Platt- J.N. Fries Magnet School
Chase Tinnel- Hickory Ridge Middle School
Lori Treiber- Central Cabarrus High School
The CCS Teacher of the Year will be named during a celebration at Davis Theatre in
Downtown Concord on May 5th.
Congratulations and good luck to the finalists!
8 May/June 2016 • Parent Teacher News
Leaders from the Cabarrus County
Sheriff’s Office and Emergency
Management Department showed the
ropes to more than 50 eighth grade
students from Concord Middle School
during a visit to the Cabarrus County
jail complex on March 22. The visit was
part of Students@Work Week, a joint
initiative between the N.C. Department
of Public Instruction and the North
Carolina Business Committee for
Education.
From the 911 Call Center to
the Emergency Operations Center,
students got a first-hand look at how
government works to keep residents
safe and be there for people at life’s
most-critical moments. Students also
toured vacant pods that house inmates
and discussed life as a prisoner in the
criminal system.