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. Board Cork news 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.