Parent Teacher Magazine Rowan-Salisbury School November 2013 | Page 7
State Superintendent Dr. June Atkinson Visits the Rowan Salisbury Schools
State Board of Education Chair William Cobey and Representative Harry Warren
Along with State
Board of Education
Chair William
Cobey and NC
Representative
Harry Warren,
Dr. June
Atkinson had
the pleasure
of spending
an afternoon
in September
learning about the
innovative teaching and
learning initiatives that the RowanSalisbury School System is currently implementing
to keep our students engaged and eager to learn in
many unique non-traditional classroom settings.
Our special visitors learned firsthand about
the amazing learning environments in our
schools. Rowan-Salisbury is fortunate to be
the home of Horizons Unlimited, one of three
supplementary education centers in the entire
United States. Horizons offers high quality STEM
“hands on” programs to students that provide
career development experiences to prepare them
for the future workforce. Horizons serves over
25,000 students each year in both Rowan and
Davie counties. With the MSP Grant, educators
are provided professional development and an
extensive inventory of STEM equipment
and materials for classroom use through
Horizons. Approximately 200 teachers
received 140 hours of training each over a
3-year period.
Dr. Atkinson enjoyed visiting the
Rowan-Salisbury STEM mobile classroom
that travels around the district’s elementary
schools offering interactive STEM
curriculum to students. The “STEM on
wheels” classroom visits all elementary
students in the district so they can have
the opportunity to learn in an engaging and
fun environment.
Focused on STEM initiatives, RowanSalisbury is creating a STEM Academy
District, within the district, comprised
of two elementary schools, one middle
school and one high school and supported
by Horizons Unlimited. This STEM district
offers up-to-date technology, lego robotics
and forensic science, to name a few areas
that support learning through the Common
Core Curriculum.
It became obvious to our visitors
why Rowan-Salisbury has received
national awards for their leadership and
advancements in teaching and leaning
through technology.
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