Thank You Rowan County United Way
Volunteers!
Collaborative
Concert
Many thanks to our
community partners
and volunteers that
donated their time,
skills and smiles today
in performing many
projects in schools
across our district
through the annual
United Way “Day of
Caring.”
With our strategic
plan focus on Reading
and Engaged Learning,
many schools received
updates to their media centers creating inviting collaborative spaces for
our students to learn and grow. Many projects consisted of enhancing and
creating new outdoor spaces, since our students learn anytime, anywhere!
With springtime tapping at our door, students will not have to wait to enjoy
these areas.
After our amazing volunteers spent a day of sanding, painting, building,
creating and landscaping, you can be assured that Rowan-Salisbury students
will be eager to utilize their new learning environments.
Thank you Rowan County United Way and Volunteers for all you do for our
students! You are the best!
The East Rowan High Honors
Chorus along with the Rowan
Cabarrus Community College
Chorus collaborated on a spring
concert in April. The event was
held at the RCCC auditorium. The
concert is a collaborative effort
to help highlight the excellent
opportunities Rowan County offers
in the Arts. Caroline Simyon is
choral director at RCCC and Dean
Orbison is choral director at East
Rowan High School. The concert
was free and open to the public.
Focus on Literacy…
Office Support Staff Enjoy E3 Culture Event
“The Question Behind The Question” by John G. Miller
Groundbreaking Ceremony
Wallace Educational Forum
The Rowan-Salisbury
Board of Education officially
invited the public to
attend the groundbreaking
ceremony for the district’s
new administrative
office building. The
board earlier approved
naming the building the
“Wallace Educational
Forum” as recommended
by an appointed naming
committee.
The ceremony included
students presenting
colors and singing the national anthem. In addition there was a student
ambassador of the district’s 35 schools that participated in the ceremonial
photos.
Board of Education Chair Josh Wagner led the agenda after a welcome for
Superintendent Dr. Lynn Moody and a prayer by Dean Hunter, School Board
Vice-Chair. Rowan County Commission Chair Greg Edds and City of Salisbury
Mayor Paul Woodson made a few brief comments. Assistant Superintendent
Anthony Vann led the ceremonial “gold shovel” groundbreaking. Chairman
Wagner provided closing comments and invited the public to a reception with
entertainment provided by the Jesse Carson High School Jazz Band under the
leadership of Jeff Street.
The event was held on the new site location at the 500 block of North
Main Street on April 18.
The Wallace Educational Forum will be home to district office staff that
oversees the operations for 35 schools with approximately 20,000 students
and 3,000 employees. The Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education will hold their
work sessions and regular monthly meetings at this location.
The scheduled completion date for the building is February 2016.
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As Rowan-Salisbury moves forward with implementing the Strategic Plan,
office support staff from all 35 schools, including the central office, joined
in the Literacy focus by being charged with reading the book, “The Question
Behind the Question” authored by John G. Miller.
Approximately 175 district and school office support staff enjoyed a
luncheon prepared by the district’s school nutrition department and held at
the J.F. Hurley Family YMCA. The “E3 Culture Event” was a way of saying
“thank you” for your support while emphasizing how they can model the
importance of reading.
Attendees heard from Superintendent Dr. Lynn Moody and members of
her cabinet on how support staff can promote Literacy. Cabinet members
discussed the goals of the Strategic Plan through digital conversion, human
resources, operations, finance, and public relations.
After lunch, attendees and administrators joined in table discussions with
leading questions about the book. They were then charged with writing their
own action plan on what they can do and how they can help implement the
Strategic Plan focus on Reading and Literacy through the goals discussed
earlier.
Each office support staff member received a complimentary book in
preparation for the event. It was a great time and fun time for district-wide
office staff to meet the faces that they so often only visit via digital and
phone conversations.