Rowan-Salisbury School Highlights
Southeast Middle SEMS
Coffee Hour
Staff from Southeast Middle
gathered over the summer to
collaborate on the new technology
rollout in preparation for the coming
year. Those participating shared ideas
on how to use Google Docs, iPad
Apps, Twitter and a variety of other
resources for instruction.
Carson High
The Carson Family is excited
about the beginning of a new school
year! Fall athletic programs began
their practices over the summer
and the JCHS Theatre put on its
first performance of the summer,
which was entitled Death by Dessert.
Additionally, teachers attended a
variety of trainings throughout the
summer that will help provide an
Extraordinary Education Every Day!
Rowan County Early College
Jeniffer Bain, Math teacher at
RCEC, was selected as part of the
Governor’s Teacher Network. She will
be creating mathematics instructional
resources to be housed on Home
Base and shared with teachers across
the state.
Charles Patton, RCEC’s Science
Teacher, attended the first National
Institute of Health’s (NIH) STaAR
Research Program, a NIH created
program with NC New Schools.
Within this newly launched, and
hopefully spreading program the
child of Dr. Birnbaum, NIH’s Director,
with her staff’s assistance introduces
Biotechnology into the NC Science
classroom in an innovative way. NIH
currently plans and is partnering with
Mr. Patton plus his students along
with 10 other select Science Teachers
in NC this year to perform such labs
in the classroom.
The beauty of this joint effort is
that RCEC (maybe RCCC) students
engage fully in these practices by
employment of well-designed labs
(like Mr. Patton and the 10 teachers)
performed during a 2-week workshop
this past Summer (2014) at NIH’s
Research Triangles’ location. From
here, hands on labs stood directed
by NIH experts and assisted or
directed by NIH’s current Research
efforts. These applications and labs
will now be assisted by PhD Staffers
in RCEC’s Science Room or at RCCC
with direct in-class assistance from
NIH’s experts. With this opportunity,
future student and teacher summer
externships are possible.
RSS Child Nutrition
The USDA’s Summer Food Service
Program sponsored by RSS Child
Nutrition Services experienced a
successful Summer feeding hungry
students in Rowan County. For the
month of June, 13,955 breakfast and
lunch meals were served. In July,
41,520 breakfast and lunch meals
were served. Much appreciation
to the community partners and
sites that help make this program
possible!
Millbridge Elementary
Garden Camp was a great
success at Millbridge. Over 40 3-5
grade students participated in a
2-week garden camp and made
everything from garden artwork to
watermelon salsa.
Millbridge Professional Learning
Community (PLC) room was
overhauled to create a more dynamic
work flow collaborative space for our
teachers and staff. We are working
to be “better together” in 2014-15.
A 2-day Balanced Literacy
Professional Development is being
offered for all Millbridge staff to
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Faith Elementary
Faith Elementary is please
to announce they are moving
from STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering, Math) to STEAM by
adding an art component to our
extraordinary days of learning!!
Please feel free to stop in and visit
the STEAM Room where we are full
STEAM ahead to building a brighter
future!!
Bostian Elementary
Bostian student ambassadors
met this summer to prepare for
the upcoming school year. The
ambassadors greeted kindergarten
families on screening day before
school started and offered tours of the
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