Parent Teacher Magazine Union County Public Schools March 2014 | Page 9

Korn named Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction

After being nominated by one
The Claes Nobel Educator of
of his students, a Porter Ridge High
Distinction award recognizes role
School Social Studies teacher was
models who “have made a lasting
recognized nationally recently.
difference in their classrooms by
PRHS Social Studies Department
encouraging students to strive for
Chair Daniel Korn said he was
excellence.” The goal of NSHSS, Korn
“shocked” to find he had been
said, is to recognize high-achieving
selected as a Claes Nobel Educator of
students and the teachers who inspire
Distinction by The National Society of
them.
High School Scholars (NSHSS).
Student members of NSHSS
Korn was one of 30 teachers
have the opportunity to nominate
across the nation to be recognized at
the educator who made the most
the Jimmy Carter Center in Atlanta
significant contribution to their
on Dec. 7, 2013. The award was
academic career.
presented by Mr. Claes Nobel, a senior
The entire experience, Korn said,
member of the family that established
was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
the Nobel Prizes.
“To shake the hand of the man who
Called a role model to his pupils,
actually hands out the Nobel Peace
Korn was nominated by PRHS senior
Price was amazing. It was a really cool
Megan Cooper “for outstanding
feeling.”
Porter Ridge High School teacher Dan Korn receives
dedication and commitment to
NSHSS is an international
an Educator of Distinction award from Claes Nobel,
excellent in the classroom.”
organization that celebrates educators
a senior member of the family that established the
“When it’s your peers recognizing
who demonstrate outstanding
Nobel Prizes.
you, it’s one thing, but when it’s one
leadership, scholarship and
of your students, it really strikes
commitment to community.
home,” Korn said. “I was in tears.
This article was provided courtesy of the Communications Office
That’s the kind of thing that makes you feel you have done what you’re
of the Union County Public Schools.
trying to do -- somebody got it. That’s an amazing feeling.”

WHS Interior Design students incorporate globalization

Students in Interior Design class
at Weddington High School have
completed a Housing Project with a
global focus.

The project required students to select a
country from around the world.
Once the country was selected,
students identified the demographics
of the country.

Students had to research the average
Interior Design students
household size and average household
Cassidee Fultz, Dani Grexa,
income for their particular country.
and Keagan Jackson research
housing information about
“Descriptions and photographs of
their chosen country.
the most common types of housing for
each particular country were included,
as well as factors that may influence the housing,” said Anna Waldrup,
WHS Media Coordinator.
Students presented the collected information to the class through
PowerPoint Presentations.
Senior Brandon Hooks, who completed his project on Kenya, was
asked what surprised him the most about his research on Kenya.
“I was surprised to find that the average income in Kenya is
$1,700,” he said.
Due to this low income, Brandon said the most common type housing
is a grass hut.
Senior Rachel Stanton completed her project on the United
Kingdom. She said she found the most popular