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Teacher recruitment weekend We are excited at Rowan-Salisbury Schools to be on the move in attracting and employing teachers in our incredible district. As defined in our strategic plan, recruiting and retaining qualified employees is a system priority. It was recently announced that, through the generosity of local philanthropist Fred Stanback and in partnership with Catawba College, we will be offering a tuition-free opportunity for approximately 20 teachers to complete a masters in education degree at Catawba College. As we continue on this forward movement, our most recent and immediate focus is to attract highly qualified math, science, and EC teachers to our innovative district in a unique approach. Rowan-Salisbury administrators are establishing partnerships with 47 universities across North Carolina and we are sharing with them the extraordinary teaching and learning transformations that are happening every day in our classrooms. The staff at the Rowan-Salisbury Schools are making dramatic changes and investments in the education of our students. We invited future highly qualified teacher graduates in the areas of math, science, and EC to come visit our schools and experience our community’s unique arts, parks, dining and theaters during the last weekend in February. This innovative 6 • March/April 2015 • Parent Teacher Magazine  recruitment weekend was also made possible through the generosity of Fred Stanback. The weekend agenda included visiting district schools, dinning at local restaurants, viewing a play at the Lee Street Theater, and visiting the Lazy 5 Ranch. We are excited about hosting this first-time event and we are sure that the student-teachers not only enjoyed their weekend experience, but are eager to join our Rowan-Salisbury family. For more information, contact the Rowan-Salisbury HR Department at: 704-630-6080, Kristi Rhone, Executive Director for Human Resources. NRMS Students Mentored by Livingstone College Athletes North Rowan Middle School’s female student athletes receive encouragement from Livingstone College’s unbeaten women’s basketball team. The Lady Blue Bears have been mentoring the NRMS girl’s 8th grade basketball team as well as attending the Lady MAVS basketball games. The NRMS team was excited to go see their role models in action while recently attending a Livingstone College women’s basketball game.