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Points of Pride

Congratulation to Madelyn Cook, Speech-Language Pathogist at Prospect Elementary for winning the "Response to Instruction-Auditory Processing" grant and Keitha Rodden, Resource Teacher at Wingate Elementary for winning the "Hands ON IPads" grant.
Rosemary Walker, Speech Language Pathologist at Walter Bickett Education Center, has been accepted into an accelerated grant program at Western Carolina University. She will be taking 4 graduate courses in severe disabilities over the next 2 summers. She was one of 33 SLPs selected for the program out of 77 applicants.
The ASNC – Union County has awarded $1154.00 in teacher grants this year to the following teachers:

Carolyn Lepore – Stallings Elementary; Bethany Ryan – Wolfe School; Ebony Johnson – Benton Heights Elementary; Jamar Bellamy – Rocky River Elementary; Wende Toth, Laurie Appleton & Julie Johnson – Kensington Elementary; Cheryl Hamilton & Tim Carey – Sandy Ridge Elementary

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Feature Stories

Piedmont High Transition to Adulthood (TTA) seniors received an Honorable Mention in North Carolina School Board Association’s High School Video Contest.

Piedmont High Transition to Adulthood (TTA) seniors Wayne Hoxit and Shawn Baucom received an Honorable Mention in North Carolina School Board Association’s High School Video Contest. Over 50 schools participated in the first-ever NCSBA High School Video Contest. Each participating high school was required to send one 30 second video per submission.

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Susan Samsel is honored with the distinction of Teacher of Excellence for Union County Public Schools

Susan Samsel was recently honored with the distinction of Teacher of Excellence for Union County Public Schools at the Exceptional Children’s Division-61st Conference in Greensboro on Oct. 31, 2011. Susan is currently the itinerant teacher of the Home/Hospital-Medically Fragile, serving students with significant global delays in all areas and medical needs or conditions which hinder their participation in the typical public school setting.

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Exceptional Children
407 N. Main Street,
Monroe, NC 28112
Phone: 704-296-6370
Fax: 704-282-2073
Dr. Lori Cauthen, Director of Exceptional Children