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Points of Pride

• 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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  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. 

   

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Feature Stories

Union County Public School Celebrates World Autism Awareness Day on April 2, 2012

Lily McCrain, a second grader in Jessica Cosgrove’s class at Poplin Elementary, made a t-shirt to show her support for Autism Awareness Day on Monday, April 2, 2012. “I wanted to make a t-shirt because my cousin has autism,” Lily said. Poplin students and staff wore light blue on Monday, April 2, 2012 to show their support for those with autism.Written by: Beth Medlin, Poplin Elementary Media Coordinator.

In recognition, the staff and students at Cuthbertson Middle, Forest Hills High, New Salem Elementary, Porter Ridge Middle, Stallings Elementary, Unionville Elementary, Walter Bickett Education Center and Wolfe wore their light blue shirts to promote World Autism Awareness Day.

 

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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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