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Educators split on Race to Top grant
Some local educators worry that the grant is more trouble than it’s worth. Others say they will take anything they can get.
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Fresh out the door with the goods and with a smile to match, Demetri Paul, 7, left, and Leananda Moore, 10, both of Monroe, didn’t mind a bit showing the back to school goodies that awaited them at the Essence of the Cross Ministry on Saturday. Photo by Rick Crider Church supplies shoes, school needs to kids
Essence of the Cross Ministry distributed food, shoes and back-to-school items Saturday.
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Jacob McClish unwraps a sandwich for lunch at the Winchester Recreation Center. Director Gail Coffey, background, helps feed many children at the center during the summer months. Meals program taxed by demand
Fifteen of 53 Union County schools have 50 percent or more of their students on free or reduced lunch. That’s 13,345 children kindergarten to 12th grade, around one-third of the Union County Publi...
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Four have perfect attendance
Four Union County students had perfect attendance throughout high school, two since kindergarten.
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Forest Hills graduating senior Colby Johnson gives his classmate, Orlando Ratliff, an excited congratulatory hug after Saturday’s commencement ceremony in Marshville. County graduates 2,208
“I can’t believe I actually made it,” Monroe graduate Tamera Allen said. “I’m so proud of myself.”
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Amber Sullivan, at left, and Gabe Tyson (seated) go over their house plans with their teacher Sonny Tomberlin. Amber, Gabe and fellow CATA senior AJ Bodick (not pictured) designed eight different house plans for Habitat for Humanity as their senior project. CATA students design Habitat neighborhood
Thanks to the efforts of three students from Central Academy of Technology and the Arts ( CATA ), a Habitat for Humanity community in Marshville will be built with a variety of house plans.
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Holocaust survivor Sully Chenkin shares her amazing story with eighth-grade social studies students at Sun Valley Middle. Chenkin came at the invitation of social studies teacher Michael O’Hagan when his students began studying the Holocaust. Chenkin now makes her home in Charlotte. Holocaust survivor shares story with Sun Valley students
Over a two-year period, six million Jews lost their lives in concentration camps in countries like Germany, Poland, Austria and Lithuania.
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Presbyterian health partnership welcomed by school officials
Student wellness is at the core of a recent partnership between Presbyterian Healthcare and Union County Public Schools, but doesn’t ignore parents and teachers.
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Forest Hills student Amber Little answers a question during a study session to prepare for final exams Students prep for final exams
There are only three days left to prepare for End-of-Course testing.
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Monroe High senior Lydia Griffin assists Monroe Middle sixth grader, Shane Bravo, with mathematical equations to help him master skills before the end-of-grade testing. Tutors help students master math skills
Of 250 sixth-graders, she said, about 170 needed math remediation.
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Marvin Ridge HIgh’s women’s ensemble are front row, from left: Roya Fazelnia, Mera Liccione, Nicole Echeandia, Addison Tyndall, Flavia Crovesi, Dara Fazelnia, Katherine Judge, Annie Young, Sara Ann Burroughs, Middle row, from left: Katie Honeycutt, Haley Seitz, Katie Rowland, Starr, Peterson, Meghan Rutowski, Bailie Dye, Katie Bryant, Kelsey Geiger, Maddie Hardy, Brianna Herrington, Brianna Pavlish, Back row, from left: Christina Frizen, Flavia Crovesi, Kara Armstrong, Kaitlyn Hicks, Maddie Cutrone, Kelsey Wells, Emily Brock, Chelsea Hathaway, Leeanna Early, Jessica Bronchick, Emily McFadden, Deborah Lutz, Not pictured: Rachael Broom.. Carnegie Invitation
“I have no inhibitions … to get to the heart of music,” Lutz said.
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Special needs prom lets kids kick up heels
MONROE — At first glance, one would think Friday’s dance was just like any other high school prom. Upon closer scrutiny, you can see it is much more. For the past 19 years, Parkwood High S...
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Schools press safety for students, drivers
Two weeks ago, a 7-year-old boy was hit and killed by a car as he crossed the street toward his stop. Since then, Union County Public Schools and the N.C. Highway Patrol ramped up a campaign on sa...
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Fruit, vegetables, bread and milk are among the food rescued from the trash by Kensington students who are trying to call attention the amount of food wasted daily and how it could help feed the hungry. Students ID waste to fight hunger
Kensington Elementary fifth-grade teacher Deanna Herlong is trying to bring attention to how much food is wasted in America, a school wide project with startling results.
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Collin Crawford visits great wall
Crawford is studying abroad in Beijing this semester. learning Chinese, volunteering at a foster home and traveling with his new international friends.
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