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ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS AROUND OUR SCHOOLS SHOUT OUTS Oct. 30, 2015

Shout Out to Elon Community Church and Times-News Cooks of the Month

Cooks For Kids was a huge success for the

backpack program in the Alamance

Burlington School System last Saturday

night, October 24, 2015! The event was

sponsored by Elon Community Church UCC

and The Times-News. Over $7,500.00 was

raised for the program. The funds raised will

be used as "seed" money granted to

churches and non-profits who would like to

start a backpack program at schools currently

in need of a program as well as distribute

seed money to expand existing programs.

Former Cooks of The Month from The Times-

News and Chef Brian Bailey from the

Culinary School at Alamance Community

College provided and served a vast array of

delicious foods! The Haw River Pleasure and

Social Club entertained every one with their

jazz and blues.

The program followed the dinner and entertainment. Guest speakers from ABSS were: Danielle Woodall,

Lead Social Worker at ABSS, who spoke to the audience on food insecurities within the 36 schools in the

system, its effects on a child's learning abilities and performance as well as the need for backpack programs at

schools without programs and the need to expand existing programs. Deborah Cabrera, school social worker

at Elon Elementary School, told of working with elementary age children with hunger needs. Deborah told the

audience of how hunger is detected with a child and the steps taken to ensure the child became a part of the

backpack program. Melinda Willingham, school social worker at Williams High School, told of working with

high school students with hunger needs which is so different than an elementary school or middle school.

Melinda told of the different needs that some of her students have as well as the home situations they were

from. Holly Wroblewski, principal at Highland Elementary School, gave a principal’s perspective of the

backpack program and how it improved the child in the classroom and his/her interaction with other students.

Holly told the audience that more than anything a backpack program give the child and the child's family HOPE

which these families need.

(photo and caption provided courtesy of Times-News)


Shout Out from Williams High Dave Grant, Football Coach

I am proud to announce that Harrison Gee has been selected to play in the Semper-Fidelis All American Bowl supported by the United States Marine Corps! The game will be played on January 3rd in Carson California. It

will be a nationally televised game played at the Stub Hub Stadium.

This is an extremely huge honor and we are certainly proud of Harrison and this achievement. Harrison will become the first player in the history of our school to be chosen for an All-Star game of this magnitude.

The Marines arrived last Friday to present Harrison with his game jersey in the gym filled with cheering Bulldogs!

Read about Harrison’s honor in the Times-News article:

http://www.thetimesnews.com/article/20151029/SPORTS/151028787/15216/SPORTS




Shout Out to Western Middle Times-News

Check out the recent Times-News story about the global education experience at Western Middle with Spanish Immersion teacher Patricia Amorocho-Gualdron:

http://www.thetimesnews.com/article/20151025/NEWS/151029246/?Start=2

photo courtesy of Steven Mantilla/Times-News

Shout Out from Elon University to Dr. Joe Ferrell, ABSS Principal of the Year

Check out the recent Elon University E-Net news article about alumnus Dr. Joe Ferrell being named ABSS Principal of the Year:

http://www.elon.edu/e-net/Article/122181



http://www.elon.edu/e-net/Article/122181


Shout Out from Cummings High Jeremy Martin, Assistant Principal

Congratulations to CHS science teacher Syeda Smith for her great work with the Kenan Fellows Program with N.C.. State University!


Shout Out for Eastern High and Southern High School Spirit Kristy Cannell, EHS Chemistry Teacher & Student Council Association Advisor

A group of Eastern Alamance and Southern Alamance student council members attended the North Carolina Association of Student Councils Central District Workshop this past Saturday at Hillside High School in Durham. We took 18 students and 3 advisors (Teri Rasa from Southern, Kristy Cannell and Dana Edwards from Eastern). Two of our students (Caleb Solomon-McRoy from EA and Kara Bradshaw from SA) ran a workshop on building school spirit! Our students did a great job!


Shout Out from Grove Park Elementary Shadonna Gunn, Principal

Grove Park is sending a huge thank you to one of our community partners, Elon University! Elon sponsored a science night for Grove Park's students and families. Students were invited to the school to participate in hands-on science experiences in the gym with Elon student facilitators. Families and students had a great time exploring new science concepts and learning how to set up and complete their own science projects for the upcoming science fair! Dinner was served and fun was had by all!


Shout Out to ABSS Celebrity, Kathryn Thompson

Check out the updated story about Kathryn, Southern High Child Nutrition Department, in a recent Times-News story:

http://www.thetimesnews.com/article/20151028/NEWS/151028828

AND, don’t miss watching the video of Kathryn and 2 Elon University students on the Ellen DeGeneres Show!

http://ellentube.com/videos/0_btknt6b6

Shout Out from Andrews Elementary Caryl VanFleet Shout out to the Rocking Roadrunner Kinder Team at R. Homer Andrews Elementary! The Kindergarten team and their students created a framed handprint thank-you note that they presented to the Hayden-Harman Foundation for donating books to every Kindergarten student at Andrews! Michelle Davis of the Hayden-Harman Foundation received the framed thank-you and shared that Mr. Hayden would be extremely proud to display the artwork in the Burlington office. Andrews' students and staff are thankful for their new books and look forward to working with the Hayden-Harman Foundation in the future.



http://ellentube.com/videos/0_btknt6b6


Shout Out from North Graham Elementary Laura Calone, Assistant Principal Earlier this week Braima Moiwa,i West African drummer/storyteller/motivational speaker, visited our 3rd grade classes! Our students participated by drumming along and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Third grade was not the only grade to enjoy such a treat... The music was heard around our A+ Arts school!


Shout Out to Graham Middle Lisa Cates, Sixth Grade Language Arts

Check out the photos of our GMS 6th graders learning about and supporting a great cause from Heather Bagnell (Science, 6th grade)!


The car was surrounded by GMS Falcons wearing pink, waiting for a turn to put their autographs on the hood, doors, fenders……you name it, Falcons were everywhere!


Students could donate $1 for a chance to sign their name and write an inspirational message on the DRIVING HOPE car from Crown Honda in Durham!


Shout Out to Grove Park Elementary Shadonna Gunn, Principal We are excited to announce that Ms. Stephanie Januzys, kindergarten teacher at Grove Park Elementary, has been awarded a USTEP grant! USTEP stands for University School Teacher Education Partnership—a grant program from colleges/ universities to support local educators. Ms. Januzys' project proposal is to train and assist educators in implementing and effectively using embedded instruction and system of prompts in the focus area of math. The USTEP grant will secure 5-6 swivls (a round device that rotates within the room to record) to be used as a coaching tool for teachers. The project also supports professional development on the specific strategies that can be used to support students in the regular classroom setting. In addition to the swivl devices, mini-ipads will be used to review videos and administration and coaches will be able to observe and communicate through blue-tooth devices with the teacher remotely! Thank you Ms. Januzys and UNC-G for bringing this innovative technology to our GPE learning community!


Shout Out from Eastern High Joy Walker, Academic Coach Thursday, October 29th Eastern Alamance High School concluded its first Hunter Safety Course and certified all 15 participants! Last June several teachers in ABSS took advantage of the opportunity from the NC Wildlife Resource Commission to become Hunter Education Instructors through their Teacher Skills Workshop. Among these was me, EA Sportsman's Club advisor. The Hunter Education/Safety Course was conducted this past week after school. NC Wildlife Officer, Tyler Campbell, came in as a guest speaker and shared Hunting Laws & Ethics. The course was attended by 1 EAHS Teacher, an EAHS Substitute Teacher, 1 EAHS graduate, and 12 current EAHS students. Go Eagles!


Shout Out to B E Jordan Elementary Laura Kimball, School Counselor

To celebrate National Red Ribbon Week, at BEJ we had the following spirit days: Tuesday: Red Ribbon Kick-Off--Wear Red Wednesday: My Future is Bright--Wear neon Thursday: Put a Cap on Drugs--Wear baseball cap or hat Friday: It Takes Character to Say No to Drugs--Dress as your favorite book character Our students and staff did an awesome job dressing up for these fun days! Whether we were wearing red, wearing bright colors, wearing hats, or dressing up as our favorite book characters, the enthusiasm and participation was great to see! Our favorite day was book character day where we showed that "it takes character to say no to drugs." We had a variety of different characters including Elsa and Anna from Frozen, Fancy Nancy, Snow White, Cinderella, Merlin, Biscuit, Waldo, and Minions. It was a great week!


Shout Out #2 from Woodlawn Middle Crystal Taylor, School Counselor

We have the most caring, generous phenomenal PTO parents in the county! Check out the staff Halloween treats our staff received today from our parents! Thank you!


Shout Out from Woodlawn Middle Wendy Nelms. Assistant Principal

Mrs. Phillips and Mrs. Taylor took me up on a challenge I put out to my staff during Spirit Week! This picture was taken by one of our parents on Camo Day. I offered wearing jeans or Starbucks for a week to any staff member who would stand in the car rider line for 3 days and collect spare change for our Woodlawn United Way campaign. They were able raise $300! They did a great job!


Shout Out from ABSS Central Office At CO It is hard to tell who gets more excited—the children or the adults-- when pre-K and K students from Eastlawn walk over to show us their book character costumes and dress-up pretend fun each year! Today was a fun day when CO employees had the chance to enjoy having children light up our halls

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