A Publication by Columbus County Schools Vol. 2 Ed. 4

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Another Great Year at CCS!

The PRIDE (students) of Columbus Career and College Academy ventured outside their walls and beyond North Caroli-na to investigate the history and cultures of Washington, D.C. and New York City during their spring break at the beginning of March. The ninth and tenth grade students visited Washing-ton, D.C. for three days. Students had the opportunity to visit some of the city’s most iconic landmarks such as the Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Wall, Ford’s Theater and Smithsonian Mu-seums, among many others. Students were able to look into the history of the country and the world through a memorial walk and some visits to mu-seums such as the Holocaust Museum and the Crime and Punishment Museum. Accord-ing to Angel Russ, a tenth grade student at CCCA, “The trip was really nice because it opened our eyes to things that we may not have known or realized before our visit to D.C.” Many of the students commented on how emotional it was to visit the Holocaust museum and said that it was heart-touching to be that close to artifacts that were actually from the camps. Some said that it took several hours to get over the emotions that the visit provoked.

The juniors, seniors, and super-seniors traveled further north to New York City. They ventured to such places as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Is-land, the 911 Memorial and a

Broadway musical. In addition, they learned about the many cultural differences that exist in such a small geographic area. eleventh grade student, Angel Garcia, said that he liked seeing how the cultures change with every few streets that you pass. Another junior, Ben Lindsey, commented, “It puts it in per-spective when you see how many cultures there were around us in that area.” The students started each day early and ended each day late with a packed schedule. During the time in NYC, the students walked over 35 miles across various locations in Man-hattan. A group of students and teachers got up at 4:00 am to be on The Today Show to bring Columbus County Schools to national television. They spoke with NBC news celebrities such as Matt Lauer, Savannah Guth-rie, Al Roker, and Carson Daly.

These visits to D.C. and NYC were extremely educational for the CCCA PRIDE. For many, the world that is around us close to home is all that there is. The trips show just how much more lies beyond CCCA, Columbus County, and even North Carolina.

CCCA Pride Learns Outside Our Walls and Outside of NC

Students from Columbus Career and College Academy traveled to Washington, D.C. and New York City over the Easter vacation.

CES Superstars Experience the Down Under

The Didgeridoo Down Under Company visited Chadbourn Elementary School. This company provided students with a high energy, Austra-lia themed show that combined music, cul-ture, science, puppetry, comedy, character build-ing, anti-bullying, and reading motivation. The Didgeridoo Down Under Company consisted of the multi-talented duo of Rob Thomas and Tanya Gerald who have played and made didges (didg-eridoos) for more than 20 years. Tanya is origi-nally from Australia and

both her and Rob now reside in the mountains of North Carolina.

“The students thor-oughly enjoyed Rob and Tanya’s upbeat person-alities. The duo not only taught students about the didgeridoo instru-ment, they focused on reminding students the importance of keeping the planet clean, that bullying is not cool, the importance of reading, and the importance of tolerance. They utilized every minute of their performance time.” stat-ed Instructional Lead Teacher, Stephanie Sell-

ers. There was audience participation throughout the performance. Stu-dents interacted with the performers through song and dance. First grade teacher, Janell Barnhill stated “My students and I enjoyed this program so much! We had a blast!”

CES staff would like to thank Mrs. Sally Mann, the Executive Director of the Columbus County Arts Council and the Arts Council for organizing this special down under experience for our Su-perstar students.

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Stinger Student Garners Prestigious Art Award Baylee Haynes is a busy young lady with diver-sified interests. A long time competitive dancer, she performed this past winter in Wilmington’s Thalian Hall production of The Nutcracker bal-let. This Cerro Gordo Elementary eight grader is a member of the Beta Club and a member of the girls’ soccer and soft-ball teams. As Captain of the cheerleading squad, she could be seen cheer-ing on the Stingers and flying high during team stunt performances at this year’s football and basketball games. In ad-dition to these activities, Baylee’s interests also in-clude art.

CGES recently entered one of Baylee’s creations,

“Wolf,” in the 2015 Scho-lastic Art Award competi-tion for Eastern/Central North Carolina. Founded in 1923, the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards is a highly prestigious recognition and scholar-ship program for creative teens, in which tens of thousands of students grades seven through twelve submit original work each year. “Wolf ” was entered in the Mixed Media category, and was comprised of cardboard, foam board, Mod Podge (a clear glue sealant), and tissue paper.

After a two day delib-eration, 288 Gold Keys, 336 Silver Keys, and 185 Hon-orable Mentions were se-lected. Baylee was thrilled to learn that of the 3400

entries, judged by cat-egory only, not grade or age, she was the recipient of a Silver Key. An awards ceremony was held at Wilson Gymnasium of Barton College on Febru-ary 1. Baylee’s work was featured, along with all the Silver and Gold en-tries, in an exhibition held at Barton Galleries from February 1 through Feb-ruary 20, 2015. Members of the Columbus County School Board, Superin-tendent Alan Faulk, As-sistant Superintendent Dr. Jonathan Williams, and others recognized Miss Haynes for her excellence at a recent board meeting as well.

CGES points out the impressiveness of garner-ing such an award, since

Baylee was competing with much older students, Baylee said that she was surprised and excited to be granted such an honor. Baylee embodies the traits desired in a good artist, in-cluding talent and dedica-tion. She indeed deserves congratulations!

Black History Celebration at CMS

Chadbourn Middle School held their annual Black History Month Celebration recently featuring the chorus and Keynote Speaker Sheriff Lewis Hatcher.

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Evergreen Artists in the Spotlight

This year Evergreen Elementary School cel-ebrated the successes of many great artists, but three young ladies have stolen the spotlight with their exceptional tal-ent. Brianna Hernandez took first place honors at the North Carolina

School Board Associa-tion’s (NCSBA) Second Annual Middle School Photography Contest. The theme of the contest this year was, “What’s Super about Public Schools?” Brianna’s photograph, titled “My Perspective,” was dis-

played November 17-19, 2014 at the NCSBA’s annual conference in Greensboro, NC. Bri-anna was also honored by the Columbus County School Board in Decem-ber for her honors.

Hayley Britt and Makayla Simmons were recognized for their re-cent achievements at the 2015 Eastern/Central Regional Scholastic Art Competition. Hayley won a Gold Key Award for her collage, “Little Hummingbird.”

Makayla won an hon-orable mention for her mixed-media acrylic painting “Do Not Enter.” Hayley’s artwork was displayed in the Barton College Galleries Scho-lastic Winners’ Exhibi-tion during February. Her artwork is now on display at the National Scholastic Art Awards Competition.

Everg reen is ex -tremely proud of our Wildcat artists for their achievements.

Kindergarten students from Guideway Elementary School are learning Internet Safety during their library time. The i-Safe program intro-duces electronic devices, communication tools, and safety using the letters of the alphabet. Pictured are the students proudly showing their work after learning the letter ‘c’ stands for ‘computer’. Week after week the lessons connect allowing students to build upon their previ-ous learning.

Pre-K teacher - Mrs. Stephanie Worley, of Guideway Elementary School, has received a grant allowing her to purchase tricycles for her Pre-K class. The tricycles will be used to meet the North Carolina Foundations for Early Learning and Development standards allowing students to attain goals in the area of health and physical develop-ment. They are working on the “development of large muscle control and abilities needed to move through and explore their environ-ment”. Students also gain coordination, cooperation and social skills through the use of their new equipment. Ultimately, they are having a fantastic time while exercising and sharing with classmates.

Williams Township School participated in “Pennies for Patients”, for the Leukemia & Lym-phoma Society, during the month of February. Each homeroom was giv-en a box so that students could contribute money. When the announcement was made in Mrs. Phyl-lis Lanier’s second grade class that the school would be participating in “Pen-nies for Patients” for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, everyone was on board and ready to give. Students began putting their change in the box that very day. One stu-dent, Britt Davis, said he got money for his birthday and he wanted to give it. He brought bags of change throughout the week. At the end of the first week, he brought in an envelope with a note

that read : w

Britt wanted to give his birthday money to “Pennies for Patients.” We talked and he is SURE about this! I didn’t want to discourage his giving. So here is his $100.00.

Renee Davis

Britt explained that he didn’t really need any-thing and he wanted his money to help someone else. This child has a giv-ing heart and wonderful attitude. What a won-derful lesson for us all to follow!!!! Mrs. Phyllis Lanier’s class contributed a total of $164.00. Williams Township School collected a total of $852.35.

Pennies for Patients at Williams Township

Safety and Health at GES

HAES Panther boys in grades 3-5 experienced a fun filled fitness program designed just for them. STRIDE is the ac-ronym for Success + Teamwork + Respect + Inspiration + Deter-mination = Excellence in Char-acter. STRIDE is a high qual-ity, rigorous curriculum that focuses on fun and fitness. The program’s overall mission was to help increase the confidence of the participants, encourage students to feel confident about themselves and their abilities, share information learned, and gain the knowledge needed to become better individuals. The STRIDE curriculum showcased 20 lessons designed to develop character. Each lesson gave the students a chance to share their thoughts and opinions about various life topics in a safe, encouraging environment. Life lessons taught focused on topics such as Getting Along with Others, Bullying, Eating Healthy, Character and Opera-tion Organization.

HAES PE teacher James Hobbs and Asst. Principal Ra-chel Smith implemented the ten week program. Coach Hobbs, Rachel Smith and fourth grade math teacher Lindsey Kern

also volunteered to be Run-ning Buddies alongside the boys and their parents at the 5K race. “We encouraged our boys to exhibit excellence in character in all aspects of their lives, make healthy choices, and build confidence by leading them through a curriculum that incorporated fun activities and running,” stated Rachel Smith. Panther boys volunteered to stay after school to practice twice a week for ten weeks. Each practice included running or other exercises, games and a character building lesson. At the end of the program students were able to compete in the Wil-liam H. Craig Race for Life 5K Run (3.1 miles) on December 13th at the Legion Stadium in Wilmington with hundreds of other boys and girls from the region. Principal Josephine Spaulding also attended the 5K Run for moral support and as the team photographer! “The STRIDE program has been great to implement at HAES,” stated Coach James Hobbs. “I saw my students gaining the character traits needed to treat their classmates and teammates with respect. Throughout the program the students were

continuously encouraging each other to do their best!” Coach James Hobbs plans to continue implementing the major com-ponents of the program in his daily lesson plans throughout the year. Third grader Isaac Dingle finished the 5K race with HAES’s top time. “It was easier than I expected! I don’t want the program to end! I enjoyed stay-ing after school and training during the STRIDE practice!” he said with a smile. Third grader Ashton Hammonds enjoyed the 5K race and is glad that the money raised from the event will be used to help needy children. “The weather was cool that morning but I warmed up after the 5K race!” he exclaimed. Third grader Cainan Patrick summed up the program, “I enjoyed learn-ing new exercises and gaining endurance for long distance running!” Thumbs up for the STRIDE program!

HAES Panthers are Building Character and Fitness with STRIDE!

Wild Things at Hallsboro Middle School

At Hallsboro Middle School, sixth grade students are participating in the Na-tional Archery in the Schools Program during their daily physical education classes. The NASP was developed to improve student motiva-tion, attention, behavior, focus, and attendance. The ultimate goal is to engage students and “develop rela-tionships to promote gradu-ation instead of dropout” (www.archeryintheschools). Archery is the targeted skill because nearly everyone can enjoy success. The skills learned in archery can lead to a lifelong activity in hunt-ing and target practice. It is a sport that crosses gender barriers, where diverse stu-dents with varied abilities and backgrounds can suc-ceed. Once children enjoy the thrill of success in ar-

chery, they realize they can accomplish many things if they have the proper guid-ance, practice and attitude.

Coach Mike Williamson is the NASP representative and teacher at Hallsboro Middle School. He begins the archery unit of study with four classroom days, during which he teaches safety, whistle commands, and proper techniques. Next he spends two days of one on one instruction on the range, which includes proper form, balance, and stance. “The ar-cher who understands what effective form looks and feels like, and then reflects upon such matters after every shot, is much more likely to maximize his or her poten-tial and remain on target for life”. (www.archeryinthe-schools)

Coach Williamson is a

proponent of the program and sees firsthand, the ben-efits it offers our children. “We live in a rural society. This enables the kids who are not typically athletic, to excel in a sport that is excit-ing and new. They know that they are given an op-portunity to do something that other students may not be able to do because of the county in which they live.” (Williamson). The children take away so many lifelong skills that will be of benefit throughout their entire lives. Before the first shooting les-son, students are taught to determine eye dominance for accuracy in shooting. They learn listening skills during the bell whistle drills. They learn discipline that is required when standing

at the shooting line, await-ing their turn. Respect is learned throughout the pro-gram as they are constantly being made aware of safety procedures for themselves and others.

After the initial training on the range, the students are allowed to participate in scoring games, during which they can practice the skills learned in prior training. In addition to practicing all the previously learned skills students can concentrate and practice accuracy and preci-sion. The scoring games are a favorite among Hallsboro sixth graders. Victoria Pat-rick, sixth grader, said, “I like the games because I can use what I’ve learned about the bow and arrow to win at something. I’m not usually

good at sports.”Becoming hunters or com-

petitors in archery competi-tion are not the ultimate goals of the program. Rath-er, it is a program that al-lows students who wouldn’t ordinarily excel at a sport, experience success and in-crease self esteem.

The National Ar-chery in the Schools Program (NASP), which is sponsored by Wildlife Conservation Agencies across the country, aims to improve student motivation, attention, behavior, attendance, and focus for learning and participation in team activities. Na-kina Middle School’s students and teachers are enthused about in-corporating archery into the curriculum. Documentation of the program has proven that it instills qualities desired by teachers, parents, and peers of today’s students, such as respect, discipline and adaptability.

The NASP is available for students in elementary, middle, and high school lev-els. Both state and na-tional tournaments are held each year. Best of all, our program is for all types of students. Archery is an activity where people from all

walks of life, every size and ability levels can participate and be suc-cessful. Both boys and girls, experienced and novice shooters, ath-letes, and scholars can join together and enjoy a round of shooting. That is what is taking place at Nakina Middle School. Nakina just participated in Febru-ary and finished 4th overall in the virtual state tournament for 2015. We had 21 shoot-ers on our team this year which were se-lected by several weeks of scoring tryouts for our students. Zach Fon-vielle, a first time team member stated, “I love shooting the bows. I wish we could do it ev-ery day.” This year our team had the 4th best fe-male and 13th best over-all shooter in the state, Kelsey Long. She states “I like the archery pro-gram because it allows us to improve and devel-op while having fun at school.” “Archery has

an exceptional safety record and is more ac-cident free than any ball sport,” states the National Safety Coun-cil.

Any school can par-ticipate in archery in the state of North Caro-lina by contacting the North Carolina Wild-life Resources Office in Raleigh. They can help schools receive or purchase an archery package. The pack-age will consist of one dozen unisex Genesis bows, five dozen Easton arrows, five 30” X 30” targets, and a nylon pro-

tective curtain along with the instructional infor mation needed to educate students. Next, two instructors will need to be trained by our area Wildlife Agent to implement the program. The training will last for eight hours. Lessons are taught in a sequence that promotes safety and archery ba-sics. Discipline, con-centration and refin-ing of shooting skills are high focus points, which will have to be practiced. Next, just teach the students and let them enjoy the ben-

efits associated with the lifetime activity of archery.

The NASP has re-ceived 100% support from faculty, our com-munity and students. The program is a valu-able tool for improv-ing student motivation while increasing life skills of all partici-pants involved. Nakina Middle School students are learning new skills and are excited to con-tinue improving while taking advantage of the benefits of archery in the schools.

Eighth grader, Meredith Hardwick, competes in the NASP state tournament.

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Kelsey Long placed 4th in the state tournament for female shooters and also ranked 13th best overall shooter in the state.

Archery at Nakina Middle

Chadbourn Middle believes that students who are enrolled in art education classes learn to solve problems. Classes in the visual and musical art areas help students increase their academic achievement, social and emotional develop-ment and civic engagement. Involvement in the arts can improve motivation, concen-tration, confidence, and team work by opening up many different avenues of learning

that does not always occur in the average math, reading, science, or history class.

Students at Chadbourn Middle School have been quite busy this year in their art and music classes. Our art teach-er presented a problem to her students concerning children in other countries not having toys or stuffed animals to play with during their childhood. Our visual art students were able to be part of the solu-

tion by making teddy bears for children in an orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya. Not only did the students experience designing and creating their own bears, but they learned a life lesson of “paying it for-ward” to those who are less fortunate in other countries across the globe.

Most recently, several of our students were selected to participate in the All County performances for Celebrate

the Arts held at South Colum-bus High School on Saturday, March 28th. Delorian Smith (Percussion), Jaylon Powell (Tenor Saxophone); Zora Pat-tillo (Mallets/Percussion) and Maurice Moss (Baritone) represented CMS in the band. Maurice Moss commented “I feel really good being the only 6th grade student in the county to have placed in the All County Band. After seeing the scales in the band room at the beginning of the year, I was determined to place, so I began practicing and work-ing hard.” LeOndra Smith

explained, “To me, learning to play an instrument is like learning a different language. I can communicate through song.” Saudia Hemingway added, “I enjoy band because I get to create my own music. Representing the visual art from Chadbourn Middle is Anahi Aquirre and Julie Craig. All County Chorus-members were Janae Lew-is, Keylaundra McClelland, April Batten, Faith Miller, and Jasanie Davis.

Andrickia Gause noted, “I have always enjoyed singing and dancing as well as being in chorus because it allows me

the opportunity to showcase my talents.” Much of our students’ hard work and dedi-cation to the arts was most recently showcased during a Black History program held at Chadbourn Middle. Visual art work was on display while other students showcased their work through a Black History poster contest. The chorus performed several selections, as well as, demon-strated their dancing abilities through a “Praise Dance” rep-resentation. Chorus member, Zakira Crump explained, “I enjoy working with our cho-rus teacher to help develop different songs and dances. It is a subject I really like.”

In closing, Barack Obama sums up the importance of visual and music arts educa-tion, “The future belongs to young people with an educa-tion and the imagination to create.” Students at CMS continue to work hard at showcasing their talents and imagination through the field of ARTS EDUCATION.

The “Art” of the Tiger at Chadbourn Middle

Student Art Work

Monthly Award Assembly, Black History Celebration at TCES

Congratulations were in order as students, faculty, and parents joined together at Tabor City Elementary School to celebrate and hon-or students’ hard work and talents. All gathered for our

monthly assembly to pay tribute to students that go above and beyond each day in their educational endeavors. The gymnasium was beam-ing with excited students, en-couraging family members,

and the hard working staff that know just what it takes to succeed in today’s society. A parent quickly responded, “I know it must be hard to teach a student at any age and it makes me happy to see

teachers reward students for the efforts they put forth!”

Tabor City Elementary has gained much enthusiasm by celebrating achievements each month for students’ tire-less efforts and boundless creativity in reaching attain-able goals. Every student can excel if given the right tools. We are a great school who tries to fulfill the promise of educating all their students in their individual ways. In addition, our teachers strive to provide safe, creative, and challenging learning envi-ronments for all who enter our doors.

There was a multitude of awards that ranged from perfect attendance, computer awards, recognition for Rock-et Math, accumulating points for First in Math, reading books for Book Adventure, and many others. The de-serving students graciously accepted each award with honor and pride. Those that did not receive an award this time were not disappointed, but happy for their class-mates. They talked about

how much harder they would work in anticipation for next month’s assembly.

Kindergarten through fifth grade students sang their hearts out during a mini concert as part of the monthly assembly to con-clude the first semester of music classes. Our music teacher, Ms. Mercer will re-locate to another school for the second semester as we welcome Ms. Achorn to be-gin art classes. One student stated, “We love music class and hate to see Ms. Mercer leave, but now we have art!”

We would like to chal-lenge all TCES parents to get involved in your child’s edu-cation by listening to them read, asking probing ques-tions, looking in their book-bags, and finding answers to promote their learning both at school and at home. Join us next month to again cel-ebrate our students and their many accomplishments!

During February, Tabor City fourth graders explored the contributions of famous African Americans and were challenged to think of ways to make the world a better place. Black History obser-vances date back to 1926 when historian Carter G. Woodson and the Associa-tion for the Study of Negro Life and History declared the second week of Febru-ary to be “Negro History Week”. In 1976, President Gerald Ford declared the entire month of February as “Black History Month” and asked Americans to honor the contributions of African Americans. The students learned of African Ameri-can contributions in areas such as social reform, the arts, government, medicine, and exploration.

Many people have relied on courage and determina-tion to overcome painful events in the history of our

nation. “Harriett Tubman was so determined to take her passengers to freedom that she would threaten to shoot them if they chickened out and tried to turn back,” Aaron Olvera informed his classmates. “She was serious about protecting the slaves she was helping to escape. Over 300 slaves traveled the Underground Railroad with Moses (Harriett) as their conductor.” He and other fourth graders have been studying famous African Americans in preparation for biography assignments in Mrs. Grice’s and Mrs. McPherson’s classes. Monica Hall was impressed by the outspokenness of her re-search subject and shared, “Sojourner Truth started life as a slave, but she escaped to become an abolitionist. In her famous speech, Ain’t I a Woman , she said if the first woman could turn the whole world upside down, then all

these women could turn it right side up again.”

Students in Mrs. Dillard’s class read We Dream of a World… written and illus-trated by students in Uni-versity City, Missouri. The publication targets specific social issues such as hunger, homelessness, health, educa-tion, pollution, endangered species, and peace. Using the information from the book and the theme of Dr. Martin Luther King’s famous I Have a Dream speech, Mrs. Dil-lard’s students were inspired to create “quilt squares.” The colorful squares were created using symbolic art in response to how they could best represent their ideas to make the world a better place. “When the individual pieces came together as one, a beautiful quilt of hope emerged!” observed Mrs. Holly Soles, a fourth grade parent.

Athletes Excel at West Columbus

On November 15, 2014 the WCHS varsity and junior varsity cheerleading squads traveled to Raleigh, NC to compete in the Invitational Cheerleading Competition at the NCHSAA Convention

Center. The previous night before the varsity cheerlead-ers had a playoff game for football in Elkin, N.C. so the cheerleaders had to stay in Raleigh that night. JV com-peted in the small junior

varsity category and were up against 14 teams, out of those teams 14, they placed sixth. Coach Dawn Hinson was very proud of them. The var-sity cheerleaders competed in the medium, non-tumble category and went up against 20 teams. Varsity placed second runner-up. Coach Tasha Dyson was extremely proud of her girls. Their hard work really did pay off ! Our Viking Soccer team had a great year in relation to our team efforts and im-provements over last year. “I feel like we are a much stron-ger team now then we have been in years past. We have a talented group of young men who are ambitious and willing to learn, practice, and improve their game every time they step on the field. I am proud to coach a group of

young men with such dedica-tion. I have high expectations for next year with the play-ers we have coming back.” - Coach Marc Edge

Coach W.T. Edwards led his Viking girls to a seven and six season finishing fourth in the conference. To get the season started right, the Viking girls attended a summer camp with pro ten-nis player Mark Schmeke. Two stand out athletes, un-der Coach Edwards wing in-cludes Emma Burroughs and Logan Elkins, who competed in the North Carolina State Championship. Logan went undefeated for the season in conference play. Logan and Emma won first team All-Conference, while Chelsea and Kayla were second team all-conference. Kylie Jenkins stepped up and received the

Honorable Mention Award. All the girls had a strong sea-son and are ready for another successful year!

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Artist Residency at Acme-Delco ElementaryThanks to a grant from the

North Carolina Arts Council, Susana and Timmy Abell of Silver Trout Arts were artists in residence at Acme Delco Elementary School for two weeks recently. Through puppetry and songwriting, students were given tools to resolve conflicts. Silver Trout also performed a concert for the community.

The arts education department of South Columbus High School designed a PBL (Project Based Learning) activity in-volving the 8th graders at all feeder middle schools. High school students taught classes in Art, Band, Chorus, Dance

and Theatre, followed by a performance and presentation of what the students had learned.

The Hunter Safety Team of South Columbus took home several awards at a recent competition including 2nd in orienteering, 3rd in skeet shoot-ing (including two perfect shots), 3rd in archery and 3rd overall.

Hunter Safety and PBL’s at SCHS

Old Dock Visits Coastal Museum

Second graders from Old Dock Elementary explored the habitats of the Carolinas at the Museum of Coastal Carolina in Ocean Isle Beach.

Students from Old Dock won first place at the UNCW ELL Digital Storytelling Competition.

Black History Celebration at Tabor City Middle

Tabor City Middle School held its annual Black History Month celebration recently. Performances by the band, chorus and praise dance team, as well as an exhibition of art were enjoyed by the many attendees.

Acme Delco Elementary School students are ecstatic to have a full time music teacher this semester, Mrs. Kristie Leinthall. Her love of music has intersected with the students’ love and the teacher and the music have captivated our entire student body. Mrs. Leinthall exposes students to different genres of music to broaden their horizons and increase the depth of their thinking and perceptions. The stu-dents have demonstrated a genuine appreciation for the different genres and experi-ences.

The fourth and fifth grade students have learned how to read music and play an instrument. Once students mastered the basic tech-niques, they were given so-prano recorders. Then they

began the intricate process of learning how to play actu-al musical selections, begin-ning with “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,” followed by “Ode to Joy.” Motivated students have excelled onto other pieces such as, “The Nation-al Anthem” and “A Mighty Fortress is our God.” Their experiences in music have motivated them to pursue other songs to play outside the class. They are even looking up soprano recorder music online!

Mrs. Leinthall is commit-ted to teaching students the importance of dedication, discipline, and responsibil-ity that successful music endeavors require. These learned traits will help them succeed in their journey of life.

K-5 Music at Acme Delco Elementary

ADMS Excels at Science Olympiad

Acme Delco Middle participated in the North Carolina Science Olmpiad at UNC-Wilmington recently. The NCSO is dedicated to ensuring that all students have an equal opportunity to high quality science and technology education regardless of their ethnicity, household income, or geo-graphic location.

NC Pre-Kindergarten is a free, high quality program for at-risk children designed to pre-pare four-year-olds for success in kindergarten.

In order to qualify, your child must have been 4 years old on or before August 31, 2015 and meet income eligibility based on the family size and gross family income.

Columbus County Schools provides free bus transportation and free breakfast, lunch and snack to all children enrolled in an elementary school pre-kindergarten site.

All classrooms use a literacy-rich curriculum and integrate fun classroom activities!

ALL Elementary Schools are still accepting applications.

For more information call Jaimee Blackman, (910) 642-5168 x. 24022

Columbus County Schools offers free Pre-Kindergarten services to as many eligible children as space and funding permits.

What is photography? If you Google, preferred method for most, or thumb through a dictionary (for those of us who actually remember what they look like), you’ll find a standard definition of how light is used to produce or record

an image, etc. However, for anyone who’s ever made a connection with a camera or their favorite photographic recording device, you know it is much more than any definition you’ll find. It becomes an extension of how you see and process the

world. It provides an avenue to express visually any emo-tion or prospective you have. Capturing light in a manner that evokes emotion and creates individual stories is something that makes pho-tography more than what it seems on the surface.

This year, students at East Columbus High School have been given the opportunity to explore the world through their own lenses. In addition to doing what they obviously enjoy doing, taking pictures, they’re learning how to cre-ate images that are visually

interesting. The introduc-tion of the basics of composi-tion, angles, focal point, rule of thirds, and leading lines helps to build a foundation that will allow students to no longer just take pictures, but create memorable images.

Photography Club at ECHS

Photos from Spring Musicals

Photos from Spring Musicals