shout out to garrett gators! · ann russell- aig teacher and jennifer young- parent volunteer....

Around Our Schools Shout Outs May 2012 Vol 1

Shout Out to Garrett Gators

Kris LrsquoHeureux Gator webmistress and tech teacher shared ldquoCongratulations to Garrettrsquos Battle of the Books team for taking First Place at the battle this year Thanks to the team organizers for all their hard work Great teamwork and super reading Gatorsrdquo

Team members include

Captain Morgan Lawson Delaney Schauble Jordan Young John Mayle Emma DiLello and Sarah Linville Caleb Craig and Charlotte Ward Team Coordinators Angie Kutzer- Media Specialist Carol Smith- Curriculum Facilitator Sabra Harrellson- 5th grade teacher Ann Russell- AIG teacher and Jennifer Young- parent volunteer

Shout Out to Graham Middle

Rachel Clark 8th grade ELA teacher and AVID coach (Advancement Via Individual Determination program) shared ldquoEvery year UNC Chapel Hill holds an event called Maze Days It is an awesome event for visually impaired students to enjoy a maze and lots of video gamesdancing gamesiPad applications


etc (More information will be provided about the Maze Day in next weeks Shout Out) This Shout Out is dedicated to two GMS AVID students who volunteered to help two visually impaired students be able to participate and enjoy the days events Ana Flores 7th grade AVID student and Taylor Matherly an 8th grade AVID student attended Maze Day with all the visually impaired students from around the district They were partnered with two visually

impaired students who needed a buddy for the day It takes a great deal of maturity to agree to be responsible for a stranger and even more to be responsible for a stranger with special needs These girls did not falter in their task They did an awesome job and learned a lot while doing it The whole experience was educational as well as beneficial to all involved These girls and I had a fantastic day and made many new friends It is just one more example of the awesome opportunities provided to our AVID students Great Job Ana and Taylorrdquo (photo above Taylor at left Ana)


Shout Out to Alexander Wilson Technology teacher Melissa Harrelson from AWE sent in this great news ldquoA-W held a walk to support The American Cancer Societymdashwe call it the KFC Walk (Kids Fighting Cancer Walk) Our studentsstaff helped

raise $6570 this yearrdquo Way

to go Eagles


Shout out to Performing Arts Students in ABSS

Lisa Segars is an EC teacher at Eastern High She shared this news about two of our students from ABSS that were chosen for leading roles in Community Theater of Greensboros Center Stage version of Les Miserables Carole Segars a 5th grader at Alexander Wilson and Lauren Gornto 7th grader at Western Middle ldquoThese actresses had 4 performances this past weekend at the Broach Theater and also again this past Wed and Thursday night at 700 Each of these students has practiced almost nightly until 1000 and both have maintained A averages in their school work Both girls also just finished Willy Wonka the day before their practices for Les Mis started They have been busy with doing both of these since Jan 3rd and deserve a Shout Out for their hard work and talentrdquo Carolinersquos role was Madame Thernardier while Lauren performed as Fantine

Pictured at left Lauren from Western Middle At right Caroline from Alexander Wilson

Shout Out to A-B Middle College

Remember a previous Shout Out about Briggette Slivinksi ABMC senior earning First Place in the Regional North Carolina History Day competition out of 20 counties Well this past weekend Briggette competed in Raleigh at the State level National History Day competition held at the Museum of History in Raleigh She made it to the finals (second round of competition) and earned 4th Place honors for North Carolina We are all VERY PROUD of how well she did in this highly rigorous academic competition Briggette is the first ABSS student to ever enter a project for North Carolina National History Day


Shout Out Again to Jake Foushee from Eastern High

After Jake The VOICE returned to Mebane from his trip to the West Coast last week as a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show we set up an on-campus interview at Eastern with WFMY News 2 that was followed by an in-studio appearance by Jake and his dad In case you missed these when aired check out the links from digtriadcom

httpwwwdigtriadcomnewsarticle22695557Piedmont-Triad-Teen-Discovers-His-Golden-Voiceodyssey=tab|topnews|bc|large httpwwwdigtriadcomvideodefaultaspxbctid=1603876320001

Shout Out to Apparchia Parker Cummings Cavalier In case you missed the front page Real People story from the Times-News this week read more about Apparchiarsquos graduation project featured in last weekrsquos Shout Out httpwwwthetimesnewscomnewscummings-

54866-high-schoolhtml

photo at left courtesy of Tonya Cope CHS

photo below courtesy of

Scott MurthersbaughTimes-News

Shout Out to Andrews Elementary Donna Surrette EC teacher for the RoadRunners shared ldquoThis past Saturday April 28th the First Project Unify Ride was held at Down Home Harley Davidson in Burlington This event was planned by Jamie Faucette EC Teacher at Andrews Elementary and all the proceeds went to Special Olympics of Burlington The ride raised approximately $900 A band played for the enjoyment of all present and there was lots of good food to eat As a co-worker at Andrews


Elementary and a parent of a special needs child I want to thank Jamie Faucette for all the hard work she put into this event We look forward to more fun and even more success for a great cause next yearrdquo

Shout Out to Eastern Eagle Athlete Paige King

Patrick Stokes social studies teacher for the Eagles says ldquoEastern Alamancersquos very own Paige King is featured on the NCHSAA website with the student services organization Student Athlete Advisory Council Paige is a junior Eagle and ace softball playerrdquo httpwwwnchsaaorgpages889CURRENT-SAAC-MEMBERS


Shout Out from Grove Park Elementary From Amber Doby school social worker for GPE ldquoGrace Troccoli and Rachael Gilman were at Grove Park Elementary for their Fall EDU 211 class when they noticed some special needs They observed students taking home the Weekend Backpacks of food and wanted to help Together with their Service Learning Community (Grace Troccoli Katherine Sipple Jenna Gilder

and Rachel Gilman) they organized a food drive at Elon to benefit Grove Parks Weekend Backpack Program The students coordinated this with me and Grove Park Baptist Church who maintains the food pantry and packages the backpacks We are so appreciative of the efforts of these Elon University students and Dr Dyce We are also thankful for the support of Grove Park Baptist Church Pastor Howard Martin and Mr Steve Reavisrdquo

Shout Out from Eastlawn Tiffany Day AP at Eastlawn shared news about their upcoming Spring Carnival event Everyone is invited to come and enjoy Fridayrsquos fun food and fellowship sponsored by their PTA Itrsquos happening next Friday May 11 between 5 and 8 pm Herersquos your invitation



Shout Out for ABSS Stefanie Nance Related Services Coordinator for the EC Department shared this photo and news for a district-wide inaugural event ldquoOur ABSS team for Hearing Impaired students hosted the Inaugural Deaf and Hard of Hearing Family Night on April 24th Fourteen students ranging in age from 3-19 years old came to eat pizza and cake at Country Club Lanes in Burlington bowl game after game meet new friends and catch up with old friends This night not only gave our Deaf and Hard of Hearing students the chance to be with their peers it gave their parents time to talk and network with one another From oral language users to sign language and cued speech users the language of laughter was shared and understood by all

Special thanks to the Jack Orsquo Kelley Sertoma Club and ABSS SEPTA (Special Education PTA) for funding this event entirely for these students and families Another special thanks to all of the ABSS staff that planned this event and came out to participate (Christina Armfield Justine Gatsche Debbie Kincaid Aimee Gerringer Elaine Wall Denise Lott Jovon Key Donna Pleasants Jessica Sink Tricia Medford Phyllis Crisp and me) This will be the first of many gatherings for this great grouprdquo


Shout Out to Heather Stephan at Southern Middle Jodi Hofberg Math Specialist for the Secondary Curriculum Support Team says ldquoCongratulations to Heather Stephan 7th grade teacher at Southern Middle School She has been named the A-B Outstanding Secondary Math Teacher for 2012 Ms Stephan will receive a year-long membership to NCCTM a personalized award and recognition at the state math conference in October

Mrs Stephan is described as a developer of young minds and a leader of her colleagues She displays energy enthusiasm and a love of learning and teaching Ms Ward principal at SMS describes Heather as courageous and fearless when it comes to implementing new technology and ideas in her classroom We are fortunate to have Heather serving her colleagues as a teacher leader on the Math Core Team and the students at Southern Middle are fortunate to have such an outstanding math teacherrdquo Congratulations

Send your own Shout Out to Ms Stephan heather_stephanabssk12ncus


Shout Out to North Graham Elementary

Marilyn Clayton ESL teacher at North Graham shared ldquoMy third graders (a group of four) read a story this year about a boy who had an idea to improve his Florida community and wrote to his mayor about it

My students decided to think of something they could do to improve Graham They chose two locations where they had seen litter which they could clean up After school one day in March we went there with latex gloves

plastic bags and grabbers The kids enjoyed cleaning up the creek at Greenway Park and a ditch on Travora Street Next they wrote letters to Mayor Jerry Peterman about their experience They expressed a desire to meet him and he agreed Mayor Peterman met my students and me at Greenway Park in Graham after school on May 2 to pick up some more litter in the park and in Town Branch Creek and see an old family cemetery adjacent to the park Howard Tash from Team Alamance NC Big Sweep also came to give my students environmental education materials and talk about the watershed David Duarte Migdalia Pozos-Guido Jessica Quevedo-Agustiniano and I enjoyed our afternoon with the Mayorrdquo Thanks Mayor Peterman


The students and Mayor Peterman were also featured in a photo on the front page of the Thursday Times-News Region section this week

Shout Out to Southern High Author Leslie Morris Lynn Bare English teacher at SAHS shared ldquoLeslie Morris won first place in the Jack OrsquoKelley Sertoma Club 2012 National Heritage Essay Contest She won $500 This is an annual contest and the prompt usually connects to something relevant to todayrsquos world This year the background information referenced the economic situation of our country and world and how this threatens the way we live today and in the future Students were asked to think about how to prepare to meet the challenges caused by this uncertainty The actual prompt was Many of you have already decided or are in the process of deciding on a direction field or profession for your life Thatrsquos commendable But what if your plan your Plan A doesnrsquot work out Do you have any alternative or a Plan B Do you think one is necessary How will you decide what it will be What steps or resources will you use to help you decide Leslie wrote about the how important it is to have determination to succeed but that sometimes failure is inevitable She used examples of people that did not succeed at their first attempts at success but continued until they realized their dreams such as Abraham Lincoln and Walt Disney This is the second time wersquove had the 1st place winner from SAHSrdquo Congratulations Leslie


Shout Out to the A-B ESL Career College and Resource Fair Robin Bowers CTE Program Specialist shared ldquoApproximately 250 high school students from across the district attended the ESL Career College and Resource Fair hosted by the Career amp

Technical Education Department on Wednesday May 2nd The fair focused on the 3 Ersquos (Employed Enlisted Enrolled) and also provided other contacts for students to learn about scholarships and local community resources

Thank you to all of our CDCs for assisting with the coordination of this eventrdquo


Shout Out to Grove Park

AP Angela Lynch at GPE shared ldquoHeather Fahnrichrsquos Class at Grove Park is mad about Matt Students received autographed pictures from University of South Carolina Pitcher Matt Price The students wrote to Matt Price wishing him good luck on his games this season In response Matt Price wrote back to each student answering questions and telling them all about the hard work it takes to get where he is today Matt mentioned the importance of not only working hard in his sport but also on academics as wellrdquo

Shout Out to Eastern Eagles and the Red Carpet Treatment Lia Long prom advisor at EAHS sent this in ldquoThe Eastern Eagles are hosting the 2012 prom on Saturday May 5th at Ramada Inn and we are doing a Red Carpet Arrival from 9 pm to 10 pm The event has an Oscars Night theme and our very own celebrity Jake Foushee is going to be the EA Tonight host ldquoroving reporterrdquo with my daughter Allie who goes to Williams The reporters will be interviewing prom-goers as they get out of their cars and make a grand entrance Spectators are invited o come and watch the arrivalsrdquo If you are out and about in Burlington on Saturday night head on over to the Ramada to watch and prepare to be glitzed


Shout Out to Southern High Simone Royal and Meredith Gilmore juniors at Southern High are state semi-finalists in the North Carolina Letters About Literature Competition The North Carolina Center for the Book a program of the State Library of North Carolina within the Department of Cultural Resources hosts the annual reading and writing competition for students in grades 4 through 12 The contest encourages students to write a letter to an author about a book by that author The letter is to tell the author how the book impacted the students life in some way There were nearly 2000 entries in the North Carolina competition Nationwide almost 59000 students entered this yearrsquos competition which is a project of The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress (The photo above is courtesy of Lynn Bare AP and Honors III English teacher at SAHS Simone is pictured at left Meredith right) Congratulations Patriots

Shout Out to Our A-B Scholar Athlete Teams

Read carefullymdashthis is VIP News On Thursday May 3 at the Dean E Smith Center in Chapel Hill the North Carolina High School Athletic Association presented the annual Scholar-Athlete State Team awards during the previous year The prestigious Scholar-Athlete Team designation indicates that each winning schoolrsquos sports team finished with the highest GPA in its particular sport for schools entering the AAA NCHSSA Scholar-Athlete program These school sports teams are recognized for combining excellence in athletics with excellence in the classroom

Across the state of North Carolina for the spring sports season of 2011 and the fallwinter sports season of 2012helliphelliphellipguess which school district in North Carolina earned 6 of the 24 team awards Drum roll pleasehelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip You guessed it----ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON

Spring 2011 Sport Scholar-Athlete Team GPA Baseball Western Alamance 3649 Menrsquos Tennis Walter Williams 3880 Womenrsquos Soccer Western Alamance 3747 Menrsquos Golf Walter Williams 3840 FallWinter 2012 Menrsquos Cross Country Western Alamance 3890 Menrsquos Winter Track Western Alamance 3540 (tie with NCSSM)


Besides Western and Williams the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM) was the ONLY other school on the list with more than 1 team winner Congratulations to all of our outstanding A-B scholar athletes and coaches

Shout Out to A-B Middle School Students College Bound Robyn Hadley from the Whatrsquos After High School Program says ldquoThanks so much to our middle schools for releasing your students in the Middle School College Ready Corps (MSCC) and your counselors to attend the 2nd Leadership Summit on April 20 We hope you got to see your students in their ldquoI AM COLLEGE BOUNDrdquo t-shirts We are especially grateful to College for Every Student Inc (CFES) for their sponsorship of this event and also thank Ramada Inn Burlington Sporting Goods CFNC (Takeila Barnes-Hall) UNC Office of Admissions UNC Bookstores Leroy Nesbitt and Barbara Carlton for working with us to make the event extra specialrdquo Photo at right Being Ladies Young ladies in grades 6-8 from the MS College Ready Corps Leadership Summit listen to Glenda Morrow Coordinator JobLink talk about ldquoThe Importance of Being A Ladyrdquo

Photo below Turrentine MS College Ready Corps visits the Old Well at UNC-Chapel Hill

ldquoSince we started the MSCC four years ago with Elon University approximately 300 students PLUS their parents have participated in the programs and our very first cohort is now in the 9th grade Next year with a new cohort of 9th graders we will have an opportunity to explore clubs focused on college access at each high school Students and parents tell us that MSCC experiences starting in 6th grade are opening their eyes to numerous college and


career options they had not considered Many of these students will be first generation college students and have embarked upon various extracurricular activities and participated in academic summer camps on college campuses It takes ABSS employees and community

volunteers to make this program a success Photo SHS Plans forhellip A group of 9th graders from Southern HS and Ida Kidd school counselor attended the MSCC Leadership Summit to talk to middle school students about life as a 9th grader and preparing for college They also spent some time planning for college access activities at SHS for 2012-13 Most of these SHS students pictured started in the MSCC as 6th graders at Southern MS and Hawfields MS

FINALLY we thought you might like to see what the students thought of their Summit experience hearing from GREAT speakers as well as the chance to interact with students from all ABSS middle schools The list of Summit ldquotake awaysrdquo below comes from a thank you letter Jennifer Lombard (Turrentine MS Counselor) sent to CFES We think it captures what most of the 200+ students learned at the Summit Thanks again for your supportrdquo

Our students highlighted the following things that they learned at the Leadership Summit

First impressions are very important

More information about college

Overcoming obstacles

Learning about trusting people who have been there and are trying to guide youlearn from the experiences of others

Prepare for college early

Education is important throughout life

Attitude matters

Take education seriouslymdashnot everyone has the opportunity

High school education is a very important part of your future goalsplans

Transcripts follow you

Donrsquot let anyone stop you from achieving what you reach for

Present yourself like a lady

Donrsquot have attitudes at teachers Have the best attitude every day

Be honest

Always believe in yourself

Proper preparation will prevent a pretty poor performance


Shout Out to Eastern High Inga Haas Hayes Director of Choral and Theater Arts for the Eagles shared ldquoWe wish to Shout Out to Eagles Katie Trieskey Tevin Jones Nicole Jeffries Victoria Faulkner Abigail Bates and Tyler McBroom These students all auditioned and participated in the process for XFACTOR the upcoming season premiere All of these students worked hard to make it through their audition rounds and deserve congratulations The initial attendees were among nearly 10000 people who auditioned for the showrdquo Fly Eagles fly

Pictured above L to R Victoria Faulkner Nicole Jeffries Tevin Jones Abigail Bates and Katie Trieskey Not pictured Tyler McBroom

Kristen Hayes and Amber Hayes also auditioned Kristen (pictured near right) attends Woodlawn Amber (pictured above right) is a graduate of EAHS and attends ACC in the C step program and is a Deanrsquos List Psychology student All of these performers have been under the direction of Mrs Elizabeth Zint from Woodlawn and Ms Inga Hayes at Easternrdquo


Shout Out to Dr Dain Butler Today May 4th was a red letter day in the Butler household Brie Butler AP at Graham Middle shared this photo of her family ldquoHere is Dain with our twins Blue and Beau this morning He received his Ed D in Educational Leadership from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro These are his biggest fansrdquo Congratulations Dr Dain Executive Director of School Administration for ABSS

Shout Out to Our Teachers National Teacher Appreciation Week is May 7-11 with National Teacher Appreciation Day scheduled for Tuesday May 8 Donrsquot forget to hug a teacher thank a teacher remember a teacher support a teacher and praise a teacher

Shout Out to Our Child Nutrition Colleagues Kathy Oakley in the CN Department wanted to share that May 7-11 is Child Nutrition Employee Appreciation Week Donrsquot forget to thank the CN staff at your school for all they do to support our students

Shout Out to Our Nurses National Nurse Day is Wednesday May 9 Donrsquot forget to hug your school nurse

Here are a couple of noteworthy quotes included in email signatures from colleagues this week

Out of the PUBLIC SCHOOLS grows the GREATNESS of the nation -Mark Twain

ldquoUnless someone like you cares a whole awful lot nothing is going to get better Its notrdquo

~Dr Seuss


etc (More information will be provided about the Maze Day in next weeks Shout Out) This Shout Out is dedicated to two GMS AVID students who volunteered to help two visually impaired students be able to participate and enjoy the days events Ana Flores 7th grade AVID student and Taylor Matherly an 8th grade AVID student attended Maze Day with all the visually impaired students from around the district They were partnered with two visually

impaired students who needed a buddy for the day It takes a great deal of maturity to agree to be responsible for a stranger and even more to be responsible for a stranger with special needs These girls did not falter in their task They did an awesome job and learned a lot while doing it The whole experience was educational as well as beneficial to all involved These girls and I had a fantastic day and made many new friends It is just one more example of the awesome opportunities provided to our AVID students Great Job Ana and Taylorrdquo (photo above Taylor at left Ana)




to go Eagles







































































Attitude matters







Be honest















~Dr Seuss




to go Eagles







































































Attitude matters







Be honest















~Dr Seuss







































































Attitude matters







Be honest















~Dr Seuss













~Dr Seuss

shout out to garrett gators! · ann russell- aig teacher and jennifer young- parent volunteer....

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