Board Recognizes Senator Soles, Representative Hill

Dr. Dan Strickland and Mr. Norris Ebron present senator R.C. Soles and representative Dewey Hill with plaques honoring their work on behalf on education in the General Assembly at a recent Board Meeting.

Bright Ideas Winners

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Congratulations to Camela Babson of Acme Delco Middle School, Kathy Blake of Chadbourn Elementary School, Carol Blake of Chadbourn Middle School, Stephanie Sellars of Guideway Elementary School, Velvet Hardwick of Hallsboro Middle School, Amanda Edwards of Old Dock Elementary, Gay Strickland of South Columbus High School, Kelly Strickland Graham of Tabor City Elementary School, Daphne Long of Williams Township and Sherry Jordan of East Columbus High School for being elected as 2007-2008 Bright Ideas Grant Recipients.
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Joan Buck Named Outstanding Teacher

Joan Buck, teacher at Acme Delco Elementary School, was recently recognized and rewarded by the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics as an Outstanding Elementary Teacher. This recognition rewards teachers who make mathematics exciting for her students. It identifies Joan as a teacher who nurturers her students to make sense of math as a tool for everyday living and enhances their understanding by extending mathematics beyond the classroom.

Board Chairman Norris Ebron presented a plaque to Ms. Buck with principal Janet Hedrick in attendance at a recent board meeting.

Art Teacher Creates Murals for Cafeteria

Sabrina Malpass, art teacher at Hallsboro Middle and Acme Delco Middle Schools, helped create healthy figures for the cafeteria of Hallsboro-Artesia Elementary School. Ms. Malpass, who has an extensive background in illustration, created the figures in partnership with Columbus Regional Healthcare, which provided the materials.

Columbus County Students Excel at Play Competition

Students from East, South and West Columbus High Schools performed at the North Carolina Theatre Conference Play Festival at Ashley High School in Wilmington on November 2nd and 3rd. All three schools excelled with West and South receiving Excellent marks and East Columbus receiving Superior.

Chadbourn Elementary School Receives Books from DonorsChoose

Kathy Blake, librarian of Chadbourn Elementary School, recently received a grant of over $1000 to purchase books for the library from Donorschoose.org, an online agency that allows donors to select from a wide range of applications. The students will enjoy the generosity of this donor for years to come!

Acme Delco Elementary Literacy Night

On September 25, 2007 Acme Delco Elementary hosted a K-2 Literacy Night for parents at the Riegelwood Public Library. Rebecca Ham and Stephanie Nelson, both teachers at the school, presented techniques to help parents increase their child’s reading. Public Librarian, Robin Creech, discussed the library’s programs and helped parents get new library cards for students. The school provided each parent a take-home reader that can be exchanged for a new book as often as the parent wishes. Parents read a page and the child reads the next leveled text page. Approximately 30 parents and students were in attendance. Our goal of is to increase parent involvement in literacy. The night was a huge success and the school plans to have a annual Literacy Night.