School news

Mecklenburg

Jay M. Robinson Middle: The school finished in first place in the N.C. Association for Scholastic Activities The Quill writing competition. This honor is the second consecutive state title for Jay M. Robinson. Team members were Maura Boeno, Parker Wallace and Kate Welch. In the individual events, Welch was recognized in the Argumentation category.

Hough High: Patrick Cowley has received an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point from Rep. Robert Pittenger.

Twelve students from the 9th District have received appointments this year to U.S. service academies.

Affirming Community Together Middle School Conference: Charlotte Latin, Charlotte Country Day and Providence Day will host the A.C.T. Middle School Conference March 21 at the Charlotte Latin campus.

High school students from the host schools have planned and will facilitate the conference, which focuses on building self esteem and making wise choices and was inspired by the National Association of Independent School’s People of Color Conference. Charlotte Prep, Cannon and Trinity Episcopal Schools are among the schools that will send student delegates.

Charlotte Catholic High: The U.S. Army Field Band of Washington, D.C., will present a free public performance at Charlotte Catholic High at 7 p.m. April 7.

For details contact the school. To obtain free tickets by mail, include a self-addressed stamped envelope with your request to: Attn: U.S. Army Field Band Tickets, 9013 Raintree Road, Charlotte, NC 28277.

Davidson Elementary: DES second graders recently presented a country music performance. Under the direction of music teachers Denise Mayes and Ashley Hamrick, the students sang, played instruments and danced.

Mallard Creek High: More than 100 Mallard Creek students participated in the recent N.C. DECA Career Development Conference. The following students earned top honors and will advance to internationals:

First place: (Human Resources Management) Will Henriques; third place, (International Business Plan) Zach White; fourth place (Quick Serve Restaurant Management) David Folk; fifth place, (Sports & Entertainment Operations Research) Carly Cockerham; and fifth (Place, Hospitality & Tourism Professional Selling) Amila Porobic.

Odyssey of the Mind Regional Competition: The following schools placed in the recent Central Region Tournament and will advance to state finals at East Carolina University April 6: Carmel Middle, Charlotte Latin, Community House Middle – Teams A and B, Cuthbertson Middle, Elizabeth Traditional, Elon Park Team B, Lake Norman Charter, Matthews Elementary Team Blue, Mt. Pleasant Middle, Myers Park High Teams Green and White, Piedmont Middle, Queen’s Grant Community Team A, Sharon Elementary, South Charlotte Middle, Trinity Episcopal and Unionville Elementary.

Cabarrus

The Quill Writing Competition: JN Fries Middle placed fifth and Hickory Ridge Middle placed eighth in the N.C. Association for Scholastic Activities writing competition. The Quill is an on-demand writing competition. Students have 90 minutes to create a written response to a presented prompt.

Cabarrus County schools: The Carolina Alpaca Breeders and Owners will donate 20,000 square feet of sod for the fifth year to CCS for use at local schools. The sod is used in the CABO Alpaca Celebration as footing for the alpacas during inspections and judging.

Weddington Hills Elementary: The Odyssey of the Mind team recently placed second in its division at regionals and will advance to the state competition April 6. Team members are Bryce Biehle, Jeannine Krug, Christina Lotfy, Campbell Mah, Charlie Sabin, Peyton Thomas and Alison VanDewark. The team is coached by parents Brenda Thomas and Maia Lofty.

Mt. Pleasant Middle: Students raised a school record $5,102 during February for Leukemia and Lymphoma Pennies for Patients sponsored by the school’s Beta Club.

Union

Stallings Elementary: To raise awareness of hunger and poverty locally and worldwide, students at Stallings Elementary created heart shaped clay bowls. The bowls were purchased by patrons at the school’s February fundraiser, “Hearts 4 Hunger,” which raised $560 for the Second Harvest Food Bank-Metrolina and Action Against Hunger.

• Students celebrated Read Across America March 4 in honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday. In addition to reading activities, Stallings Mayor Lynda Paxton, Stallings Chief of Police M.E. Plyler Jr., and Stallings Officer Justin Mchan read classic stories to the students.

Marvin Ridge High: Andrew Page has received an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point from Rep. Robert Pittenger.

Twelve students from the 9th District have received appointments this year to U.S. service academies.

Sun Valley Elementary: Students celebrated Read Across America and honored Dr. Seuss’ birthday during February. In addition to dressing up as book characters, the students listened to N.C. State Superintendent June Atkinson read via Skype and listened to a live reading by UCPS Superintendent Mary Ellis.

• The Chess Club placed third in its division in a Scholastic Chess Tournament. The Board Pushers Chess Club is advised by Richard Ramos and meets every Thursday afternoon.

Blue Ribbons: The Union County Public Schools Communications Office earned nine Blue Ribbons at the N.C. School Public Relations Association annual Blue Ribbon Awards Ceremony for Effective Communications.

The Office received two Excellence in Writing awards for “That Moment” by Community Relations and Communications Liason Rob Jackson and “Jacob’s New Life Chapter” by Communications Coordinator Deb Bledsoe.

Visual Communications Coordinator Arthur Rogers received an award for the “UCPS Kindergarten Handbook” and an award for “Excellence in the Special Purpose Publications.” Deb Bledsoe also received an award for “Inside News.” Excellence in Photography awards were earned by Arthur Rogers for “Mr. Muscles” and Deb Bledsoe for “Dancing in the Streets” and “Tiger Kicks.” Web Communications Coordinator Don Mace won an award for the UCPS website and Internet usage.

York

Oakridge Middle: OMS has raised $1,700 for the American Heart Association from a student/faculty basketball game.

The student team included two varsity players from Clover High.

Clover Middle: The Mathcounts team placed fifth in the recent competition against 10 schools.

The national program promotes math achievement by using “bee” contests.

Bethany Elementary: Students contributed 1,761 quizzes out of 4,409,622 in a national contest to “Read the Most from Coast to Coast.” The read-a-thon contest was part of a week long celebration of Dr. Seuss’ birthday.

Compiled by Cindy Stern