by Baker Mitchell
on October 27, 2011
in Administrators, Blogs, Educators, Parents, School News
While most public school students receive final report cards in June, schools and districts can review their annual progress each October when the North Carolina School Report Cards are released. The Report Cards, which are in the 10th year of publication, feature a collection of information about student performance and attendance, class size, school safety, teacher quality and classroom technology. (Source NCDPI)
Find how well our schools [...]
by Baker Mitchell
on October 25, 2011
in Administrators, Blogs, Educators, Parents, School News
Something new has emerged from the old industrial center of downtown Winston-Salem. The pioneering spirit found in most charter schools throughout the state has emerged in the middle of an inner city street littered with vacant brick factory buildings, relics of a bygone era. Read more…
by Baker Mitchell
on October 13, 2011
in Administrators, Blogs, Educators, Parents, School News, Students
The “Charter Trail” this week led to Holly Springs and Durham. Thanks to Brian Woomer, of Woomer Insurance in Apex, for the invitation to address the Holly Springs Rotary Club Wednesday.
Kestrel Heights School, with a proud 13 year history of success, is having its ribbon cutting for a new Middle School building and I am priviledged to join that ceremony at 1 pm today at [...]
by Baker Mitchell
on October 11, 2011
in Administrators, Blogs, Educators, Newsletters, Parents, Press Releases, School News, Students, Uncategorized
Governor Perdue’s Career and College Promise initiative, which was adopted by the General Assembly and begins in January 2012, will provide students with a remarkable opportunity to accomplish up to two years of college credit while in high school. In detail, the initiative will provide eligible high school students an opportunity to achieve 30 hours of college transfer credit through North Carolina’s Community Colleges while [...]
by Baker Mitchell
on September 26, 2011
in Administrators, Blogs, Educators, Parents, School News, Students
Pine Lake Preparatory’s Marching PRIDE competed at the Carolina Cavalcade Festival of Bands this past Saturday, September 24th. The group took home honors for 1st place Overall in Class, 1st place Musical Effect, 1st place General Effect, 1st Color Guard, 1st place Drum Major, and 1st place Percussion. Their next competition performance will be at the Mooresville HS “Blue Devil Classic” on Saturday, October 15, [...]
by Baker Mitchell
on September 26, 2011
in Administrators, Blogs, Educators, Newsletters, Parents, School News
Tristan Rodriguez was lucky. He had to wait less than a year to gain admission to Greensboro Academy, one of Guilford County’s oldest charter schools.
His parents, Maria Agosto and Enrique Rodriguez, applied for a spot there because they believed Tristan, a bright kid with an attention deficit disorder, would flourish in a middle school with fewer students.
He joined the academy’s sixth-grade students in August and [...]
by Baker Mitchell
on September 21, 2011
in Administrators, Blogs, Educators, Newsletters, Parents, Press Releases, School News, Uncategorized
The judges agreed unanimously with a trial court decision that the Rutherford County Schools owed Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy about $731,000 in back per-pupil funding over three years, based on funding levels in an account that all districts must keep for normal operating expenses. Read more here…
by Baker Mitchell
on September 19, 2011
in Administrators, Blogs, Educators, Newsletters, Parents, Press Releases, School News
Two Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools have been named winners of the annual Blue Ribbon School awards from the U.S. Department of Education.
Piedmont IB Middle School and Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy are among the eight N.C. winners of the award, presented to schools that demonstrate success in closing achievement gaps between groups of students.
None of the other six N.C. winners or the three S.C. winners are from the [...]
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