|
More school news New CMS-TV show for parents Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has introduced Parents CONNECT, a new TV show for parents, on CMS-TV Cable 3. The program, airing weekends at 7 and 10 p.m., is designed to promote parent involvement in schools and support parents in their role as their child’s first teachers. Kim Graham, president of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Council of PTAs, is the host. Her first guests on the show will be Colin Pinkney, executive director of The Urban Restoration, a Charlotte faith-based organization dedicated to helping parents support their children; and Leslie Riggs, a bilingual psychotherapist and a licensed clinical social worker with South Charlotte Counseling and Consulting. Country Day students win art awards Twenty-one Charlotte Country Day School students recently won Scholastic Art Awards, which, for 80 years, have been recognizing outstanding achievement among young artists. Each year, 250,000 students in seventh through 12th grade participate, and 50,000 students receive regional awards and exhibition opportunities. Gold and silver key winners’ artwork from CCDS is on display at Spirit Square, the Mint Museum of Art and the Mint Museum of Craft+Design. Nominate your favorite teacher for a $1,000 grant Do you have a favorite teacher who deserves to be recognized? Stop by any Charlotte area Wal-Mart or Sam’s Club location through Friday, Feb. 23, to submit a nomination for the company’s annual Teacher of the Year program. Outstanding educators are eligible for a $1,000 grant for their school and other prizes. Each Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club location across the country will name a local Teacher of the Year in honor of National Teacher’s Day, which is May 8. Through this year’s program, more than 4,000 teachers nationwide will be recognized, and the Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club Foundation will donate approximately $5 million for three types of awards. Local Teacher of the Year honorees receive $1,000 for their schools, a $100 gift card to buy supplies for their classrooms, an honorary Teacher of the Year shirt and a personalized certificate. State winners, selected by members of the Phi Delta Kappa international educational fraternity, receive $10,000 for their schools, business cards, a State Teacher of the Year certificate and a one-year membership to Phi Delta Kappa. All state winners are automatically entered into the national competition. One national winner will receive a $25,000 school grant when the National Teacher of the Year award is announced in November. Charlotte Latin presents ‘West Side Story’ Star-crossed lovers and rival gangs meet in the musical “West Side Story,” to be presented at Charlotte Latin School on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 23-24, at 7:30 p.m., and on Sunday, Feb. 25, at 3 p.m. in Thies Auditorium. The production will feature a cast of 52 students. Tickets are free and reservations are available at www.charlottelatin.org. For further details, call 704-815-2455. Myers Park High DECA fund raising for Make-A-Wish Foundation Myers Park High School’s DECA program aims to raise $6,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and Western North Carolina with a student-staff basketball game Wednesday, Feb. 21. DECA is an international association of high school and college students studying marketing, management and entrepreneurship in business, finance, hospitality and marketing sales and service. For tickets or to learn about sponsorship opportunities, call Matthew Speas at 704-575-3648. To make a tax-deductible donation, make checks payable to Make-A-Wish Foundation and mail to Speas at Myers Park High School, 2400 Colony Road, Charlotte, NC 28209. ‘Einstein Is a Dummy’ to premiere at UNC Charlotte The Department of Dance and Theatre at UNC Charlotte will present the children’s musical “Einstein is a Dummy” Wednesday through Saturday, Feb. 21-24, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 25, at 2 p.m. The show will take place in the Lab Theatre in Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts. The play will premiere in North Carolina following a successful run at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., and the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. Tickets, $5, can be purchased by calling 704-687-2599 or in person at the Robinson Hall box office, open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For details, visit www.performances.uncc.edu. CMS students in school Feb. 19 Students will attend school Monday, Feb. 19, President’s Day, to make up for the Feb. 1 snow day. Students are required to be in attendance. This year’s school calendar provides seven make-up days.
Charlotte Weekly © 2006 Charlotte Weekly. All Rights Reserved |
|
|