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Submitted by jenny_hunter on Fri, 01/15/2016 - 10:07am
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Friday, January 15, 2016
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January is School Board Appreciation Month
During the month of January, NCSBA and school districts across the state celebrate National School Board Appreciation Month to commemorate the important contribution school board members make to their communities. As a “thank you” to these dedicated individuals, Superintendent McDaris has submitted a guest editorial to run in the Transylvania Times (see attached).
School Nutrition
Carolyn Barton, Director of School Nutrition Services, received her School Nutrition Specialist Certification from the National School Nutrition Association in December, and has been selected to present a session entitled “Making Sense of Your Dollars and Cents” at the National School Food Service Convention in June. Mrs. Barton also recently renewed her Serve Safe Instructor Credential and Certification.
VFW Teacher of the Year
Elizabeth Ballard, art teacher at T. C. Henderson Elementary School, was named as the “VFW Teacher of the Year” at the Veterans of Foreign Wars annual awards banquet on December 14, 2015. The award was given in recognition of her efforts to education elementary school children on the values of good citizenship. Congratulations, Mrs. Ballard!
RHS Athletes
Several Rosman High School athletes hit big milestones recently. Basketball players Zach Stroup and Callie Chappell were recognized at a home game on January 8 for having scored 1000 points during their Tiger basketball careers. Both have been recognized as Smoky Mountain All-Conference players as well. Ethan Orr scored his 100th victory as a Rosman High School varsity wrestler in December, and Tristan Praytor accomplished the same feat in early January. Congratulations to these dedicated student athletes on their achievements!
RHS 100th Anniversary Celebration
As part of Rosman High School’s 100th Anniversary celebration this year, a collaborative art and history exhibit is on display in the art gallery at RHS. Art teacher Amy Schoenacher and history teacher Wes Whitman combined forces to help students research items of historical and cultural interest from every decade since the school was founded in 1916. The first phase of the project includes wall canvases representing each decade, plus finely crafted clay boxes stacked as totems depicting important events and spaces that carry great meaning to the Rosman community. Chris Owen’s welding students crafted the metal stands that support the totems. Phase II of the project this spring will blend interviews and further research into the creation of a student-produced video project. Photos and the story of Phase 1 are available in an online album on Flickr and Facebook.
BMS Robotics
The Brevard Middle School robotics team is going to state! After taking first place in Strategy & Innovation (and second place overall) at the Blue Ridge Community College Qualifier Tournament in November, the BMS “FIRST” Lego League Robotics Team will be attending the state competition on January 24, in their very first year of competition. Headed by advisors Heidi Spradlin and Justin Ausburn, the team has been hard at work practicing engineering and programming tasks in preparation for the tournament. Since service learning is part of the program, the students have also been designing an electronics recycling program for the school. We wish the team and their advisors best of luck at the state competition!
Science Fair Winners
The Transylvania County Schools 2016 Math & Science Fair concluded on January 14 with a presentation by the BMS robotics team and the presentation of awards. Congratulations to the following winners:
Elementary Science Fair
Chemistry
1st Place – Serena Gurganious, RES
Math
1st Place – Rebecca Queen, RES
Junior Science Fair
Biological Science A
3rd Place – Rachael Arcane, RMS
2nd Place – Pearl Brown, BMS
1st Place – Ivy Scott, BMS
Biological Science B
3rd Place – Jack Cabe, RMS
2nd Place – Eda Riemann-Royer and Kylie Worley, BMS
1st Place – Abby Warren, RMS
Chemistry
3rd Place – Isabella Valadez, BMS
2nd Place – Luke Hawk, RMS
1st Place – Charlie Voso and Amaya Harris, BMS
Earth and Environmental Science
3rd Place – Clare Kennerly, BMS
2nd Place – Brennan Chapman, RMS
1st Place – Frank Parsons, BMS
Physics
3rd Place – Emma Coye, BMS
2nd Place – Morgan Owen, RMS
1st Place – Caroline Jones, BMS
Technology
1st Place – A. J. Eberhardt and Charlie Stewart, BMS
Engineering
3rd Place – Ashley Hoxit, RMS
2nd Place – Callie Owen, RMS
1st Place – Liam McNeely, Christopher Weemhoff and Jackson Reese, RMS
Senior Science Fair
Biological Science A
3rd Place – Ingrid Findlay and Selina Brown, BHS
2nd Place – Carver Nichols, BHS
1st Place – Emma Dauster, Kylie Evans, and Cullen Duval, BHS
Biological Science B
1st Place – Sarah Branagan and Candace Britt, BHS
Earth and Environmental Science
3rd Place – Bain Brown, John Nguyen and Nicole Rideout, BHS
2nd Place – Lauren Tooley, Bryce Spradlin and Eliza Witherspoon, BHS
1st Place – Hannah Field, Aidan Spradlin and Sam Lemel, BHS
Engineering
1st Place – Chase Bishop and James Thompson, BHS
NCTTFC Program Improvement Grants
Agriculture teachers Sarah Rhymer (BHS) and Heather McNeely (RHS) received word that Rosman High School and Brevard High School have each been awarded $5,000 grants from the North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission. The grants will be used for Farm Laboratory Enhancement Projects at each high school.
For more good news from Transylvania County Schools, please visit us at:
Twitter: twitter.com/transylvaniasch ǀ Flickr: flickr.com/tcsnc
Instagram: Instagram.com/transylvaniaschools ǀ YouTube: youtube.com/tcsnc
Smartphone App: Transylvania County Schools on Play Store and iTunes
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