Wilkes Early College Will Host a Prospective Student Night

February 5, 2015

6:00 pm- 7:30 pm

Formal Presentation will begin at 6:30 pm

Walker Center Ballroom

Dion Stocks, principal at Wilkes Early College, and staff strongly encourage parents and stu-

dents interested in applying to WECHS for the fall to attend this information session.

Prospective freshman will learn about expectations, requirements, and just exactly what is

WECHS! This is a great time to explore the possibility of making a significant impact on

your future.

Applications will be distributed at each middle school beginning January 2015. Students

must return completed applications by February 20th as No Late Applications will

be accepted!

We hope you will come and learn more about JOINING THE WOLF PACK FAMILY!!

January 28, 2015 Volume 3 Issue 06

JANUARY 2015

SPOTLIGHT ON EDUCATION IN THE

WILKES COUNTY SCHOOLS

Dates to Remember

Jan. 31 Hee Haw Performance (EWHS)

Feb. 16 Reading Foundations

Feb. 19 Project Lazarus

Feb. 20 Youth Leadership

Feb. 21 Movies, Music and More Trivia Event

Feb. 26 Battle of the Books

Inside this issue:

WECHS Accepting Applications Page 1

Mr. Duncan’s Hour of Code at RRES Page 2

CB Eller Students Assist Homeless Page 3

Students Selected for NC Honors Chorus Page 3

Mackenzie Starr Spelling Bee Winner Page 4

WC Hall of Fame Grant Recipients Page 5

Wilkes Early College High School Accepting

Applications

Jay Duncan’s 5th grade class at Roaring River Elementary School participated in a world-wide event known as Hour of Code. “The Hour of Code is a nationwide initiative sponsored by CSEd-Weekandcode.org to introduce computer pro-gramming to 10 million students and encourage them to learn programming.” (http://

www.tynker.com/hour-of-code/)

Mr. Duncan’s students found the Hour of Code as exciting and challenging. The students were defi-

nitely engaged as shown in the pictures.

Mr. Duncan’s Hour of Code at Roaring River Elementary

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Parker Childress and Tori Teague, 4th

grade students at Millers Creek Elementary, were selected from over 600 students to participate in the NC Elementary Honors Chorus in Win-ston Salem on November 8-9, 2014. They were chosen by audition to participate with 198 oth-er students from around the state. The event was a weekend of rehearsal, culminating in a concert directed by Tom Shelton, Jr. at the NC Music Educators Conference. Both students achieved great accomplishments during this event. Parker received a perfect score on her audition. Tori had a near-perfect score and was chosen as one of six to audition for a so-lo. Parker and Tori are students of Carol Huff-

man.

CB Eller Students Assist Homeless

Students Selected for NC

Elementary Honors Chorus

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CB Eller Elementary School students, staff, parents and community held a one day food drive for the Catherine H. Barber Homeless Shelter. The Jun-ior Beta Club were a big part of this effort. Principal Chad Mann stated, “I am extremely blessed to serve in an area where helping others is a high

priority!”

CB Eller Junior Beta Club is pictured

along with Principal Mann.

Mackenzie Starr Third Time Spelling Bee Winner

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Mackenzie Starr won the Wilkes County Schools 2014-15 Spelling Bee for the third consecutive time. Mac-kenzie is pictured on the left and run-ner-up, Sylvia Prevette is on the right. Mackenzie is a student at West Wilkes Middle and Sylvia is a student at East Wilkes Middle. Congratula-tions ladies!!!! The bee was held January 22, 2015 at 6:30pm in the Stone Center for the Performing Arts. Moderator for the event was Beth Hubbard, Assistant Principal at Mountain View Elemen-tary School. Judges were Andrea Byers and Tamarah Cornette, Curric-ulum Specialists and Angie Lamb, AIG Coordinator. Technical Assis-tants were Jamey Lambert. Seventeen students participated. The students were: Sydney Fergu-son, Boomer Ferguson; Elijah Brolin, CB Eller; Isabelle Curry, CC Wright; Joshua Molai, Central Wilkes Middle School; Sylvia Prevette, East Wilkes Middle School; Aydan O’Neil, Millers Creek, Meagan Black, Moravian Falls, Kendall Stanley, Mount Pleasant; Dakota Watson, Mountain View; Jar-ed Bumgarner, Mulberry; Evan Cothren, North Wilkes Middle School;

Pictured with the grant recipients are Dr. Marty Hemric, Superintendent Wilkes County Schools, Ian Adams, Vice-President of WCHOF, Larry Stone, Treasurer of WCHOF, Delaina Smith and Wayne Myers, members of

WCHOF and Chris Skabo, Wilkes County Schools Athletic Director.

WILKES COUNTY HALL OF FAME GRANT RECIPIENTS

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The Wilkes County Hall of Fame recently awarded over $8,000.00 in grant monies to be spent in the

area of the arts and athletics in Wilkes County Schools. The awardees are:

Gilda Aita Inkle Loom Weaving CWMS Visual Art Department

Scott Bryan Building a Tradition WWMS Volleyball Team

Anita Wingler NoteKnacks Rhythm Manipulatives Wilkesboro Elementary

Boomer-Ferguson Elementary

Moravian Falls Elementary

Elizabeth Horrell Flint Hill Beanstalk Adventure

Playground North Wilkesboro Elementary

Robert Weddington Community Arts, Music and

Physical Education Gala Traphill Elementary

Connie Ledford Musical Art Instruments Millers Creek Art Club

Kat Romanish General Supplies Moravian Falls Elementary

Boomer-Ferguson Elementary