John Jones
Director

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Points of Pride

"Bravo!" to the Buccanner Team from Porter Ridge Middle School in being selected as the North Carolina Middle School Association's Region 6 "Teaching Team of the Year." This team consists of Ms. Angela Monell, Ms. Brittany DeLucia, and Ms. Shannon Mathis. The team was recognized in March at the NCMSA Annual Conference in Greensboro.
For the fifth year in a row, Marvin Ridge Middle School students have won the Union County Battle of the Books (BoB) competition. Congratulations, Mavericks!
Congratulations to Ms. Ashley Ponscheck, Social Studies Teacher, from East Union Middle School in being selected by the North Carolina Middle School Association as Region 6 "Teacher of the Year." Ms. Ponscheck received this award at the NCMSA Anual Conference in March.

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Feature Stories

Acclaimed Author Visits with Middle Schoolers

Sixth grade students from Weddington Middle and fifth grade students from Weddington Elementary were entertained by visiting author A.J. Hartley, author of the newly released DARWEN ARKWRIGHT AND THE PEREGRINE PACT, when he visited the WMS media center in early November. Not only did the author read from his adolescent novel which is his first work for middle school students, but he also revealed interesting details about his life in England and his life in Charlotte as a professor at UNCC.

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MEGA Event Showcases UCPS' Finest!

Representatives from Union County Public Schools recently attended the MEGA Showcase of NC schools at the Friday Institute in Raleigh. William Blackledge, Scott Jacumin, and Lori Peyton shared strategies involved with the district's 1:1 Laptop Initiative as well as specific concepts associated with Science instruction, such as Moodle pages, OneNote, how to incorporate Google Earth in lessons, and other web tools for the classroom.