John Jones
Director

Points of Pride

Congratulations to Mr. Tim Conner, Principal of Porter Ridge Middle School, in being named the 2011NC Middle School Administrator of the Year for Region 6!
Congratulations to Marvin Ridge Middle's Prakash Mishra in winning both the Union County Public Schools Spelling Bee and The Charlotte Observer Regional Spelling Bee at ImaginOn. Prakash later went on to place 10th in the 2011 National Spelling Bee! Congratulations to Prakash as he has represented Union County and North Carolina well in past competitions.
For the fourth year in a row, Marvin Ridge Middle School students have won the Union County Battle of the Books (BoB) competition held this year on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011, at the Professional Development Center in Monroe.

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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.