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Catawba County schools could start Aug. 7 for 2012-13 year
Catawba County Schools will have about two weeks less of summer this year, after the school board approved a new school calendar for the 2012-13 year on Monday. Under the new calendar, unanimously approved at the board meeting, students will go back to school on Aug. 7. In a previously approved calendar, they were scheduled to begin school on Aug. 27. Under the new version, students will have 67 days of vacation this summer, or just over two months, compared with the 79 days under the old calendar. Students will get out of school on May 23, 2013.
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School systems' top earners change little from 2010 to 2011
Little has changed in the salaries of the employees of Catawba County’s three school systems since the Hickory Daily Record requested the information a year ago. This is due primarily to a freeze placed on pay raises by the state, which has been in place since 2009.
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Catawba County school districts to each get a new elementary school
The three school systems in Catawba County will each receive $11 million from the county for a new elementary school in this funding cycle. The cycle runs from 2011-15. Catawba County Schools plans to build its new school in the Banoak area, close to Propst Crossroads in the Foard area, said Superintendent Glenn Barger.
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New Hickory school board members sworn in
Anthony Spearman was selected as the person to fill the open position in the Hickory Public Schools’ Ward 3 board of education seat by the other board members. Spearman is the pastor of Clinton Tabernacle AME Zion Church in Hickory. He took the oath of office at the board meeting Monday night, along with Margaret Pope, Amy Monroe and Charlotte Williams. The three women were elected during the November election for Wards 4, 6 and the at-large seat, respectively. Pope was previously appointed to fill Vanessa Linebarger’s seat when she stepped down from the board earlier this year. This will be Williams’ second term on the board.
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2 incumbents, 1 new face on Hickory school board
The public elected one new person to the Hickory Public Schools’ board of education out of the three seats that were up for election. Incumbent Charlotte Williams and newly-appointed Margaret Pope will remain on the board for another four years. Ward 6 was the contested race, with four people filing for outgoing board Chairman Joab Cotton’s seat. Amy Monroe, the mother of three elementary-aged children, won the race handily, with 65 percent of the vote, garnering 255 votes. Rebecca Inglefield was her closest competitor, with 120 votes or 31 percent.
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School board candidates stress their dedication, involvement
The League of Women Voters of Catawba Valley sponsored a school board candidates forum at the Clinton Tabernacle AME Zion Church for the Hickory Public Schools and Newton-Conover City Schools on Tuesday night.
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7 candidates have filed for 3 positions on Hickory's school board
Seven candidates have filed for three seats, serving Ward 4, Ward 6 and the member-at-large seat that are up for election for Hickory Public Schools this year. The Ward 6 seat faces the stiffest competition, with four people running for current board chair Joab Cotton's seat. Cotton did not file for re-election. Early voting begins Oct. 20. Election Day is Nov. 4.
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Career conference preps seniors for working world
Hickory High senior Dametrius Lewis learned how to be confident in an interview, how to improve his resume and what to look for in a job at the career prep conference on Tuesday. High school seniors at the three school systems in Catawba County participated in the conference, which was hosted by Education Matters. The conference was designed to give the seniors a taste of what the professional world is like and how they should prepare for landing a job. “Their first impression is made in less than 10 seconds,” Lewis said of employers. “You need to speak out and make eye contact.”
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Hemphill resigns from Hickory Public Schools' board of education
Another board member is stepping down from Hickory Public Schools. Vice Chairwoman Gloria Hemphill, who represents Ward 3, announced Tuesday she is resigning effective Dec. 5.
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Community greets new Hickory school superintendent
Hickory Public Schools’ new superintendent was welcomed into the community at a reception Thursday afternoon. Walter Hart, 47, was hired at a board of education meeting Sept. 12. He will officially begin as the system’s new superintendent on Nov. 1, with his four-year contract expiring June 30, 2015.
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School districts rank in top 10 in state for graduation rates
Catawba County Schools was named one of the top school districts in the state for students who graduated with their four-year cohort, according to data collected by the NC Department of Public Instruction. The school district was ninth in the state, with 86.2 percent of students who entered high school in ninth grade remaining with their class and graduating four years later, in the 2010-11 school year. Catawba County Schools was about 5 percent behind the No. 1 school system, Elkin City Schools, with 91.7 percent of its students graduating.
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Leaders told more focus needed on early childhood education
Early childhood education is one of the most important investments a community can make in its future and one of the things getting underfunded by the state legislature, said Bill Millett. Millett is the president of the Charlotte-based Scope View Strategic Advantage and an advisor on the economic benefits of early childhood education. He spoke to Catawba County education and business leaders Wednesday about how critical it was that something be done to educate children at a young age.
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Rowan superintendent to lead Hickory schools
Dr. Walter Hedrick Hart was unanimously approved as superintendent by the Hickory Board of Education on Monday. He will begin November 1.
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Hickory Public Schools fills vacancy on board of education
Margaret A. Pope will be replacing Vanessa Linebarger as the board member representing Ward 4 on Hickory Public Schools’ board of education. Pope said she was interested in serving on the board because she is committed to students. “I’ve volunteered in the schools,” she said. “I’ve had a passion for children and I want to be an asset for maintaining and improving what we have in Hickory Public Schools.”
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The 2011-12 Visiting Writers Series at LRU
The listing of authors who will appear in the 2011-12 Lenoir-Rhyne University Visiting Writers Series.
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Hickory Public Schools policy on suspensions, weapons
Hickory Public Schools policy on suspensions, weapons
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New mentoring program designed to help middle-schoolers
About 100 students in Catawba County will have someone to help build their self-esteem and become positive role models this year, with a pilot program launching in three middle schools this fall. Mentors will meet once a week at Grandview, Newton-Conover and River Bend middle schools, with students who are selected for the new Lunch Buddy program. The superintendents for each school system selected the school and grade level, said Lamar Mitchell, executive director for Champions of Education. “Volunteers are needed now more than ever with budget cuts,” Mitchell said. “We want to have a manageable level of students and mentors with each school.”
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The Hunger Games
When movie-makers rolled into the area in May to film the much-anticipated “The Hunger Games” movie, people were buzzing. Whether that buzz will be recreated when Lionsgate films additional movies based on a trilogy of books from author Suzanne Collins remains to be seen.
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2 seats still have no candidates in school board elections
Filing for school board elections for Newton-Conover City Schools and Hickory Public Schools closes in six business days and there are still two seats with no candidates. Both districts had to look at the lines for their wards with the change in 2010 Census population. Newton-Conover’s didn’t shift, but Hickory’s did, affecting where people live who file for the ward seats. The incumbents up for re-election — Joab Cotton in ward 6 and Charlotte Williams who has the at-large seat — are not affected by the new ward lines.
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School begins for thousands across county
Thursday was just another school day for many students across the county, even though it marked the first day of classes for the three school districts. At Grandview and Northview middle schools, it was the first day of the standardized dress code. Although students have until Oct. 10 to comply with the new policy, few are waiting that long. The majority of students came to school dressed in the required polo shirts and black, khaki or navy bottoms. Eighth-grader Cayla Greene said she didn’t love having to abide by the dress code, but said she decided to make it her own with a large silver disc necklace and pale red, yellow and white plaid shoes.
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Hickory Schools completes first stage of superintendent search
Hickory Public Schools has completed its first round of interviews of superintendent candidates and is narrowing down the field of applicants. Hickory Public Schools’ Board of Education Chairman Joab Cotton would not give the exact number of candidates the school system has received, saying it’s only “more than average.”
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Hickory High alumna on her way to fulfilling graduation dreams
When Judy Her graduated from Hickory High in June 2009, she had dreams of going to Wesleyan University and majoring in film and East Asian studies to meld the two together. Now a junior at the school, Her is well on her way. She has taken a few classes in her two majors at Wesleyan. This year she will be taking three film courses from Jeanine Basinger, who taught Michael Bay, the director and producer of “Transformers” and “Armageddon.” Her has been involved with Wesleyan’s instructional media services, working in post-production on movies. And she has had the opportunity to visit South Korea twice on scholarships.
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School bus routes released
Bus schedules for Catawba County Schools, Hickory Public Schools and Newton-Conover City Schools.
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Schools improve in state testing, but achievement gap remains
Although the schools in Catawba County improved in state testing, there is still work to be done. The biggest achievement gap is between white and minority students, and the districts in the county acknowledged that is something to improve upon. The test scores were officially released Thursday by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction. The state ABCs of Accountability are usually preferred over the federal Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) test results, because school officials believe they give a more accurate representation of how a school is doing.
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Hickory High students create murals to inspire reading at Snow Creek
The white walls of the Snow Creek Elementary media center have been empty for the two years the school has been open. When students come back next month, they’ll have something to inspire them to open their minds and perhaps a book. “I didn’t just want to put posters up,” said Ellen Sigmon, media coordinator. “At first I thought about getting big windows and putting stuff in them, but I thought painting them would be a whole lot easier. I thought we could do different genres of literature.” When Sigmon’s daughter, Caroline, heard that Sigmon wanted to paint windows at Snow Creek’s media center, Caroline wanted to paint one, Sigmon said.
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