CCS Announces Teacher Assistant of the Year
Congratulations to Sandra Hajney, Teacher Assistant at W.M. Irvin
Elementary School, who has been named the Cabarrus County
Schools 2018-2019 Teacher Assistant of the Year!
Superintendent Chris Lowder and Assistant Superintendent Glenda
Jones surprised Hajney with the announcement on January 11th
at the school.
Hajney has served as a teacher assistant in Cabarrus County
Schools since 2007. Hajney began her career as a registered
nurse in New York. After relocating to North Carolina, Hajney
decided she wanted to work directly with children. Hajney worked
in a daycare while earning an Early Childhood Associate Certificate
in 2003.
In her current role, Hajney works with students from kindergarten
through fourth grade. Hajney enjoys making children smile. She
feels she makes the greatest impact while helping students during
reading intervention.
According to Principal Tonya Williams, “Mrs. Hajney is such a
valuable staff member at Irvin Elementary. She is quick to support
the various needs of our students and staff. Daily you can find Mrs.
Hajney giving hugs, high fives and words of encouragement to
students throughout the building. We are so grateful to have Mrs.
Hajney at Irvin Elementary.”
Central Cabarrus CTE Program hosts Inaugural CTSO Student
Leadership Summit
The Central Cabarrus High
CTE Program hosted an
inaugural CTSO Student
Leadership Summit on
Tuesday, February 19th at
the new home of Junior
Achievement of Central
Carolinas in Charlotte. The
theme of this year’s summit
was “Exploring Peer Student
Leadership, Community
Engagement and Civic
Responsibility for our Career
and Technical Student
Organizations”. Feeder
Zone CTE Coordinator
Brian Elliott said, “The purpose of this summit was to allow student leaders
build soft skills and participate
in networking opportunities
necessary for them to compete
in the evolving 21st Century
Workforce”. Student delegates
participated in five interactive
sessions ending in an awards
luncheon with Keynote Speaker
McKenzie Worley, Former
National Officer of FBLA-PBL
and Capstones Facilitator at
Junior Achievement of Central
Carolinas.
CCS to Participate in NAF Future Ready Labs
Cabarrus County Schools has been selected as one of the
four teams to participate in locally-sponsored NAF Future
Ready Labs! NAF Future Ready Labs are a collaboration
between National Academy Foundation (NAF), business
partners, and academy and district representatives to
offer students an internship experience with an innovative
and comprehensive structure. This program provides high
school students an opportunity to put their education
into practice in a unique work environment with support
from local business partners. In the new iteration of this
program, local businesses will partner with advisory boards
to develop a strong local talent pipeline.
This year, NAF will be piloting its Future Ready Lab tools,
resources, and supports with a select group of participants
across the country. These four teams were selected
through a rigorous application process to identify strong
goal-oriented school districts and advisory board teams to
plan and implement meaningful internship programs for
their communities’ high school students.
“We are excited to offer this unique opportunity that
will benefit students, as well as local businesses and the
communities they serve,” said Brooke Rice, Senior Director
of Future Ready Labs at NAF. “Businesses will see their
return on investment immediately while actively shaping
their future workforce.”
To volunteer or provide funding resources to help expose
more high school students to work-based learning
opportunities, please contact Kristi Parlier at Jay M.
Robinson High School.
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