Parent Teacher Magazine Cabarrus County Schools May/June 2018 | Page 4

Message from Superintendent Christopher M. Lowder Ed. D. Congratulations to Kate Culbreth, our 2018-2019 Teacher of the Year! She was named Teacher of the Year at a special ceremony April 19th at the Cabarrus Arts Council’s Davis Theater. Kate teaches English Language Arts at Wolf Meadow Elementary School. We had the opportunity to watch our athletes compete in the Special Olympics Spring Games at the Cabarrus Arena & Events Center. Once again this year, the U.S. Army joined our team to help make our athlete’s Olympic dreams come true. Army personnel volunteered at the games and also staffed an interactive exhibit in the Olympic Village. For the 3rd consecutive year, Cabarrus County Schools is home to the 3A Men’s Basketball Champions. Congratulations to the Cox Mill High School men’s basketball team on winning its second consecutive state championship with a nail-biter victory over Jacksonville Northside on March 10th in Reynolds Coliseum at N.C. State University. Totally cool, y fun! totall KIDS BOWL FREE Program at Woodleaf Lanes! KidsBowlFree.com/PW Parents, go to this website and register your children (ages 4-15) for the KidsBowlFree program. Kids receive 2 free games a day now through September!!!!! Follow the instructions once you get to this website! COUPON ALERT 10% off a birthday party by bringing in the coupon and making reservations for your party Expires 9/01/2018 1811 Jake Alexander Blvd W, Salisbury, NC 28147 www.WoodleafLanes.com 2 May/June 2018 • Parent Teacher Magazine Congratulations also are in order to all of the CCS teams that competed in the state VEX Robotics Championship on March 10th. Mount Pleasant Middle School and J.M. Robinson High School Team A and Team D have qualified to compete in the World VEX Robotics competition. Two of our district’s magnet school programs recently received recognition. We are proud to share that Royal Oaks Elementary School will join A+ Schools of North Carolina, an arts-based school reform program, and Weddington Hills Elementary School has been named a National Magnet School of Excellence by Magnet Schools of America, the national association for magnet and theme-based schools. Before we close the books on the 2017-2018 school year, we still have important work to do. Over the next few weeks, there will be final exams, end-of-course, and end-of grade tests to take. There will be field days and awards ceremonies to attend. There will be study guides and final projects due. There will be final grades that need to be submitted and classrooms to pack up and clean out. With all that is going on, it’s important that we all stay as focused, dedicated and committed as we were back in September. It has been a great year and I look forward to an even greater one in 2018-2019! Have a safe and happy summer. Chris Chris Lowder, Ed. D. Superintendent