Parent Teacher Magazine Rowan-Salisbury Schools Jan/Feb 2017 | Page 9

East Rowan High National Honors Chorus And Band

East Rowan High School Music Department has four students heading to New York City to represent ERHS at the 2017 High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall .

Students selected are :

• Emily Avalos - Chorus

• Spencer Byrd - Band

• Ethan Diaz - Chorus

• Katie Howard - Band

Emily McNeill is the Band Director and Dean Orbison is the Choral Director .

East Rowan High Student & Teacher Receive National Music Honors

East Rowan High student Katie Howard has been selected to be a part of the National Association for Music Education and U . S . Army All-American Marching Band .

Band Director Emily McNeil has been selected to attend the All-American Marching Band Director ' s Academy in San Antonio , Texas .

RSS ‘ Grow Your Own Leaders ’ Program For 2016-2017

Congratulations to the following Rowan- Salisbury leaders for participating in the district ’ s “ Grow Your Own Leaders ” professional development program .

Jessica Allen Carl Snider

Marilyn Monteith Jessica Reynolds Charles Edwards Kristen Hoyt Kim Martin Kevin Taylor Larry Walters Stacey White

Erwin North Rowan

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Carson Carson East Rowan East Rowan North Rowan West Rowan West Rowan West Rowan

E3 Extraordinary Awards

Rowan-Salisbury employees recognized by Board of Education for receiving the “ E3 Award of Excellence ” for demonstrating extraordinary customer service are :

• Gwen Goodman : Workman ’ s Compensation /

Risk Management

• Kelly Russel : Shive Elementary Secretary

• Debbie Jones : Administrative Assistant for Middle Schools and Secondary Education

• Sonya Mulkey : Administrative Assistant for Curriculum and Instruction

North Rowan High Band Receives National Recognitions

The North Rowan High School ‘ Green and Gold Tsunami of Sound ’ marching band competed in the 2016 State Championship band competition in Greensboro , placing 3rd overall in their class ; and they went on to compete in National competition in Atlanta , GA against 26 other bands from across the country . Sir D . Davis is the NRHS Director of Bands .

RSS Receives The Learning Counsel National Award

Rowan-Salisbury Schools is one of 12 districts across the country to receive the “ 2016 Digital Curriculum Strategy Award ” presented by the Learning Counsel . The award recognizes the successful integration of digital curriculum and technology in teaching and learning .

Achieve3000 November Champions !

South Rowan High , Knox Middle and Woodleaf Elementary schools were Achieve3000 Champs for reaching the highest reading scores for November . SRHS also won this honor in October and the only school to win for two consecutive months !

The Achieve3000 Award Patrol surprises three schools each month with the ' rotating ' Achieve3000 Reading Champs banner . An elementary , middle and high school are selected monthly for students achieving the highest overall reading scores . The competition began in October to recognize and encourage reading among our students and schools by creating fun challenges and rewards . Administrators and school board members make the surprise presentations to the winning schools . In addition to South Rowan High , Southeast Middle and Cleveland Elementary schools won the honor in October .

Congratulations RSS students and educators for excellence in student literacy achievement ! Wonder who the next winning schools will be ?

RSS Receives State ‘ Excellence In Educational Programs ’ Award

Rowan-Salisbury Schools received the prestigious ‘ grand prize ’ for ' Excellence In Educational Programs ’ award presented by the NC School Boards Association during their annual conference in November .

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