JMRHS to Host Robotics State
Championship
On Saturday, March 7th, Jay M.
Robinson High School will once again host
the North Carolina VEX Robotics State
Championship.
Approximately 30 high school and middle school
robotics teams from across the state will converge on the
Bulldog campus seeking not only the coveted title of State
Champions, but they also will be competing for one of five
qualification spots for the VEX World Championships, which
will be held in Louisville, Kentucky, in April.
Qualification rounds will begin promptly at 9:30 a.m. and
run until 11:30 a.m. After a short break, the competition
will begin again at 12:15 p.m. and continue until 2:15 p.m.
Final Elimination Rounds will start at 2:30 p.m. The Awards
Presentation will follow.
Come watch this exciting, competitive platform that
tests the critical thinking skills, problem solving skills, and
teamwork skills of North Carolina’s future engineers.
This event is being sponsored by EMC Corporation.
CCHS Students Celebrate Hour of Code
Superintendent Barry Shepherd announced
that Elizabeth Snyder has been named the new
principal of Hickory Ridge Middle School. Her
appointment was approved by the Board of
Education at its Feb. 9th meeting. She replaces
Jim Carroll, who resigned in December.
Snyder comes to Cabarrus County Schools
from Thomasville City Schools, where she is
currently an elementary school principal. She is an
experienced educator who has worked as both a
teacher and an administrator.
She earned a bachelor’s degree from the
University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a
master’s degree from Gardner-Webb University.
She currently is enrolled in an educational
leadership doctoral program at the University of
North Carolina at Charlotte.
Snyder is expected to join the Hickory Ridge
Middle team in mid-March.
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CCS Receives Million Dollar Grant
Cabarrus County Schools recently received a $1.3
million After-School Quality Improvement Grant from the
N.C. Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) and the N.C.
General Assembly for STEM afterschool programs.
The funds will be used to create STEM afterschool
programs at W.M. Irvin Elementary, Rocky River
Elementary, C.C. Griffin Middle and Concord Middle Schools.
CCS will partner with Camp Invention, a nationally
recognized program focused on creativity, innovation,
real-world problem solving and the spirit of invention, to
implement and deliver the programs.
The programs will begin in April.
New CCS Annual Report Now Available
Students at Central
Cabarrus High School
celebrated the Hour of
Code by completing some
coding activities with its
students.
The Hour of Code
was launched in 2013
with 53 million students
worldwide participating
throughout the year.
President Barack Obama
joined in this year’s
celebration by writing
his very first line of
JavaScript code on Dec. 8th, showing that anyone can try
computer science and that learning the basics is the best
way to prepare for any career because these basic skills are
relevant to any career in the 21st century.
Principal Named for Hickory Ridge
Middle School
Board
Cork news
The Cabarrus County Schools Annual Report for the 20132014 school year – Excellence Shared – is now available online.
Visit the Cabarrus County Schools website at www.cabarrus.k12.
nc.us. You’ll find a link to the report in the Useful Links section.
This edition of the annual report looks at our relationship as
a school system to and with the Cabarrus County community. We
gathered a number of examples of mutual sharing and respect
for a common cause – our children and their futures.
This year’s annual report features the 21st century symbol of
sharing – the open share icon found on the cover of the report
is a well-recognized, two-pronged icon is designed to help users
of digital media (blogs, websites, articles, smart phon