Education
Newsmakers Breakfast Sept. 22 features Q&A with Dr. Hill, new CMS superintendent
Sept. 15. Dr. Crystal Hill, the new superintendent of Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools, will be the featured speaker at a Newsmakers Breakfast Q&A on Friday Sept. 22 at The Peninsula Club. Hill leads the second-largest school system in North Carolina. Public education is a timely topic, not only as a $2.5 billion bond issue goes before […]
New preschool hires first director
June 22. Margy Nance is the new Preschool Director at Cornelius Early Scholars, a new non-profit scholarship Christian preschool that will utilize space in First Baptist Church on Catawba Avenue. She has more than 17 years of preschool experience, including more than a decade as director. Rev. David Judge, who chairs Cornelius Early Scholars, said […]
Jeff Tarte, former mayor and NC senator, in the running for CMS superintendent
March 16. By Dave Yochum. Former NC Sen. Jeff Tarte is one of the candidates for superintendent of Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools. Tarte, who is 66 years old, is also the former mayor of Cornelius. BWP & Associates, the consulting firm hired by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, is conducting the search. Tarte may be uniquely qualified. A product […]
Central Piedmont to offer teacher certificates
March 3. Interested in becoming a teacher, but you don’t have a teaching certificate? Central Piedmont Community College will launch a licensing program in August for bachelor-degree graduates who are considering a career in the elementary school classroom. For more info, email Jennifer Perkins, chair of the Teacher Preparation Pathway Program.
Cornelius Elementary Robotics Team lands trophy
Jan. 30. Cornelius Elementary’s Robotics team brought home a trophy from the NC FIRST Lego League (FLL) Challenge State Championship. The team placed fourth in Core Values, and ranked 10th in Robot Run out of 90 qualifying teams. Teams are scored at the competition based on their robot run performance, their research project and their […]
E-books a million: Char-Meck Library hits a record
Jan. 12. A record-breaking 1.7 million digital books were checked out from the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library in 2022, highlighting the importance of e-books, audiobooks and other digital content. Top 5 e-book titles 1. The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave 2. Verity by Colleen Hoover 3. Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty 4. The Paris Apartment by […]
Cornelius Elementary’s Robotics Team goes to state championships Jan. 21-22
Jan. 11. Cornelius Elementary’s Robotics Team was awarded the Judge’s Award in the NC FIRST Lego League (FLL) Challenge qualifying tournament held at Olympic High School in Charlotte, and scored high enough to advance to the State Championship. The Judge’s Award is presented to the team that excelled in all aspects of the competition: Robotics, […]
ASC seeks nominations to honor exceptionally creative teachers
Nov. 22. Nominations are available for two awards from the Arts & Science Council (ASC) to honor exceptionally creative teachers in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg region. Background ASC’s Cato Lifetime Achievement in Teaching Awards recognize teachers who have a distinguished career of more than 15 years teaching the arts, sciences or history or who have demonstrated creative […]
Non-profit pre-school will launch next year
Oct. 26. Cornelius Early Scholars, a nonprofit scholarship preschool, will launch next year to give children in need a chance for a head start in their early childhood education. The preschool will meet in donated space in the Education Building at First Baptist Church on Catawba Avenue. “With one out of four children unprepared to […]
Survey addresses where NC teachers stand nationwide
Sept. 27. With teachers making an average of $2,150 less per year than they did 10 years ago when adjusted for inflation, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2022’s Best & Worst States for Teachers, as well as accompanying videos and expert commentary. WalletHub analyzed the 50 states and the District of […]
