Salisbury Post Education

07/26/2019

SALISBURY — Ashlyn Coley had to make several trips to her car to get all the teaching materials and books she had chosen for her new classroom in the trunk. Her two large bags were full of anything and everything she thought would be useful in her arts classroom. “How many books did we not take?...

07/25/2019

SALISBURY — With two and a half weeks until the start of the 2019-20 academic year for Rowan-Salisbury Schools, a new crop of teachers gathered Monday to ready themselves for their first year at the helm of classrooms across the district. Nearly 40 newly licensed and hired teachers attended, accor...

07/12/2019

Local students will at SkillsUSA Championships

A recent trip to Louisville, Kentucky, alongside two students is fresh on the mind of West Rowan High School masonry teacher Rodney Harrington. Their destination? The SkillsUSA Championships, a national competition for career and technical education students. With Harrington were rising senior Grant...

07/05/2019

With stops at Yellowstone National Park, Seattle and then all the way to Belize, a Rowan County educator is putting in the miles this summer to bring a new perspective to local classrooms. Though her travels will consume all but a matter of days in this year’s nine-week summer break, North Rowan M...

06/27/2019

SALISBURY — North Hills Christian School student J.D. Tysinger is looking to create a network for those suffering from food sensitivities, going above and beyond the school’s community service project. J.D. and his mom, Melanie Tysinger, hope to create a method for those who have food sensitivit...

05/23/2019

McCullough retired as a music teacher who taught at Cleveland and Woodleaf elementary schools, now combined into one school. The book is dedicated to those schools and the children who went there, along with faculty and staff.

Dicy McCullough continues her series of children’s books, “Tired of …” with “Tired of Music,” a rhyming short book about learning to love music. Little Annie is bored with music, but a new teacher inspires her to give it a try. This book includes the author herself, a former music teache...

05/10/2019

KANNAPOLIS — Opportunity was the word of the day Thursday as employees of Kannapolis’ Amazon Fulfillment Center surprised Kannapolis Middle School students with $10,000 worth of STEM equipment. The donation included laptops, 3D printers, drones and builder kits, offered by Amazon as a way to giv...

03/21/2019

CHINA GROVE — First-grade students at Bostian Elementary School filled the media center with patriotic songs Wednesday morning as they serenaded a crowd of local veterans. It was one of several service projects at the school as part of Bostian’s plan for “renewal” — a districtwide initiati...

03/14/2019

By Maggie Blackwell For the Salisbury Post SALISBURY — John Galloway’s classroom at Hurley Elementary School is a throwback to the 1960s. Printed maps hang on the walls. A bookshelf holds not one but two sets of encyclopedias, one set from 1954, the other from 1976. A turntable plays music on LP...

01/10/2019

In October, aspiring professionals from across the state gathered at the North Carolina State Fair for the 65th annual Apprentice Masonry Contest. The men and women, each sponsored by his or her respective employers, were each out of high school and on the path to careers in bricklaying. All except....

01/07/2019

By Andie Foley [email protected] CLEVELAND — A hum of excitement could be heard from room to room Friday as students, families and community residents navigated the halls of the new West Rowan Elementary School. The meandering crowd had just left a ceremonial ribbon-cutting and dedicat...

12/28/2018

By Rebecca Rider For the Salisbury Post CLEVELAND — The mood was strange Friday at West Rowan Elementary School. A small staff lunch in the cafeteria was subdued. Teachers having just made the trip from Woodleaf and Cleveland elementary schools after saying goodbye were the last stragglers to enjo...