ICYMI: Facebook was down today! 🫢 When technology fails, reading with a friend is always a great idea. 📖 As we see here at Eastlawn Elementary, our exceptional teachers foster a passion for reading and learning, with or without screens. #StudentCenteredFutureFocused
🏆 Congratulations to our exceptional 2024 Teacher of the Year Finalists - Grayson Coleman from Hillcrest Elementary, Cassie Dodson from Altamahaw-Ossipee Elementary, Chanel Jones from Broadview Middle, Linda Gruener from Highland Elementary, and Kristin Adams from Eastern Alamance High School!
🌟These dedicated educators have demonstrated outstanding commitment to their students and a passion for teaching that goes above and beyond.
🍎 We will announce our district winner in April. Until then, join us in celebrating these remarkable teachers!
Shedding new light 💡 on history! During their specials time with Ms. House, the 4th-grade students at Elon Elementary learned about the history of the North Carolina coast, the ⚓️ Graveyard of the Atlantic, and the importance of lighthouses in the 1700s and 1800s. To showcase their knowledge, they created a digital timeline using Google Drawings, a slideshow presentation, a Google Earth 🌍 mapping project, and handcrafted model lighthouses. The students are excited to exhibit their impressive creations, which demonstrate their deep understanding of this fascinating era in coastal history. #StudentCenteredFutureFocused
Southeast Alamance High School will be holding a candlelight vigil this evening at 7:30 PM to honor the memories of two of our Stallions who recently passed away. We invite all students, families, and staff to join in front of the flagpole. Our hearts go out to the loved ones of these two young lives cut tragically short. Let us remember them together as one Stallion family.
South Graham Elementary continued to celebrate acts of kindness with two exciting events this week. First, 49 students who completed their punch cards enjoyed a fantastic Skating Party at Roll-a-Bout. 🛼
Then, it was time to hit the track as 15 students celebrated with some friendly racing competition in Mario Kart. Officer Edwards joined in, though he was hit by a few green shells and put back in 6th place! 🎮
These events showcased our students' dedication to making a positive impact through their acts of kindness. Way to go!
We are thrilled to congratulate our 2024 Classified Employees of the Year! 🌟These dedicated staff members take on diverse and critical roles that provide vital support for the education of our students. We deeply appreciate their hard work. Congratulations!
✨ Kindergarten Enrollment links in English and Spanish are now on our website! We have instructions, videos, a checklist, and other resources. If your child will turn 5 before August 31, 2024, they are eligible to enroll in ABSS Kindergarten for the 2024-2025 academic year.
https://www.abss.k12.nc.us/o/abss/page/kindergarten-program
✅ Want to register in person? Come out to our Registration Fair on March 9th at Holly Hill Mall, 9 AM to Noon. Staff will be available to answer all your questions!
We are proud to announce the 2024 ABSS Teachers of the Year! 🌟
These exceptional teachers are making a real difference in their students' lives. They care deeply about their students’ growth and success every day. Whether helping a struggling learner find their confidence, making lessons fun through imaginative activities, or supporting students through life's challenges, their student-first commitment is worthy of praise.
Please join us in celebrating them! 👏
We're so proud of our talented Broadview Middle School students! They wrote and illustrated their very own books to read with the Eastlawn Elementary students this week. 📚 The Broadview students shared their one-of-a-kind creations with kindergarteners, 1st graders, and 2nd graders, providing literacy support in the dual language classes as well. It was heartwarming to see these young authors set such wonderful learning examples for students at Eastlawn Elementary!
Speaking confidently in front of an audience takes practice, as these 9th graders from our Early College demonstrated in their well-researched and compelling presentations at the ABEC Ted Talk Symposium. Their hard work clearly paid off with thought-provoking speeches on a range of important topics! #StudentCenteredFutureFocused
🌟 Congratulations to Moses and Madison for being this month's STAR Student & Staff! They were recognized at tonight's Board Meeting.
🌠 From Assistant Principal Sparks - "Moses is a hard worker and so kind to his peers. He always displays the Western way!"
🌠 From Principal Brown - "Ms. Pierce does an outstanding job modeling and showing students a variety of career paths that are available for students after high school. Just recently, Ms. Pierce visited each of the high school registration fairs to advertise all that Graham HS has to offer, in this specialty program. We appreciate her willingness to market the program and also put her EMT skills to use, whenever the need arrives."
🙌 Join us in celebrating our STAR Student & Staff of the month!
#StudentCenreredFutureFocused
💕 The spirit of kindness has been embraced at Grove Park Elementary this month through the #KindnessMattersNC Challenge!
The Jr. Bulldog's Student Government sponsored a bulletin board and food drive to spread kindness. When students were "caught" doing an act of kindness, their names and acts were added to a displayed heart chain. The Student Government also held a food for our #ABSSCommunity.
✨These young leaders are shining examples of kindness in action!
#StudentCenteredFutureFocused
We understand families have questions about the Alamance Virtual School. We know this impacts families who value virtual options. We hear you and are here to help as COVID relief funds end nationally. See the FAQ for answers to common questions: https://5il.co/2fand
🚜 Celebrating #NationalFFAWeek2024! 🧑🌾
Shout out to the outstanding FFA (Future Farmers of America) chapters and #ABSSCTE Agricultural programs at Southern, Western, and Southeast Alamance High Schools for developing the next generation of agricultural leaders.
Guided by their fantastic advisors, these students live out the FFA motto of “Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve” every day. Through premier leadership opportunities, personal growth experiences, and agricultural career preparation, they are achieving great things!
FFA promotes citizenship, volunteerism, and cooperation - preparing members for future career success in agricultural science, business, and technology fields.
Three talented alumni from Cummings High School recently played alongside stars Jennifer Hudson and CoCo Jones at the NBA All-Star Game: Mirona Jackson (Class of 2021), Destiny Currie (Class of 2023), and Malachi Thompson (Class of 2020). It's amazing to see these graduates continue to achieve great things on the national stage.
The South Graham Elementary Kindness Club 💖 (Nine passionate 4th & 5th graders) teamed up with support staff to organize a "Hearts for Hunger" food drive benefiting local food pantries.🥫 The goal was to collect 1,000 items, rewarded by an ice cream party. In just 4 days, students smashed the goal.
Principal Stamper then upped the goal challenge: collect 3,000 items and she'd come in dressed as a unicorn. 🦄 Challenge accepted - the grand total was 3,352 items! Mrs. Pollock's 2nd grade class alone donated over 500 items. Thanks to everyone's generosity, we were able to share donations with 5 community food pantries and 4 additional school pantries. 🙌
The giving spirit is alive and well at South Graham! This is a great example of what can happen when students come together for a common cause.
#ABSSCommunity
#StudentCenteredFutureFocused
Big news for the Western Alamance High School Jazz Orchestra! 🏆 At the North Carolina Regional Essentially Ellington Jazz Festival this weekend, WAJO was named the Outstanding High School Jazz Band and tied for Best Overall Big Band. 🎷🥁
Some individual awards included:
Outstanding Soloists:
⭐ Bob Jefferson - Alto Sax
⭐ Bailee Setzer - Vocals
⭐ Harry Jefferson - Drums
⭐ Katherine Chatman - Clarinet
Outstanding Sections:
👏Saxophone Section
👏 Trombone Section
Congratulations to the entire group on bringing home these honors from the festival at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Saturday! 🎨🎶
Big congratulations to our 3 award winners from Saturday's Region 5 Science Fair! 🎉 We had 2 students receive Honorable Mentions and 1 student earn the coveted Exemplary Award.
🌟 Gunner Martin from E.M. Holt Elementary won the Elementary Exemplary Award for his project. He will be advancing to represent our region at the State Science Fair on March 23. Way to go, Gunner!
🌟 Maggie Tyree from E.M. Holt Elementary received an Honorable Mention in the Elementary division for her outstanding project. Excellent job, Maggie!
🌟 Gabriel C. Calderon from Cummings High School earned an Honorable Mention in the Senior Chemistry category. Great work, Gabriel!
We are so proud of all our young scientists. Thank you to everyone who participated and congratulations again to our winners! 🚀
Did you thank a bus driver this week? Now's your chance! We want to send a huge thank you to all of the amazing school bus drivers in the Alamance-Burlington School System who safely transport our students to and from school each day.
We encourage everyone to take a moment and show appreciation for these wonderful drivers who are such a vital part of our school communities. A simple "thank you" goes a long way, as does a smile or friendly wave when you see a bus drive by. 💛 🚌
#LovetheBusWeek
#BusDriverAppreciationWeek
Today was a special day in ABSS as we celebrated the 💯 day of school.
To mark the occasion, Hillcrest Elementary School hosted their "100 Days, 100 Dads" event, inviting dads, grandpas, uncles, and other father figures from the #ABSSCommunity to have lunch with our students. And show up they did - with over 400 guests signed up, the cafeteria was "buzzing" 🐝 during all the grade-level lunch times!
There was an outpouring of support to make this day memorable for our kids. The timing couldn't have been better either, coming right after Valentine's Day and Hillcrest's Valentine's Dance last night. 💕
Special thanks to our student leaders who welcomed all the guests and directed traffic through the packed hallways. It was heartwarming to see so many community members take time out of their day to eat with our students. The smiles and hugs were plentiful. Thank you for showing up for our kids! 🙌
