Huge thanks to the Alamance Chamber for their incredible Classroom Collection campaign! 🎒
We joined their team at Walmart on Graham Hopedale Rd with shopping carts overflowing with school supplies for students in need.
Shoutout to the dedicated committee members and helpful Walmart staff making this possible. You're making a real difference for our students this school year! 👏
📣 Attention Kindergarten Families in Alamance-Burlington School System! 🏫
📬 Important information about Kindergarten staggered entry is coming your way. Keep an eye on your mailbox for a letter with details about your child's start date.
Key points:
✅ Staggered entry dates: August 26, 27, or 28 (varies by school)
✅ First full day for all Kindergarteners: August 29
🔍 Watch for your letter to learn your child's specific start date. We're excited to welcome our newest students! 🎉
🏆 Congratulations to Graham High School CTE Teacher Madison Pierce, named North Carolina New Teacher of the Year by the NC Association of Career and Technical Educators! This award recognizes Madison's significant contributions to innovative career and technical education programs and her professional commitment early in her career. We're proud to support Madison as she moves on to the ACTE Region II awards, which includes 11 states and territories from Alabama to the Virgin Islands. Winners from each of the five regions advance to the Nationals.
Madison recently hosted the Future First Responders camp at Graham High and was featured in this week's "What's Right With Our Schools" segment on WGHP Fox 8. 📺 🚑
Pictured are NCACTE Executive Director John Kirkman, Madison Pierce, and ABSS CTE Director Terri Drummond.
⚾ When he's not on the field, Whiff enjoys a good book by the press box! He's preparing for the Burlington Sock Puppets Reading Celebration Night on July 30th at Burlington Athletic Stadium. Students in Grades K-6 can keep track of their summer reading and earn great prizes! It will be a fun evening for sure!
📖 Read 360 minutes, 90 minutes for each base, for a Grand Slam and special recognition! Learn more about the ABSS and Sock Puppets summer reading program here: https://www.abss.k12.nc.us/o/abss/page/summer-reading-program
Happy Fourth of July to all our #ABSSCommunity! All schools and district offices are closed for the holiday. 🇺🇸
The Southern Alamance FFA Chapter excelled at this year's State Convention! Our talented students demonstrated excellence across multiple competitive events, showcasing their agricultural expertise and leadership skills. The National FFA Organization, with over 850,000 members nationwide, prepares future generations for agricultural challenges through personal growth and career development opportunities.
🥇 Nursery Landscape - 1st Place
Highest Individual: Rylee Senecal
Team: Rylee Senecal, Addison Holliday, Haleigh Cornelison, Jacob Asher
🥈 Intro to Horticulture - 2nd Place
Team: Nicholas Wallace, Olivia Hightower, Alivia Hall
🏅 Milk Quality - 5th Place
Highest Individual: Kendall Donley
Team: Kendall Donley, Alex Coon, Jorge Ramos, Chase Armstrong
🏅 Ag Mech - 5th Place
Team: Sam Nance, Evan Prutzman, William Hovasapian, Andrew Fairchild
Congratulations to all our hardworking students and our dedicated advisors: Mr. Anders, Mr. Drake, Mr. Sublett, and Mrs. Dawson! Your collective success embodies the FFA motto: Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve.
Our rising 8th and 9th graders had a blast at the Food Science Explorers camp! Led by Jason Jones at Western Alamance High, students dove into the "Alton Brown" side of cooking. 🧑🍳👩🔬They learned the science behind food through hands-on activities and experiments, gaining valuable culinary skills along the way. From creating tasty dishes to hearing from food science pros, it was a recipe for success! 🍳🥗🍰 #ABSSCTE
🪚 The "She Can Build It" camp is geared towards girls who want to explore the field of carpentry, led by our Career and Technical Education carpentry teachers. They learned practical carpentry skill and created a birdhouse while learning about opportunities in the industry!
From crime scenes to rescue missions: our career-focused "Future First Responders" CTE Summer Camp for rising 8th and 9th graders provides an up-close look at life-saving careers through exciting hands-on activities:
🔍 Dusting for fingerprints
💓 Checking vital signs
🚗 Investigating accident scenes
🧯 Putting out fires
...and much more!
Campers explore exciting career paths in Police, Fire, EMS, Rescue, 911 Dispatch, with realistic scenarios and equipment. A big thank you to our local first responder crews for dedicating their time to our students and demonstrating their crucial work!
Graham Police Department
City of Graham NC Fire Department
Alamance County Emergency Medical Services
Haw River Fire Department
Alamance County Rescue Unit
Duke Life Flight
Dale's Towing Inc.
Alamance County Central Communications
Some of our rising 7th graders just wrapped up an amazing journey of career exploration in the Discover Your Destiny summer camp. They engaged in self-paced, collaborative activities across various fields including robotics, cosmetology, hairstyling, food and nutrition, medical technology, virtual reality, and 3D printing.
Students selected areas of interest, working through activities connected to real-world career skills. Fox 8's Cindy Farmer visited the camp, interviewing Graham Middle School's Career and Technical Teacher, Angel Grayson, and Western Alamance Middle student Gemma!
🌞 Summer Symposium continues! Today, more school leadership teams analyzed their data and set goals for the upcoming year. Our dedicated educators are working hard to ensure student success. By planning now, they're setting the stage for an impactful school year ahead.
Daily and weekly meals are available through our Summer Meals program for all children ages 4-18. Visit our website for daily site locations and to register for weekly meal pickup. https://bit.ly/abss-summer-food
ABSS Class of 2024 secured an INCREDIBLE $26,083,385 in scholarships! 🌟 We couldn't be more proud of their achievements and can't wait to see all they accomplish in the future! #StudentCenteredFutureFocused
Our incredible school nutrition staff are working hard all summer to make sure Alamance County kids have access to healthy meals! They prep, serve, and deliver nutritious food to multiple sites across the county, including 4 school locations for the new weekly meal pickup program. Despite the heat today, they brought their smiles and passion for feeding our community's children! 🍎🥪☀️
Visit our website to learn more about the Summer Food Services program and see if there is a meal site near you: https://www.abss.k12.nc.us/page/summer-food
🌞 As summer break kicks off for our students, our dedicated principals and teacher leaders are coming together for a two-day Summer Symposium focused on student success. School and district leaders will dive deep into student data to create actionable plans that drive academic achievement. 💡 By collaborating and keeping the end goal in mind, we're committed to empowering our students to reach their full potential. 🌟
Summer School Update for ABSS Families and Students
Let's hear it for the Ray Street Academy graduating class of 2024! 🎓
We celebrate your achievements, reflect on your journey, and anticipate the bright futures ahead of you! As Principal Dr. Bayless expressed, your commitment to excellence has shone through in how you've transformed obstacles into opportunities to grow and learn. The resilience and determination you've demonstrated will undoubtedly serve you well as you embark on exciting new chapters. 🌟
Your faculty, parents, and entire school community beam with pride at how far you've come. The world now eagerly awaits the impact you'll make. 🙌 Congratulations on all you've accomplished and the inspiring individuals you've become.
Photo Gallery: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ncANrzbyGGUXMrZC8
After dedicating a combined total of over 50 years to South Mebane Elementary, Ms. Amy Royal and Ms. Linda Clinkscales are embarking on a well-deserved retirement! Your wisdom, guidance, and love have shaped the lives of so many, and your legacy will forever be a part of the school. Please join us in congratulating and thanking Ms. Amy Royal and Ms. Linda Clinkscales! 👏 👑
Congratulations to Annie Goldberg, counselor at Broadview Middle School, on winning a $500 grant from the NCAE Student Services Division! 🎉
With this grant, Annie created elementary and secondary counseling crisis tool kits to help our district be better prepared in the event of a crisis. The kits contain essential materials for our crisis response team to use at any location, allowing them to serve more efficiently.
Meredith Draughn, ABSS Lead Counselor, had this to say about Annie:
"Annie is the ultimate example of a highly qualified, masters level professional school counselor. She sees needs in both her school and our district and works to meet them in creative and effective ways. She is dedicated to her students, school and community and we are lucky to have her as part of our ABSS counseling family!"
Join us in thanking Annie for her amazing work and commitment to keeping our schools safe and prepared! 👏
Southern Alamance Middle School, home to the mighty Tigers, is dedicated to providing meaningful learning opportunities that challenge each student to become a productive citizen. The academic environment fosters belonging and achievement through cooperation and real-life experiences.
Southern Middle offers diverse electives, such as Visual Arts, Band, and Exploring Spanish, an impressive athletics program featuring Football, Basketball, and Track and Field, and engaging clubs like the Alamance Youth Leadership Academy (AYLA) and Drama Club.
Southern Alamance Middle School is committed to equipping students with the skills needed to thrive in a culturally diverse world, offering challenging and enriching opportunities that prepare them for success in an interconnected global society. Go Tigers! 🐯
