Points of Pride

  • Jessica Weber, a junior at Cuthbertson High School has been awarded the 2010-2011 National SAVE Student of the Year Award for outstanding performance and lasting contributions to her school, community and fellow students, and for exemplifying the ideals of SAVE.

  • UCPS Superintendent Dr. Ed Davis has been named the IsPOD Outstanding Superintendent of the Year by the NC Alliance for Athletics, Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (NCAAHPERD).

  • UCPS ranked #1 in AYP among the 15 largest school districts in AYP results. Thirty-two out of 52 UCPS schools met AYP this year, 61.5 percent achieving 100 percent of the target goals set by NCLB. Seven UCPS schools only missed meeting their AYP by one goal, while an additional seven schools met at least 80 percent of their goals.

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Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club is safe haven for students

The Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club area director Moses Fox III, at left, plays a game of Air Hockey with students in the club, an after-school program for Union County Public Schools students that is housed at Monroe Middle. The club’s doors opened officially on Jan. 17, 2011, with 24 students signed up to attend. On the third day, however, that number had already doubled. Club organizers held a grand opening Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012.

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Young poets from Western Union Elementary are to be published

These third graders in Jennifer Bittner’s class at Western Union Elementary will have their poems published in the next issue of “Anthology of Poetry by Young Americans." Pictured from left, (first row) Peyton McDonald, Western Union teacher Jennifer Bittner, Caralyn Elrod; (back row) Sukarno Brown, Brett Connell and Nikolas Kotesky.

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