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November 6-10, 2023

A summary of events, activities and accolades occurring in

Cumberland County Schools (CCS)

Nov. 6 Committed CommUNITY Chat with Dr. Connelly in the Gray's Creek Attendance Area
CCS families and the public at-large are being encouraged to join Dr. Connelly during his sixth Committed CommUNITY Chat, which takes place in the Gray's Creek Attendance Area on Monday, November 6 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. in the auditorium at Gray's Creek High School. The Superintendent is looking forward to engaging in open dialogue with you about the future of the district. Visit the CCS Website to see the full schedule with the remaining Chat locations.

CCS Observes Election Day, Veterans Day

Cumberland County Schools will be observing a Student Holiday/ Teacher Workday on Tuesday, November 7, which is Election Day. On Friday, November 10, there will be a Student/All-Staff Holiday, in observance of Veterans Day. All Central Services buildings will be closed. 

Honoring the Brave, Committed and Protectors of Freedom
During the Fifth Annual Veterans Day Program on Thursday, November 9 at 6:00 p.m., members of Cumberland County Schools' JROTC Programs will be recognizing CCS employees who have served in the armed forces. The special program will take place in the auditorium of the Dr. William "Bill" Harrison Educational Resource Center, located at 396 Elementary Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28301. During the program, the JROTC Cadets and Instructors will express their "thanks" to the U.S. Veterans for their dedicated service in protecting this country's freedoms. 

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Nov. 18 CCS Choice Fair 2023

CCS understands that Choice matters! That’s why Cumberland County Schools is excited to offer a wide selection of Choice programs to Cumberland County students in elementary, middle and high school. Students and their families can learn more about each program during CCS' Choice Fair 2023 on Saturday, November 18 from 9 a.m. until noon at E.E. Smith High. Principals and Academy Directors will be on hand during the Fair to provide information and answers to questions about Choice. For more info about CCS' Choice programs, click here. 

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Happenings Across CCS

Last month, three student teams from Seventy-First Classical Middle School, Vanstory Hills Elementary School, and W. H. Owen Elementary School traveled to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, FL, to present their winning design challenges. The students were able to watch the launch of a SpaceX rocket and have the opportunity to watch a televised launch that was carrying a very special payload destined for the International Space Station (ISS). The payload consisted of their experiments! These student teams competed against more than 300 of their peers and 60+ proposed spaceflight experiments to have their submissions chosen for implementation by astronauts onboard the ISS. The spaceflight design challenge is the annual culminating event of the STARward STEM program, but it is just one component of the three-year Department of Defense (DoD) grant-funded initiative to provide equitable access to high-quality science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education opportunities for youth.

Exceptional readers in the first and second grades at Ben Martin Elementary School were recently invited to the very first Jr. Tiger Book Club. The 27 students in the club will meet weekly with the media coordinator, Jenni Clark, and reading instructional coach, Tina Baker, to read one of their three novels.

With the thought of embracing a race-car theme and using the motivational phrase, "AIG: Ready, Set, Go!," the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, NC, was the perfect site for an experiential professional development opportunity for CCS' AIG (Academically/Intellectually Gifted) and CTE (Career & Technical Education) premier professionals as they recently took 'learning on the road.' The NASCAR Education Program offers teacher training customized to the needs of the district and the K-12 AIG program.The teachers participated in hands-on team building, problem-solving, STEM, and career exposure. The NASCAR team build program is a 2-3 hour staff-led experience offering a series of challenges and exercises designed to test participants on their communication, trust, strategic thinking, and collaboration skills. Upon completion, the educators were given online resources and information about how to share this learning experience with their students, in person or virtually.

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