⚾ 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
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! 🐯
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! 👏
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 our Top 10 Explore Learning Gizmos Teacher Leaders in Alamance-Burlington Schools! 🌟
We are thrilled to recognize these incredible ABSS science teachers for their dedication to using Gizmos in their classrooms and making a significant impact on student learning:
⭐ Tonya Dodson - Alamance Virtual School
⭐ Ronald Jowsey - Western Alamance High School
⭐ Robert Judice - Southern Alamance Middle School
⭐ Everett McCook - Graham High School
⭐ Karla Moore - Southern Alamance High School
⭐ Shannon Sams - ABSS Early College
⭐ Mary Strickland - Southern Alamance Middle School
⭐ Ashley Thomas - Harvey R. Newlin Elementary School
⭐ Brad Wroblewski - Western Alamance High School
Special shout-out to our Top 3 Overall Teachers:
🥇 Ashley Thomas - Top Overall Elementary School Teacher
🥇 Donald Kuhns - Top Overall Middle School Teacher
🥇 Shannon Sams - Top Overall High School Teacher
Gizmos is an interactive, inquiry-based STEM and Science simulation program designed to engage students in science. It allows students to explore concepts, analyze data, and dive deeper into topics that might not be possible in a traditional science classroom. We use Gizmos in grades 5-12 here in ABSS.
38 Days, 38 Schools: With approximately 650 students across 30 classrooms, South Mebane Elementary is a thriving community of learners and leaders. As a proud Leader In Me school, South Mebane empowers its students to take charge of their own growth and development by integrating the principles of Stephen Covey's "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" into the curriculum. This equips students with essential life skills such as goal-setting, time management, and interpersonal communication.
The school's mission statement, "Teaching all children to OUR fullest potential," reflects the dedication of its faculty and staff to nurturing every child's unique talents and abilities. South Mebane is shaping the leaders of tomorrow through its commitment to excellence, empowerment, and empathy.
Keep leading the way, Dragons! 🐉
✨38 Days, 38 Schools: Audrey W. Garrett Elementary, home of the Gators, has been providing exceptional education since its opening in 2000. In Garrett classrooms, students' needs drive instruction through a dynamic learning environment that includes shared, guided, and independent activities, literacy centers, and hands-on exploration.
The Gators have access to a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities, such as Battle of the Books, Science Fair, Safety Patrol, Drama Club, All-County Choir, Family Dance, PBIS Celebration, Strings Instruction, Spelling Bee participation, and Writing Contests. Garrett Elementary's vision is to create a safe learning environment where caring adults provide rigorous learning tasks to meet the diverse needs of learners. The school's mission is to build a collaborative culture focused on supporting the academic and personal growth of students through challenging and engaging teaching and learning. The Gators are prepared to be responsible and successful in a competitive and changing world.
