Education Shoutouts
Published 12:00 am Thursday, January 21, 2016
‘Nature Inspires’ art contest winners.
Judges have chosen the winners for the LandTrust for Central North Carolina’s “Nature Inspires” art contest.
First place: Kierstyn Buchanan, Senior at Jesse Carson
Second place: Krystal Rothermund, Senior at East Rowan
Third Place Courtney Barron, Senior at West Rowan
Honorable Mentions: Kayla Wacker (Sophomore, Jesse Carson) and Omar Abdulrub (Freshman, North Rowan HS)
The judges were: Ed Norvell of the Rowan Arts Council; Darrien Staton, a former LandTrust intern and an art student at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; and Jenn Selby, the program chair of the Department of Fine & Applied Arts at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College.
Sacred Heart essay contest winners
These Sacred Heart Catholic School students entered the Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration Essay contest, “Don’t Let The Dream Die,” sponsored by the W.G. “Bill” Hefner VA Medical Center.
The contest named winners in each grade level and countywide winners for elementary and middle school divisions.
Within Sacred Heart, each of these students placed in their grade level:
Eighth grade: Juan Salazar, second place and Alyssa Lopez, first place
Sixth grade: Jalon Walker, first place
Fourth grade: Jacob Shores, honorable mention, Curtis Walker, second place and Ellie Cardelle, first place.
Second grade: Caleb Shores, first place.
Kindergarten: Maddie Shores, first place.
Countywide contest winners from Sacred Heart were:
Elementary Division: Third place Ellie Cardelle and Honorable Mention Curtis Walker
Middle School Division: First place Alyssa Lopez, second place Juan Salazar and third place Jalon Walker.
Local student marches in Rose Parade with VMI band
Among approximately 130 members of Virginia Military Institute’s Band Company to travel to Pasadena, California to participate in the 127th Tournament of Roses Parade on Jan. 1 was Cadet Daniel Z. Robinson, son of Monica R. Robinson of Kannapolis.
The VMI Regimental Band and Pipe Band were selected from more than 100 bands, with fewer than 20 marching bands appearing in the parade. Their performance was seen by millions in the U.S. and around the world – the band’s largest audience ever – as the parade was broadcast in China for the first time this year.
UNCG health coaching program graduates
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro health coaching program announced that 72 professionals from across the state completed a 30-hour training and qualifying exams to earn a certified health coach certificate in 2015. Local graduates include:
- Bryce Haynes, of Lexington, who is employed by Novant Health
- Julie Williams, of Rockwell, who is employed by Slim Solutions Weight Loss and Nutritional Support
