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The ACT WRC initiative helps counties enhance their economic development efforts by ensuring members of the community, from students just entering the workforce to long-time employees, understand the skills employers require and how they can prepare themselves for success. The initiative is powered by the ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC), which is a portable credential that measures an individual’s foundational workplace skills, such as math and reading. Employers are assured that a candidate who holds an NCRC is prepared to quickly learn job-specific skills. |
FAYETTEVILLE – Cumberland County was certified as an ACT Work Ready Community in May after completing a two-year certification process.
 Congratulations to CCS’ Associate Superintendent of Evaluation and Testing Ron Phipps! He was recently announced as this year’s recipient of the Dr. Joseph Locklear/Ricky Lopes Central Services’ Staff Member of the Year Award. This honor recognizes a Central Services’ staff member who exemplifies excellent customer service at all times. |
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The Cumberland County Schools’ Child Nutrition Office recently held their Summer Feeding Program Kick-Off at Cliffdale Elementary School. Community participants for the celebration included No Kid Hungry, the Military Child Education Coalition, Cumberland County Library, Fayetteville/Cumberland Parks & Recreation Center, Second Harvest Food Bank, Fayetteville Police Department, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, CCS Transportation Dept (Buster the Bus), and Fayetteville Swamp Dogs mascot. |
The following Summer Camps are available to Cumberland County School students. Lil’ Top Chef Camp
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Cumberland County Schools’ Prime Time Summer Camp 2018|
If you missed graduation and didn’t get to see it, you can view any of Cumberland County Schools’ Graduations online now by visiting the Crown Website at live.crowncoliseum.com. The graduations will be available for viewing online until the end of June. Some graduations will be aired on FCE-TV Cable Channel 5 according to the following schedule: Friday, June 15, 2018 7:00 p.m. – Cumberland Polytechnical 8:00 p.m. – Cross Creek Early College 8:48 p.m. – A.B. Wilkins 9:41 p.m. – Cumberland International Early College ......................................................................................................................................... |
The school system in conjunction with Fayetteville Technical Community College (FTCC), The Crown, and Time Warner Cable (TWC)/Spectrum recently aired LIVE broadcasts of the June 12 and 13 high school graduation ceremonies from the Crown Coliseum.|
Presented by the NCAE Human and Civil Rights Commission, the scholarship provides financial assistance to graduating seniors who plan to further their education beyond high school. Selection criteria for students include character, personality, and scholastic achievement. |
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Myles Nooks, a senior at E.E. Smith High School, is the recipient of a $1,000 Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship from the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE).
 The Seventy-First Classical Middle School Show Choir was invited to perform in Raleigh for the Department of Public Instruction (DPI). State Superintendent Mark Johnson was there and spoke with the students about the importance of arts education and following their dreams. |
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Aquaponics is one expression of the sustainability efforts happening at Terry Sanford high school. The agricultural method uses over 90% less water than conventional growing in soil, utilizes a much smaller footprint while expanding vertically, requires no pesticides and does not use artificial fertilizers. Different fish species can be selected for harvest in larger operations. The final system designed at Terry Sanford is small, inexpensive and reusable. |
Students at Terry Sanford High School in Mr. Brian Thompson’s environmental science classes were introduced to Aquaponics this year for research and classroom lessons. Aquaponics combines fish culture with raising crops by placing the two together in a single ecosystem. Through a trial-and-error design process, Mr. Thompson’s students designed a replicable system with a small footprint that would be a simple addition to any classroom. The goldfish live in a tub on the bottom level, water is pumped up to the top level where seeds are germinating and then cascades down to the lower levels where stronger plants flourish under active lighting.
 Pictured are (l-r) J.W. Coon Principal Regina Blanding, Instructional Coach Samantha Talarico, and Sandhills Regional Educator Facilitator Tina Chapman Starr. Not pictured is Teacher Tomeka Todote. The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction partnered with the North Carolina Business Committee for Education and the North Carolina Association of Educators to award monetary incentives to schools that had 100% participation on 2018 Teachers Working Conditions Survey. J. W. Coon Elementary School was one of the random draw winners and was recently presented a check for $500. Principal Regina Blanding said the money will be used to prepare for her teachers ‘a special last-day-of-school’ luncheon with gift cards and prizes! Congratulations, J.W. Coon Elementary! |
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To locate SFP free meals: Online at www.cn.ccs.k12.nc.us ......................................................................................................................................... |
CCS Child Nutrition Services will operate the Summer Feeding Program (SFP) June 11 through July 27, 2018, at multiple sites throughout Fayetteville and Cumberland County. Kids ages 18 yrs and younger eat lunch for FREE. (No application required.)
