CCS’ Central Services

The next meeting of the Cumberland County Board of Education will be held on Tuesday, December 10, 2013, in the Board room of the Central Services Building (2465 Gillespie Street/Fayetteville). The meeting will begin with a public forum session at 6:30 p.m.

Mary Olsen from Gray’s Creek Middle and High schools was recently announced as Cumberland County Schools’ (CCS) 2013-2014 School Psychologist of the Year.  Over the course of Olsen’s 11 years in the field of school psychology, she has worked with children from pre-K to 12^th grade.  Her experiences range from working with students within the public schools to those within residential psychiatric facilities.  Olsen has also developed and presented many in-service programs on the elementary, middle, and high school level. She has led the way in providing training on district-initiated software packages, i.e., MyTrack and PEPtrack, to leading parent-oriented outreach programs on such topics as behavior management for children with autism and assisting parents with understanding the ABC’s of the Student Services Team and Exceptional Children’s services.  She has also taken the lead by furthering the skillset of her professional peers, and has presented on a variety of topics that include bullying awareness prevention.  Olsen’s tireless efforts, hard work and commitment to Cumberland County Schools makes her this year’s School Psychologist of the Year.

By: Latoshia Rose, CCS’ School Psychologist

About 100 students from two Cumberland County high schools will be  joining forces to give dated computers ‘a facelift’ for area families in need in time for the holidays. Academy of Information Technology (AOIT) students from Pine Forest and Gray’s Creek high schools are volunteering their time and effort to help refurbish dated computers from various schools that will be distributed to the homes of students who may be unable to afford a computer. The two groups of AOIT students, who take hardware and software computer classes daily, along with CCS’ Technicians and area business partners will gather in the school system’s Operations Warehouse, located at 810 Gillespie Street, on Saturday, December 7 from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. for the school system’s first-ever Computer Refurbishment Day. 
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The following School Board Committees meet on the first Tuesday of each month. The next scheduled meeting is for Tuesday, December 3 and will take place in the Central Services Board Room (2465 Gillespie Street/Fayetteville.) The meetings are open to the public.

Auxiliary Services – 8:30 a.m.
Student Services – Following Auxiliary Services
Budget/Finance – Following Student Services
Policy/Student Assignment – Following Budget/Finance

Cumberland County Schools’ Culinary and Foods II students will be showcasing their gingerbread house creations at the 3rd Annual Scholastic Gingerbread House Competition. Sponsored by H & H Homes, the event will be held on Friday, November 29, 2013, from 1:00 – 9:00 p.m in the Sky View Room (121 Hay Street in Downtown Fayetteville).

The event provides an opportunity for high school Culinary and Foods II students to display their gingerbread creations for public viewing. Last year over 3,100 individuals viewed the exhibition. 

The public may vote for the People’s Choice Award selection by donating $1.00 toward their favorite school’s display. The contest is part of A Dickens Holiday Festival.

For more information, call CCS’ Career and Technical Education Coordinator, Carson Phipps at 910.678.2556.

More than 200 students from schools across North Carolina recently competed in the fourth annual Twelve Regional Competitions. High School students were tested on their knowledge of the core curriculum plus wildcard topics Visual Arts and Television and Movies. Middle School students were tested on their knowledge of North Carolina colleges and universities and NC History. 

Seventy-First Classical Middle School competed in the East Regional hosted by NC School of Science and Mathematics. They were selected as a top team and have qualified for the December 14 State Final. 
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On Saturday November 16 as part of America Recycles area businesses came together to sponsor an E-Waste Recycle Event.  Fayetteville Beautiful; Sustainable Sandhills; the City of Fayetteville; Cumberland County Green Schools; and Cumberland County Solid Waste worked together to help recycle electronic waste.  

Cumberland County Schools’ newest green team members “Regina Recyclebin” and “Singleton Bag” were on hand to accept donations. Numerous volunteers were on hand to help unload vehicles and sort items into  trucks by type. There was a steady stream of vehicles all morning and spirits were high. Probably fueled by the donuts, biscuits, sweetbreads, coffee and juices from a variety of establishments downtown. (YUM!)
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YOU have the power to prevent violence! Keep your family and friends safe.  If you hear about something that’s going to happen, tell a trusted adult who can help or call 1-866-SPEAK-UP.

-No one will ask for your name
-No one will see your phone number
-No one will know you called

No more silence. No more violence!
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The Cumberland County Board of Education proclaimed October 2013 as Anti-Bullying Month. To engage students in standing up against bullying, WKML Radio Station and the CCS’ Anti-bullying Task Force partnered to kick off an Anti-bullying Twitter Campaign for secondary schools and a poster contest for elementary schools. From Oct. 9 – Nov. 8, middle and high school students who visited, www.heybullync.com, were taken to a Twitter platform designed by WKML. Here students viewed rising star Morgan Frazier singing her new song, “Hey Bully.” Students then read an anti-bullying pledge, identified their middle or high school in a drop down menu, and hit the “Tweet Now” button if they accepted the pledge. The text box automatically populated with the pledge and the school name. The middle and high school with the most pledges won a live concert with Morgan Frazier on Nov. 19!
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The following School Board Committees meet on the last Thursday of each month. Because the last Thursday in November is Thanksgiving, the November meeting will be held on Thursday, November 21, 2013.  The meeting will take place in the Central Services Board Room (2465 Gillespie Street/Fayetteville.)  The meetings are open to the public.

Curriculum Committee
Kim Fisher – Chair
Meeting Time: 9:00 a.m.

Personnel Committee
Susan Williams – Chair
Meeting Time: Immediately following the Curriculum Committee Meeting