SCHOOLS L LeeAnne Nicote Lawrence Lindsey La'Don Lawrence Named All-American The United States Achieve ment Academy has announced that Lee An ne N icoie Lawrence and Lindsey La Don Lawrence, both of Edenton. have been na med Aii-Ahier ican Scholars. LeeAnne. who attends Chowan Middie School, and Lindsey, who attends John A. Holmes High School, will be featured in the All-American Scholar Yearbook, which is published nationally. The USAA has established See NAMED On Page H B Child care assistants recertified in CPR Edenton-Chowan Schools child care workers will partici pate in a required annual car diopulmonary resuscitation recertification course Aug. 16 17 at the Perquimans Coopera tive Extension Center, 608 S. Edenton Road St. in Hertford. The staff will update first aid skills Aug. 21-22 at the same location. The courses will be gin at 8:30 a.m. each day. About half of the school system's child care assistants will take the course the first day, with the remaining work ers taking it the second day. Those not taking the course will supervise the children en rolled in the before and after school child care programs at White Oak and DF Walker el ementary schools. This allows the staffers to renew their cer tification without disrupting the child care programs. Before and after-school care is available in Edenton Chowan Schcf&ls for all kinder garten through fifth grade stu dents. The child care program is financially self-supporting through fees collected from participating parents. The day-long, recertification training ensures the child care assistants are current in CPR techniques for infants, chil dren and adults. The training involves classroom instruc tion, instructional videotapes and hands-on practice. See CPR On Page 11 B Positive teacher-parent relations impact child What if every parent in your child's class did exactly what you do? How would that impact your child's class room? your child's school? your community? Are you making a positive contribu tion? That question is a serious one. The relationship parents have with their Using %ar ME Program DONNA KOPPE^N child's school can signifi cantly impact the educational experience for your young person. Meet your child's teacher as soon as pos sible. This suggestion sounds obvious, but as a former teacher, I am sorry to say that many parents didn't show their faces m my classroom all year, even when asked. Don't be afraid to make an appointment just to meet and talk to the teacher early in the year. One of the most important alliances of yoUr child's life See PARENT On Page 11 B D.F. Walker [ am Mary Anne Karriker. principal of D.F. Wa!ker Elementary 5ehoot. t am married and the mother of three children. ! am beginning my third year in the leadership role at Walker after serving as an assistant at both Mary Anne Karriker Walker and John A. Holmes High School. My educational background also includes serving asa Director ofaprivate preschool -program in upstate New York during my husbands military career. 1 completed my degree requirements for Elementary Education certification at UNC-Wilmington which included c. ci. work at I NG-Greensboro. After teaching in Brunswick ( on my grades K. E. and 2. 1 was accepted for study in the North Carolina Principals Fellowship Program at UNC Wihnington where I studied for two years toward my Mastrrs degree in School Administration Currently, I am ati active participant in North Carolinas Principals Executive Program and wilt be involved in an intense study of the Reading Process in Elementary Schools for the next year. \h educational philosophy centers on developing the individual potential in each of my students and staff. The .. dt; at tonal, process should equip each of us to be valuable, contributing members of our society w hile cultivating our umquc talents. I have aligned our schools resources to support that concept I strive to build communities-of learners at Walker where everyone strives toward and lot Uses onsucerss. Our schools objectives for the year will be aligned with our districts goats which include demonstrating continual growth in the percentage of students scoring at Levels HI arid [Y in reading and math. In alignment w ith that goal, by the vear 2002-2003 w e will expect at least 80% of our filth grade students to achieve a level HI or IV in reading and math Additionally, ourstaff. along with our sister schools, w ill begin this year an in-depth examination of the Reading Process and the essential classroom elements that wilt support student success Last year Walker made strong advances tn raising the performance levels of all of our students whtle decreasing the achievement gap between student populations We are proud of our accomplishments ;at Walker hut,ire eager toscallold our students toward "higher levels of success. Student progress toward these goats -w it! be measured in a variety of ways both individually and - collectiveiy. individually .oureducational computer.software -programs measure student strengths and deftne areas for -support f ollectively, our students will take part in 9 week ^.assessments, which focus on' student achievement of Icwriculutn content Teacher observations, tests, and "evaluations remain at the core ofour evaluation process "Additionalh both grades 3 and 5 wtll participate tn our "states (,