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BERTIE LEDGER-ADVANCE JUNE21,20171 The fabric of Bertie County since 1832 Academia GUEST READER i- Renna Ebron, a native of Hertford County, recently read her book “Together, We are Winners! The Worid According to Winston Parker” at Auiander Eiementary STEM Schooi. Ebron is a mental health professional and her book encour- CONTRIBUTED PHOTO ages friendship amongst children. She read to students in Elizabeth Foreman’s first grade class and Ashley Dixon’s second grade class. High schools change calendar WINDSOR — Bertie County Schools is doing something new with its high school calendar for the 2017-2018 school year. First, all three high schools — Bertie High, Bertie StEM and Bertie Early College — will be on the same schedule. In addition, the calendar will run concurrently with the local community colleges in order to better serve the students. Auiander STEM Elementary School will continue to oper ate on a year-round calendar, and the elementary and middle schools will have a traditional calendar. At its May 2 regular meeting, the Bertie County Board of Ed ucation approved the calendar change, presented by Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction Sandra Hardy. She stated that the change would allow students in grades nine through twelve to test be fore going home for the holi days, which would be a great advantage to student achieve ment. With the high school calendar also aligning with that of the community colleges, students would have more opportuni ties to earn college credit and to take advantage of programs offered through the communi ty colleges, such as the Bertie Public Safety Cadet Program and the EMS Cadet Program. Under the new calendar, high school teachers would report on Aug. 1, and the first day for students is Aug. 3. Elementary and middle school teachers report Aug. 16, and students report on Aug. 28. Auiander Elementary stu dents would report for the 2017- 2018 school year on July 17. For a detailed, color copy of the 2017-2018 approved school calendars, go to www.bertie. kl2.nc.us and look under the “News” tab under “Calendar Re sources,” and then “Printable Calendars.” Bertie, Chowan students chosen The State Climate Office of North Carolina at N.C. State University will sponsor a spe cial STEM (Science, Technolo gy, Engineering, and Mathemat ics) program for rising seventh grade students and their fami lies in Chowan and Bertie Coun ties. This opportunity is funded by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund as a Student Science En richment Program grant and will connect students who seek future careers in the sciences with STEM experts. The program, entitled RAIN (Raising Achievement through Inquiry and Networking) Across the River, will introduce stu dents to weather and climate concepts through precipitation (rain, hail, and snow) data col lection. This program consists of a year-round after school curriculum, Saturday field trips, and a special week-long sum mer camp experience. The RAIN Across the River program is an outreach science initiative designed to encour age and support student STEM interest and engagement. The program will be directed by local science consultant, Colleen Karl, and Heather Di- non Aldridge, Assistant Direc tor for the State Climate Office of NC. As citizen scientists, students and their families will become contributors to the na tional CoCoRaHS (Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow; http://cocorahs.org) net work by providing their own observations of precipitation in their backyard. This effort will increase understanding of local differences in rainfall amounts within their community. Students will meet several times a month after school with program education spe cialists to explore meteorology concepts that are aligned with the current 7th grade science and math state science objec tives. Students will be encour aged to explore participation in STEM science .fair competi tions and will showcase their learning at a yearly community event. Fifteen students from each county will be selected to par ticipate in the RAIN Across the River program for one year through an application pro cess. Rising 7th grade students and homeschool students of the same age group are eligible to apply for this opportunity. The 2017 program will be gin this summer and continue throughout the 2017-18 school year. A new cohort of rising sev enth grader middle school stu dents will be accepted to the program each successive year of the grant. For more information about the RAIN Across the River pro gram, please contact Colleen Karl at: Colleen_Karl@ncsu. edu. MCC names Honor Roll list WILLIAMSTON - Martin Community College (MCC) has released the names of its students on the President’s and Dean’s lists for the Spring of 2017 Semes ter. To make the Presi dent’s List a student must have achieved a 4.0 gpa (grade point av erage) for the semester and have taken a mini mum of 12 credit hours. Dean’s List students must have achieved at least a 3.5 gpa for the semester and have taken a minimum of 12 credit hours. Those on the Presi dent’s List are: Dini- jazane Bazemore, Jack ie Beasley, Miranda Boyd, Taylor Caudill, Patrice Clarke, Pamela Cline, Aisnick Corey, Lois Cullipher, Tammy Gedrimas, Freda Hard en, Elisabeth Heath, Megan Hixson, George Holliday, Jeana Hollis, Angela Jernigan, lesha Leigh, Conner Maxwell, Akeem Mills, Stephanie Moore, Marcy Raynor, Hollyanne Rogers, Mar garet, Rosario, Lanie Smith, Abigail Spencer, Matthew Swain, Nathan Weidner, Brandi 'Whit ley and Kayla Wilder. Those on the Dean’s List are: Mary Angeles, Melvette Armond, Mark Baur, Tiniqua Beaufort, Reco Bey Pugh, Alexia Binns, Jasmine Bond, Brooke Buffaloe, Cody Burton, Jose Camargo, Mikeyla Cherry, Collin Close, Yudith Cota-Lo- pez, Kathy Cruz, Kianna Forbes, Gilbert Glover, Kazuo Goodwin, Thom as Hagen, Simon Har ris, Debra Hill, Miranda Holloway, Towanda Jen kins, Tamika Lee, Steve O’Neal, Kaitlyn McNair, Tyler Mizell, Matthew Modlin, Nathaniel Pear son, Lauren Privott, Shaylia Rascoe, Mary Sawyer, Kayla Simp son, Kindsey Small, Ar mani Speller, Brittany Taylor, Erika Trejo, To- shika Watson, Ashley Williams, Kyshima Wil liams, Nichole Williams, Jessica Winstead, Ay- lonnah Woods, Anasta sia Wrenn, Joshua Wynn and Samantha Yates. Man Up students travel to Norfolk NORFOLK, VA. - Martin Community College’s students in the Man Up program embarked on one last educational ex cursion on April 9 and 10, just before the end of the Academic year. The group left Wil- liamston on Sunday afternoon and arrived at Chrysler Hall in Nor folk, Va. in time to see a traveling Broadway production of Motown. The musical is based on Berry Gordy’s auto biography, the history of his founding and running of the Motown record label, and his personal and profes sional relationships with Motown artists Di ana Ross, Smokey Rob inson, Marvin Gaye and Michael Jackson. On Monday, the group toured two HBCUs (His torically Black Colleges and Universities). The morning tour was conducted on the cam pus of Hampton Univer sity (HU), in Hampton, Va. and in the after noon, Norfolk State Unh versity (NSU). • Hampton University is steeped in a long his tory that predates the Civil War and claims Booker T. Washington as its most famous alumnus. 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