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Education Briefs Familiar faces compete in National Geographic State Bee CHARLOTTE – More than 100 North Carolina students competed in the National Geographic State Bee on Friday, March 31, at Central Piedmont Community College’s Central Campus. Participants included Michael Eilers, of Trinity Christian Prep School, and Lance Lokas, of Covenant Day School. May Dyer, of High Point, will advance to the national event in Washington, D.C.
Country Day plants for the future CHARLOTTE – Charlotte Country Day School celebrated its 75th anniversary by the senior class planting 75 oak trees in South View, a new park in west Charlotte. “The school is pleased to partner with TreesCharlotte, an organization that works to address the city’s tree loss from development, protect its forests and native species and create new green space,” said Shannon Drosky, director of communications. Later this spring, TreesCharlotte will also provide every Country Day student with an oak seedling to be planted in and around the city, amounting to almost 1,600 trees. Students will help prepare the seedlings for planting and learn about how trees benefit our ecosystem.
From left: Charlotte Country Day students Uduak Etuk, Peter Mitchell, Richard Redvanly, Destiny Smith, Scott Waybright and Liza Furr helped plant 75 oak trees in a west Charlotte park. Photo courtesy of Charlotte Country Day School Children play on a giant map of North Carolina while their older siblings compete in the National Geographic State Geography Bee held Friday, March 31, at CPCC Central Campus in Charlotte. Grant Baldwin/MMHW photo
Heart Math earns grant CHARLOTTE – Heath Math Tutoring, a nonprofit that helps students in high-poverty schools develop math skills, kicked off its spring funding initiative with a three-year $350,000 grant from
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The Leon Levine Foundation. The grant will fund capacity-related investments supporting Heart’s plans to partner with over half of the high-poverty schools in Charlotte within three years. Specific investments funded by this grant include a full-time employee dedicated to tutor recruitment and other key staffing and infrastructure costs. The grant comes as Heart kicks off its spring funding initiative, with a goal of raising $880,000 by June 30 to support almost 950 students and 1,100 volunteer tutors across 18 schools in the 2017-18 school year. Approximately $570,000 has been raised so far. Visit hearttutoring.org for more information
College student earns honor MATTHEWS – The Webb School recently named sophomore Chelsea-Starr Jones, a Matthews resident, to it’s A Honor Roll. The Webb School, an indeJones pendent college preparatory board school for sixth through 12th grades, is the oldest continuously operating school of its kind in the South. Visit www.thewebbschool.com for more information.
United Faith Christian to host spring showcase CHARLOTTE – United Faith Christian Academy will host its Spring Showcase May 4 and 5 from 6 to 9 p.m. each night. The art festival will feature performances by the entire fine arts departments, including a middle school theater production, art galleries, culinary
cuisine and the Praise Band. United Faith is located at 8617 Providence Road. Visit www.ufca.org for more information.
Sponsorships available for charity golf tournament MONROE – Various levels of sponsorship are available for the Union County Public School’s fifth annual UCPS Golf Tournament at Monroe Country Club May 13. The event will benefit the Union County Education Foundation. Interested businesses and individuals can show their support by registering a foursome to play ($425) or sponsoring a hole ($100). Visit www.ucps.k12.nc.us/Page/6242 for more information.
Matthews student heading to Naval Academy WASHINGTON – Sumi Vijayakumar, of Matthews, has received an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy. Vijayakumar, a senior, originally attended East Mecklenburg High School before transferring to the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, where she serves as a physics teaching assistant and helps engineer nanowires at an N.C. Central University research facility. “All my life, I have wanted to make a difference,” Vijayakumar said. “I learned this from my parents, who came to America from India in order to create a better life for me and my sister. They taught me how the smallest of deeds can create the biggest difference in someone’s life. I want to attend the Naval Academy to improve my character, obtain a phenomenal education, become a leader, and ultimately achieve my goal of making a difference.”