South Brunswick Magazine - Winter 2015/16 Edition

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Cedar Grove Middle School (Dale Giannastasio): Using calculators in Classy Calculations will help middle school students to master real-world math skills in the classroom and beyond. Leland Middle School (John Holleman): 1-2-3 Success is a program that uses visual metaphors to teach social, emotional and leadership principles and reduces disciplinary referrals and aggressive behavior. Shallotte Middle School (Karen Atkinson): Reading Interventions is a Cloud-based program that uses visual and auditory prompts to aid students in developing fluency and phonics skills, supporting comprehension and increasing vocabulary. Shallotte Middle School (Anthony Tantillo): Using Computation and Problem-Solving Tools for the 21st Century will help middle schoolers to improve their advanced math skills and apply them to real world problem solving.

North Brunswick High School (Shannon Bates): Classrooms Embracing Mobile Technology/ Mobile Learning in the Classroom uses apps to embrace mobile technology in the classroom and aid development of critical thinking and problem-solving skills. South Brunswick High School (Samuel Jennings): iWatch and Learn is a project designed to get technology into all students’ hands, teach them appropriate usage and enrich their learning experiences in the mathematics classroom. West Brunswick High School (Lindsay Caraway): Innovative Transformations will provide graphing calculators to enrich learning in math and science classes and will help to prepare freshmen for college. West Brunswick High School (Carol Desmond): Using iPads and digital subscriptions, Magazines in the Digital Age will facilitate increased reading during students’ free time. West Brunswick High School (Elizabeth McKinley): Through Journalism in the Digital Age, journalism students will use a DSLR

Communities in Schools of Brunswick County (Bonnie Jordan): Why Try? Curriculum is a research-based program that assesses and builds resiliency, utilizing student strengths to face interpersonal and academic challenges, increasing success in school and in the community. ATMC began awarding community and education grants in 2006. To date, 312 local community and education grants have been awarded totaling almost $500,000. ATMC will begin accepting applications for its Community Connections grants in early 2016.

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Brunswick County Early College School (Kathrine Weeks): 3D RoboticsEngineering/STEM Designs with a 3D Printer will teach the students how to manage modeling, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), simulation and motion tracking and will enable them to design and manufacture architectural projects, simple machines and projectiles.

camera to take sports, dramatic lighting and creative shots and edit them with the appropriate software.

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