Elkin seventh-grader Aidan Ballard donates to the Water for South Sudan fundraiser.
HOW TO DONATE
Elkin City Schools seventh-graders are working to raise $1,000 to donate to the Water for South Sudan project, which helps build wells in Africa. If the class meets its fundraising goal, it will be entered in a drawing to receive an in-person or virtual visit from either the author or the inspirational main character of the book “A Long Walk to Water.”
To contribute to the fundraiser:
Online: Go to www.classy.org/team/336636
By mail: Send a check or money order to Elkin Middle School, 300 Elk Spur St., Elkin, NC 28621.
March 08, 2021
DOBSON Each member of Facilities and Maintenance Department at Surry Community College recently earned a certificate in Lean Six Sigma White Belt Training from the United Quality Management Institute.
The 21-member team completed a four-hour training session that began Oct. 13, and ended Jan. 15. Their instructor was Dr. Ron Fite of the United Quality Management Institute.
“I watched presentations about the facilities and maintenance projects as a part of the class competition,” said SCC President Dr. David Shockley. “I was so proud of our employees detailing how they will make their areas lean and more efficient. Other areas of the college team will go through lean training including human resources, finance, technology services, and advising.”
By Breanna Laws For The Tribune
English as a Second Language teachers Pilar Sarria (Left) and Monica Fernandez (Right) teach kindergarteners in the new DLI program traditional Colombian dances and songs.
In fall 2019, Elkin City Schools began creating a complex program never before seen in the district, a Dual Language Immersion program (DLI). This program aims to get children bilingual by the time they leave elementary school in Spanish and English.
Pam Colbert, Director of Global Studies and Virtual Learning, accredits the initial reasoning behind starting the program to wanting to “set apart the kids in Elkin” and prepare them for a diverse, competitive world. She believes that, sometimes, living in such a close-knit small town like Elkin allows people to forget how diverse our world is. This program will allow students to develop a love and appreciation for multiple languages and cultures.
When they eventually return to classrooms, thousands of North Carolina students - along with their teachers - will have access to rapid COVID-19 testing.
The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services has selected 17 school districts and 11 charter schools to receive more than 50,000 federally funded rapid antigen tests through its pilot testing program. Each school plans to offer classroom instruction for either some or all of its students this winter.
“This program gives us another tool in our tool kit to slow the spread of COVID-19 across our state and to keep children in the classroom, which we know is vital not only to their academic growth but also to their health and emotional development,” state health secretary Mandy Cohen said in a statement last week.