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Family & friends mourn Bailey student, raise $20K quickly
Sophia Tyburski Friends and family have offered their condolences and financial support this weekend to the family of an 11-year-old Cornelius girl who died last week. Sophia Tyburski, a sixth grader...
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J.V. Washam 1st quarter honor roll
J.V. Washam Elementary School has announced this year’s 1st quarter A and A/B honor rolls. See the list below: THIRD GRADE A HONOR ROLL Mac Amick Gordon Anderson Joseph Bitel Graham Butcher Joseph...
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Bailey band director Petersen hits a high note with NC award
Ruth Petersen, Bailey Middle band director By BRENDA BARGER CorneliusNews.net Kudos to Bailey Middle School Band teacher, Ruth Petersen, who has earned the North Carolina Bandmasters Association 2014...
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Thunderbird Prep moves in to its NC 115 home
The charter school is in a building that once housed a Montessori School and a church. (David Boraks/CorneliusNews.net) Thunderbird Preparatory Academy opened its doors this fall at three temporary...
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New charters open, but with fewer students than projected
By DAVID BORAKS CorneliusNews.net The Charlotte region got nine new charter schools this fall, but they’ve only enrolled about two-thirds of the students they expected. One school – Concrete Roses STEM...
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LKN Christian students send off gifts for Operation Christmas Child
Lake Norman Christian students handed Operation Christmas Child boxes up a line to a waiting car Friday. (David Boraks/CorneliusNews.net) DAVIDSON – Lake Norman Christian School students formed a human...
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Seeing need, Bailey’s Glen residents get involved at Hough
Back row, from left: Lou Varljen, Jack Higgins, Robert Pinkston, Bob Westcott. Front row, from left: Jessica Savage, Bonnie Koring, Dee Eicher By MILANA FIELDS W.A. Hough High School Most local...
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Lake Norman Christian School wins dual accreditation
Lake Norman Christian School is in the former Davidson IB School at 251 South St. in Davidson. Lake Norman Christian School got an early Christmas gift recently: The 105-student school achieved dual...
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Kiwanis Club recognizes ‘Terrific Kids’ at JV Washam
Kiwanis Club members recognized JW Washam Terrific Kids recently. from left, Kiwanians Jim Christol, Russ Wert, Arene Arciero and JV Washam Principal Paula Rao recognized kids for courage. The Lake...
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Tours offered for prospective students at JV Washam
Parents of prospective students are invited to explore J.V. Washam Elementary School in Cornelius with a series of parent-led tours beginning this month. Tours are Thursday mornings twice a month...
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School board names Clark superintendent – for a year
Ann ClarkThe Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board on Tuesday appointed Deputy Superintendent Ann Clark as superintendent. Clark will serve until July 2016, and the district will begin a search for a...
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JV Washam 2nd Quarter Honor Roll
JV Washam has released the names of students in the honor roll. THIRD GRADE A HONOR ROLL Topher Accetta Chloe Brooks Gracie Bryant Nicholas Doebler Bryce Drury Ella Gabler Anmarie Garrison Kyra James...
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Pine Lake expansion to add STEM building, athletic fields
Pine Lake’s only athletic field right now is a square of turf at the center of campus. A corner is cut off by a creek. (David Boraks/CorneliusNews.net) Chris Terrill By DAVID BORAKS CorneliusNews.net...
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Grand Oak Elementary 2nd quarter honor roll
Grand Oak Elementary has announced the roster of elementary school students on this year’s 2nd quarter A and A/B honor rolls. See the list below: 3RD GRADE A HONOR ROLL Bachofner, Camryn Gustafson,...
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Bailey Rd. getting new speed & crosswalk signs, school drop-off plan
Cornelius police have begun enforcing a new lower speed limit (25 mph) on Bailey Road, near Bailey Middle and Hough High schools. (David Boraks/CorneliusNews.net) School and town officials and the NC...
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Nude photos on Dropbox? Thurs. forum looks at teens & social media
Davidson LifeLine will host “A Community Response: Where Did We Drop the Ball?” on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, a forum on teens’ use of social media, including the recent case in which a student posted...
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Sexting & photo sharing: How did we get here? What can we do?
Lake Norman is in the midst of another round of soul-searching about our teens, this time over the discovery that students were sharing an online folder with nude photos of area high school and middle...
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Storm threat halts meetings, basketball playoffs, church events
An ice halo around the early morning sun Wednesday perhaps foretold the evening’s storm. This was shot on the greenway in the Bailey Springs neighborhood. (Tim Sandor photo) Updated 8:07pm The forecast...
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CMS and other schools cancel Thursday classes
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools has canceled classes for Thursday because of a winter storm that began dropping snow on the Charlotte region around 7pm. Meanwhile, other schools in the Lake Norman area...
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CMS on 2-hour delay Fri.; other schools closed or delayed
The winter weather may be moving out, but there’s still time for one more weather-related delay. Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools announced Thursday night that classes will be delayed 2 hours on Friday,...
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