Tuesday, October 10

Principal Surprised with National Award – The principal at Pilot Elementary will be surprised with a national award. The STREAM Educator Award from the STREAM Foundation celebrates visionaries in education and spotlights educators who go above and beyond to introduce students to Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Arts and Manufacturing. At 1:00 p.m. the school will surprise her with an assembly where the founder of the STREAM Foundation will formally announce the award and let her know that she will receive a paid trip to California to accept it.

College Night – High Point Central High School will host a massive college night. Ahead of free application week, the school is giving students the opportunity to meet with representatives from different colleges and universities to learn about academics and scholarship opportunities. The event is from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, October 11

The Carnegie Foundation Visits GCS  – Guilford County Schools (GCS) will host the Carnegie Foundation Learning Leadership Network (Carnegie LLN) on October 10-12. The aim of this network of district leadership teams is to support, showcase, and study school districts that are creating engaging, equitable, and effective learning experiences for their secondary students. Network members convene over the course of the school year to imagine and learn together how school districts can be set up to enable student learning both within and outside of the school walls. For the past year, GCS Superintendent Dr. Whitney Oakley and key district leaders have joined Carnegie LLN educators from across the country to innovate and transform secondary schooling.

Guilford County Schools was selected as the host for this fall’s site visit because of the innovative models housed in their Signature Career Academies and elementary school telehealth clinics. Carnegie LLN district teams will have the opportunity to conduct school site visits, learn from GCS district cabinet members about stakeholder engagement efforts in the development of the district’s Better Together strategic direction focus areas and priorities, and engage with a panel of local industry and community leaders, including Cone Health, Action Greensboro, Toyota and others. Network members will also share reflections, offer feedback, and apply what they’ve learned to their own system transformation work.

Members of the Carnegie Cohort will visit six GCS schools to observe their operations and gleam information that could set the standard for public education across the country.

The Schedule for the visits is as follows:

Group 1 Site Visits
9:15am - 10:00am

 - Bessemer Elementary  

10:30am - 11:20am

 - Penn Griffin School for the Arts – Notes for Notes

Group 2 Site Visits
9:30am - 10:15am

 - Union Hill Elementary

10:35am - 11:30am

 - Western High Academy of Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics

Group 3 Site Visits

9:15am - 10:15am

 - Washington Elementary

10:40am - 11:30am

 - Southeast High School  

Friday, October 13

Millis Men – Millis Road Elementary will host its monthly session on male empowerment. Started by the school’s assistant principal, the program is an effort to provide a positive male influence on young men and expose them to community service. Each month is dedicated to a specific character trait or pillar related to social-emotional learning. Guest speakers are invited to discuss certain topics, the group also has outings that allow them to observe positive male role models and encourage them to be leaders. The session is from 2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Lunch and Learn – The Guilford County Schools CTE department has arranged a series of lunch and lean sessions to expose elementary school students to careers in advanced manufacturing. Core Technology, a locally-owned plastic manufacturer that provides products for HAECO, BMW, Rubbermaid, Volvo Trucks and other companies will host students from several different schools throughout the month to show students around the facility, answer questions and provide information on the advanced manufacturing industry. The first group of students to attend a lunch and learn session will arrive from Simkins Elementary at around 11:00 a.m.   

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Notes for Notes - Guilford County Schools (GCS) is the home of one of the first in-house recording studios in the country. The district partnered with the nonprofit Notes for Notes to create the organization’s first recording studio in a public school in the United States. The studio provides opportunities for students to record their own music and learn skills that can prepare them for futures in the entertainment industry. The space is free and serves as a model for the future of arts education in a public school system.