CONCORD, N.C. -- When Mariko Weinhardt teaches, it is like magic, said Brooke Moore, one of her fourth-grade students at Carl A. Furr Elementary School.
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Mariko Weinhardt, a fourth-grade teacher at Carl A. Furr Elementary School, was named the 2012-13 Teacher of the Year for Cabarrus County Schools on Wednesday.
A festival that has been said to show how the arts can bring people together for a common purpose will take the stage Friday.
Voters decided to keep the incumbents for the Kannapolis City Board of Education. Doris Buchanan, 80, Charles Mitchell, 74, and Todd Adams, 43, were all reelected to the board on Tuesday.
The Cabarrus County Board of Education will likely approve a five-cent school lunch price increase for the 2012-13 school year during its business meeting next week. If approved, it would be the first lunch price increase in at least four years, board members said.
They have different backgrounds and their own reasons for running, and next week, voters will decide which of the four candidates will fill the three open seats on the Kannapolis City Board of Education.
The Kannapolis City Board of Education has appointed Nicholas Carlascio to become the new principal of Jackson Park Elementary School, effective July 1.
One of the most well-known musicals will come to the stage at Mount Pleasant High School this weekend and next weekend.
No one has said exactly which portion of the Cabarrus County budget will be cut this year, but Friends of the Library members decided not to wait to voice their opinion.
Students from A.L. Brown and Concord high schools were gloved and gowned for surgery at Cabarrus College of Health Sciences on Thursday.
Concord High School choirs will perform on WTVI's My School Rocks Choral Competition and fundraiser at 7 p.m. on Saturday.
Kannapolis City Schools is planning to emphasize the point that most of the capital outlay funds it is asking for are for one-time only, as it plans to present its budget request to local government officials.
Northwest Cabarrus Middle School student Ethan Bemis said he never thought space exploration and drag racing could be so similar.
Cabarrus County commissioners at this week’s meeting weighed the impact of a proposed 230-home Harrisburg subdivision on the area’s schools.
Cabarrus County commissioner Jay White questioned whether it’s fair to improve the Northwest Cabarrus gymnasium when other schools need heating and air conditioning unit replacements.
Cabarrus County Schools is planning for a flat budget for the 2012-13 fiscal year, staff for the system said Monday.
Cast members of the Hickory Ridge High School’s production of “Urinetown: The Musical,” advised playgoers not to be misled by the name of the show.
The Rowan-Cabarrus Community College (RCCC) Board of Trustees met for its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, where it heard about its Early College programs and an online course that won an award and discussed investing endowment funds, among other items.
Administrators for Cabarrus County Schools recommended Thursday adding automatic vehicle locators in each of the system’s buses as a way to improve efficiency and save money.
The goal of the program, which is offered throughout the year, is to increase the number of times children are read to and give parents the tools to prepare their children for kindergarten, said Kimberly Clay, family literacy coordinator for the Cabarrus County Public Library.
The almost 200 people who attended Kannapolis Education Foundation’s first fundraising breakfast on Friday learned that iPads can be used for controlling a robot, playing instruments and helping students to communicate.
A.L. Brown High School Principal Kevin Garay said this week that the school is continuing to work on addressing dropout prevention as much as it can.
Cabarrus County Board of Education unanimously passed a motion that will allow the school system to fund and begin construction for the $2.6 million Northwest Cabarrus High School gymnasium addition without asking the county commissioners for additional funding for it.
Kannapolis City Schools was also listed in the state’s February report as having one of the highest high school dropout rates in the 2010-11 year.
This year has been a good one for the art department at Concord High School.
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