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Middle School, All County Honors Choir
In a true effort of musical collaboration, the BCPS Middle School All Honors Choir had the privilege of performing the premiere of “You Are Not Alone” from clinician Sherry Blevins. South Charlotte Middle School students and their teacher, Stacey Brown, worked with Blevins to compose the song. Burke students then performed it and made its first recording on April 27 at Walter Johnson Middle School.
Read Moreabout Middle School, All County Honors ChoirSuperintendent announces new director, principal appointments
Burke County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Mike Swan announced school leaders who will take on different roles for the upcoming academic year. The following will transition into their new roles on July 1:
Read Moreabout Superintendent announces new director, principal appointmentsSummer Meals program serving free lunch this summer
Burke County Public Schools and Chartwells K12 will offer free lunch to children in the community all summer long. Starting Monday, June 10, the BCPS Summer Meal program will serve lunch Monday through Thursday each week at the Valdese Elementary School cafeteria and the Mountain View Elementary School cafeteria from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Read Moreabout Summer Meals program serving free lunch this summerDirectors, principals set to retire from BCPS
Burke County Public Schools is expecting eight principals, directors and coordinators to retire between now and December. These veteran educators have a combined 250-plus years of service to education.
Read Moreabout Directors, principals set to retire from BCPSBCPS Teacher Receives Scholarship Award for Holocaust Seminar in Poland
Heidi Galloway, social studies teacher at Liberty Middle School, was selected as a scholarship recipient to attend the Holocaust Educator Seminar in Poland this summer.Galloway is one of five scholarship recipients
selected from among 127 teachers who applied.
Freedom’s Daniel Gutierrez named Teacher of the Year
Daniel Gutierrez, a teacher at Freedom High School, has been named Burke County Public Schools 2023-2024 Teacher of the Year. Gutierrez is in his 33rd year of working for Burke County Public Schools. Superintendent Dr. Mike Swan, Deputy Superintendent Dr. Karen Auton and Director of English Language Learners Dr. Lannie Simpson surprised Gutierrez with the announcement
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This is known as a Dual Language 50/50 program; students learn from the Spanish teacher for half of the day and then switch classes and go to the English teacher for the other half of the day.
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