Education news – South Rowan High has 7 AP Scholars

Published 12:00 am Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Seven students at South Rowan High School have earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program Exams
The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on performance on AP exams.
Kristian Doty qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.
Franklin Caldwell and Haley Haithcock qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.
Addison Corriher, Thomas Mabry, Whitney Mullis and Donald Turbyfill qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with grades of 3 or higher.
Slate presentation
Dr. James Slate, associate professor of economics at Catawba College, made a presentation entitled “Assessing the Current Economy and Financial Crisis in America” Oct. 22 at First United Methodist Church in Lexington.
He is scheduled to speak at a Nov. 3 open lecture at Milford Hills United Methodist Church on “Getting Here from There, Glass-Steagall and Today’s Financial Crisis.”
Students score well
The 26 spring 2008 graduates of the associate degree nursing program at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College recently achieved a 100-percent passing rate on the North Carolina licensure examination for registered nurses.
Local graduates include Lauren Dayvault, Christie Harris and Ashley Linker of China Grove; Ashley Bostian, Marie Hinson and Amanda Ousley of Kannapolis; Holly Roberts of Mooresville; Hillary White of Mount Ulla; Amanda Propst of Rockwell; Zdenka Duric, Kristin Elium, Kimberly Flowers, Jennifer Kurtz, David Lane, Kristine Mitchell, Elaine Nelson, Tushara Speigner and Elizabeth Walker of Salisbury.
Knollwood honors
Knollwood Elementary School recently recognized the following students for exemplifying the October character word of respect:
Kindergarten: Joselyn Cerrato Garcia, Arturo Avalos Tovar, Ryan Heath, Janet Mejia, Mujo Kadric, Anali Delgado Tinajero, Jacob Harris, Courtney Lineberger, Kevin Bautista, Autumn Crowell, Ricky Musselwhite, Kaylissa Outlaw, Anthony Baccaro, Joanna Lino, Haven Overcash and Steven Gonzales.
First grade: Caleb Orbison, Guillermo Reyes, Annie Giles, Jake Carlton, Diana Sanchez, Eric Menendez, Alyssa Jones, Peyton Nunn, Alonso Reyes, Lisbeth Mejia, Gage Shiers and Leah Cressler.
Second grade: Lisa Roberts, Alex Ortiz, Taylor Bostian, Victoria Magawa, Isabel Gonzalez, Noah Peerman, Anthony Figueroa, Jaimaine Withers, Adamaris Hidolgo and Gernando Guerero.
Third grade: Ana Arriola, Chalil Roberts, Zach Morgan, Jamarius Hairston, Jose Nava Sanchez, Rebeka Lippard, Jose Romero, Katie Casey, Karina Garcia, Andrew Leonguerrero, Seth Fisher and Olivia Lisk.
Fourth grade: Eibeth Mejia-Salizar, Irma Quintero, Elizabeth Lopez, Ramon Garcia, Blake Daniels and Joselyhn Valencia.
Fifth grade: Kelly Menjivor, Hunter Hastings, Rachel Gunsch, Kody Morgan, Matthew Espinoza, Nesi Molina, Krystal Rottermund, Jose Santillan, Hailey Wood, Nathaniel LaRose, Alfredo Alberto and Madison Almond.