North Rowan High school students head back to class
Published 12:00 am Friday, August 10, 2018
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Principal Meredith Williams helps students in the hall before last bell rings on first day of school in August at North Rowan High School. A proposal being considered by the school board would close North Rowan High and several other schools. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post
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Students at North Rowan High School reported for first day of classes in August 2018. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post
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Food service worker Sandy Clark runs the breakfast cart prior to the start of classes. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post
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Buses drop students off at North Rowan High School. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post
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Students hurry from the bus into North Rowan High. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post
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Freshman Jalen Britton, left, looks for his name to find out where his advisory room is located. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post
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The former media center at tNorth Rowan high School has been repurposed into a design lab. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post
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Teachers Brian Whitson and Miranda File give instructions to the students in first class gathering of the day which is an advisory room. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post
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Students gather for their advisory period at North Rowan High School on Thursday. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post
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Design lab teacher Miranda File talks with students in first class gathering of the day. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post
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Students change classes after spending 30 minutes in their advisory room. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post
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Students at North Rowan High School reported for first day of classes more than two weeks ahead of other Rowan-Salisbury students in 2018. Jon. C. Lakey/Salisbury Post
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North Rowan High students head for their classrooms on the first day of school Thursday. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post
SPENCER — North Rowan High School launched the 2018-19 school year a little early. Students returned to classes Thursday morning — more than two weeks ahead of the rest of other schools in the Rowan-Salisbury district. The earlier start date is just one piece of North Rowan’s makeover, which includes two new innovation rooms, an increased partnership with Rowan-Cabarrus Community College and a focus on real-world experience.
North Rowan High was the first district school to be approved for restart — giving it charter-like flexibilities. It is also the first of the district’s 16 restart schools to launch its restart plan. The new calendar lines up with Rowan-Cabarrus college, allowing a greater number of students to enroll in both college and high school.