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The first grade students at Hanford-Dole Elementary enjoyed the presentation of the book, "Duck on a Bike" in the school's Media Center. 

This month we are highlighting Hanford-Dole Elementary School, one of the sixteen schools served by Food for Thought. Thanks to Food for Thought intern Kathleen Burris from Catawba College who wrote the story and took the pictures. 

The first grade students at Hanford-Dole Elementary enjoyed the presentation of a Valentine story in the school's Media Center.  The guest reader was Fran Simpson, one of the Communities In Schools Site Coordinators at the school, who shared, "The Biggest Valentine Ever."  

 Read Across America is a nationwide reading celebration that takes place annually.  Read Across America is a motivational program to build awareness that calls for every child, in every community, to celebrate reading on March 2, the birthday of the beloved children's author, Theodor Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss.  Across the country, thousands of schools, libraries, and communities will participate in Read Across America by bringing together kids, teens, volunteers and books. 

An intern is described as a student or trainee who works, sometimes with or without pay, at a trade or occupation in order to gain work experience in a field of their interest. The intern is much like an employee, expected to show up to work on time, dressed in appropriate workplace attire, and act in a professional manner that suits the company. 

We are so thankful for the community support we have received through the Rowan County United Way Campaign.  Our agency receives funding for our level 2 services, those services address individual student needs and we do that through a case managed system. 

The first grade students at Hanford-Dole Elementary enjoyed the presentation of a Valentine story in the school's Media Center.  The guest reader was Fran Simpson, one of the Communities In Schools Site Coordinators at the school, who shared, "The Biggest Valentine Ever."

Coach Walker, the head football coach for Catawba College, visited Knox Middle School on Monday February 2nd. Coach Walker, along with three of his football players, met with 20 Knox Middle School boys to talk about the upcoming mentoring partnership between Catawba College and Knox Middle School.

Students impacted by Communities In Schools grows Communities In Schools of Rowan County’s data from the 2013-14 school year shows an increase in students helped. Students served by the organization are often the most at risk of leaving school early, but 95 percent of those students graduated with their peers last year. 

This week, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education released the state’s first school letter grade system, which uses an “A” through “F” scoring designation based on student proficiency and growth.

I think we can all agree that reading is important to every aspect of our life.  Whether we read our tax forms or monthly bill statements we need to be able to read and understand those every day occurrences.  One way we help encourage reading in our schools is to invite parents and community members to our schools’ monthly Book Clubs.  Our most recent Book Club took place at Hanford-Dole Elementary School and is just a small sample of how we can come together as a community to encourage reading for even our youngest students.