Kannapolis is a city in Cabarrus County and Rowan County, North Carolina, northwest of Concord and northeast of Charlotte.
Kannapolis is the birthplace of NASCAR drivers Dale Earnhardt, Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
In the city the population was spread out with 24.2% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
KannapolisCitySchools is a local education agency headquartered in Kannapolis, North Carolina.
With the opening of the brand-new Kannapolis Middle School in the fall of 2005, KCS underwent a reorganization of what grades attend a particular type of school.
Previously, elementary schools served grades K-6; now, grades 5 and 6 have been moved to a new intermediate school, located in the old middle school building in downtown Kannapolis.
NCLB requires all districts and schools receiving Title I funds to meet state "adequate yearly progress" (AYP) goals for their total student populations and for specified demographic subgroups, including major ethnic/racial groups, economically disadvantaged students, limited English proficient (LEP) students, and students with disabilities.
If a school fails to meet AYP goals for two or more years, it is classified as a school in need of improvement and faces consequences.
Students in these schools may be eligible for school choice or supplemental services, including tutoring.
KCS schools will use that presentation as well as a video by Judge Clarence Horton and the Cabarrus History Association to show students how Kannapolis was created and prospered during the 20th century.
Schools also are using members of our community to give first-hand accounts of how schools and education used to be.
Schools are inviting residents who attended or taught at historic Kannapolisschools to give students insights into our educational past.
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Each school is required to develop a continuum of intervention options and programs designed to meet the identified remediation needs of its students.
The required total of 27 credits may be adjusted by the principal, as appropriate, for students transferring into KannapolisCitySchools from high schools that are not on the block schedule.
The teams involved in writing IEPs are expected to keep in mind KannapolisCitySchools' philosophy that all students are entitled to an educational program that will enable them to make gains and realize their potential.
Kannapolis, NC- Tina Haithcock, Human Resource Director for the City of Kannapolis, gives her BEST to help students to stay in school and achieve their BEST.
BEST, Business Education Starts Today sponsored by the KannapolisCitySchools, is a two-year old program that brings area professionals into Kannapolis Middle School to coach seventh and eighth graders to think about their career options and educational needs.
Haithcock, one of sixteen community professionals to volunteer in the program this year, is taking her students on a tour of Cabarrus County and KannapolisCity government on Tuesday, Oct. 24 to give them an idea of the variety of jobs available in government employment and the skills needed.
KannapolisCitySchools Community Relations Department has developed "Champions in Schools" a comprehensive, community-wide tutoring program to improve student achievement and help the school system meet the requirements of North Carolina's tough student accountability standards.
She became the first community schools director of the former High Point CitySchools in 1977 when the Community School legislation created these positions through the first grants to local school systems.
Many school districts were blessed with a huge stamp of approval from their constituents during bond elections in November when voters approved overwhelmingly millions of dollars to underwrite school construction and renovation.
The former associate superintendent didn’t have far to move — just across the hall from her old office at the Kannapolisschools administrative building.
Byerly joined the school system in 1976 as a teacher and has worked in administrative posts for 20 years.
Byerly takes the helm of a seven-school system — five elementary schools, a middle school and a high school — that, while once under fire from the state for poor test scores, has improved significantly since.
The school closings gave area children a chance to play out in the snow and have some fun.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools canceled classes for Friday, and so did county schools in Anson, Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston, Richmond, Stanly and Union counties.
Shelby CitySchools, KannapolisCitySchools, Kings Mountain School and Rowan-Salisbury Schools have also went ahead and canceled Friday classes.
The mission of KannapolisCitySchools is to provide all students with skills, knowledge and attitudes needed to be successful as flexible life-long learners and as confident, productive and caring persons.
The contests are open to students in public, private and parochial schools and home-schooled students.
Cliff Retallick is a June graduate of the N.C. School of the Arts in Winston-Salem with a master's degree in fine arts in film music composition.
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The Mecklenburg County, Cabarrus County and KannapolisSchool Systems are home to many schools that have been designated as "Schools of Excellence", "Distinction" and "Progress" by the School Board of North Carolina through their "ABC's of Accountability" program.
Along with an excellent public school system, there are many fine private schools in our area to choose from including:
Many people choose to home school their children and Cabarrus County has a wonderful association to support students and teachers who have chosen this method:
Cannon School, established in 1969 as Cabarrus Academy and renamed in 1998, originally occupied the Historic Concord residence of textile entrepreneur J.W. Cannon.
Then in 1988, nearly 20 years after the school's founding, newly appointed headmaster Richard H. Snyder brought a new vision for the school.
The vision of the school is to raise up leaders with a biblical worldview for the next generation.
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Things got so bad that Rexall and KannapolisCitySchools both decided to add content-filtering hardware to their networks.
In Kannapolis, Brenda McComes, director of instructional technology, had had a filtering product—Symantec's iGear software—on her network for a few years.
Unlike Rexall, which turned on only one filter, KannapolisCitySchools set its filtering to the highest level.
The 2003-04 School Report Cards will be released on November 16, 2004.
To continue this progress, we must stay focused on ensuring that all students are well prepared for the demands of college and skilled work in the 21st Century.
Becoming involved in your child's school is one way to guarantee success in the classroom.
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Banners were hung in the schools and were filled with handprints of students who pledged, “I will not use my hands or words for hurting myself or others.” Bright green awareness ribbons were distributed to the students along with bullying information.
Held at Mt. Pleasant Elementary School, task force members promoted bullying awareness by talking to kids about bullying and asking them to pledge with their handprint and signature to not hurt others with their hands or words.
The NC School Health Training center led the training and the Resource Manual, prepared jointly by the Training Center and the Teen Task Force, was presented to the 45 participants representing all area high schools.
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Over 40 pieces of art from area schools hang in the main hallway of the Medical Arts Building for three months before rotating to the Pediatric Unit, where it is displayed for an additional three months.
Then, two pieces of art are chosen from each exhibit for inclusion in the NEMC permanent student art collection.
A cash award is given to each of these artist and an additional cash award is given to the winner's school for the school's art program.
This book summarizes best practices of progressive teaching in six subject areas: reading, writing, mathematics, science, social studies, and the arts.
