Jodi Riedel receives the Green Metal Award during the Wake Forest Arbor Day celebration.
Five Heritage Middle School STEM club students participated in the North Carolina State University Plug-in Electric Vehicle Design Rally sponsored by The Sustainable Transportation Education Program this past Saturday, May 5th. Anna Slayton, Sharod Ruffin, Uriah King, Christian Stoner and Christian Slayton took home both the first place trophy for design and construction as well as the Middle School overall first place trophy. Their Technology Education teacher is Susanne Rhodes Killian. The HMS Team worked together afterschool to designed and fabricated a battery powered vehicle and solar charging station for the competition. In addition, they carried out research concerning solar power generation and conducted extensive vehicle testing and data collection. Evaluation was based on documentation of design process in a technical report portfolio, quality of construction, teamwork and the performance of the vehicle and charging station. In addition to receiving individual ribbons and trophies the student’s winning electric vehicle and solar charging station will be showcased for the next year in an exhibit in the new wing of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh.DECA returns today from International Competition in Salt Lake City. The trip was a huge success. It was the finishing touch on the most successful school year for DECA in school history.
The following students won International Awards of Excellence:
Laura Brockington and Shelby Wilt in Advertising Campaign
Tim Merithew and Zach Gadwah in Advertising Campaign
Kyle May and Mark Tate in Creative Marketing
Chris Denison in Entrepreneurship Written
Dipali Aphale and Karen Cheng in Finance Research
Alia Capone in Hospitality & Tourism Promotion
Katie Godfrey, Megan Gravley, and Sydney Snedeker in Learn & Earn
Lena McCord and Erica Gilarranz in Sports & Entertainment Promotion
The next 2 groups brought home International Trophies.
Kyle May and Mark Tate won 3rd place internationally for their Creative Marketing plan with The Performance Academy.
Katie Godfrey, Megan Gravley, and Sydney Senedker won 1st place internationally for their Learn & Earn project for the Peak City Gala of Hope benefitting the V Foundation for Cancer Research.
Apex High School was the only school in North Carolina to win multiple international trophies and the only school in North Carolina to win a 1st place trophy.
Mr. Murphy and Mr. Evans would like to take this opportunity to thank the students who attended this conference for their professionalism and dedication to DECA. These students represented Apex High School and North Carolina with true class!!
Congratulations to the Apex HS Chapter and Advisors for this outstanding recognition on winning 1st place in the Learn and Earn category (1st out of 123 teams).
Katie, Sydney and Megan won 1st place in the LEARN AND EARN category (out of 123 teams) at the National DECA Competition in Utah last night!
North Garner FCCLA was showcased in the Garner Cleveland newspaper this morning. You can check it out at:
Congratulations to Holly Laird’s Leesville Road High School’s Personal Finance Stock Market Team on winning first place in the Stock Market Game sponsored by the NC Council on Economic Education (NCCEE). This is indeed an honor for your students and you.
Your statement exemplifies that this activity connected what your students are learning in the classroom to real world experiences: They work in small groups, research publicly traded companies, decide which stocks to buy to create a diversified portfolio, and track the stocks for the semester. Last trading day was April 27, 2012.
Read this interesting Easter Wake News article about the Virtual Enterprise Trade Fair in Virginia.
http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/04/26/2025115/local-teens-talk-about-prom-fashion.html
Jaleassa Henry, 18, of Raleigh, center,has 2 dresses altered by family friend Ruthie Crain, of Raleigh, left, as Henry’s friend Aissatou Diane, 19, right, also offers her opinion. Henry is attending her prom at Leesville Road High School on April 27, as well as the one at Sanderson High School the following night on April 28.
