Feature Stories

Congrats to Cuthbertson High’s big showing at this year’s DECA state competition

Congratulations to this year’s CHS’ DECA chapter for bringing home the most medalists in CHS DECA history. Over 4700 kids from all over North Carolina that make up DECA HS chapters competed at the Koury Convention Center. With even the top-notch competition from larger chapters, our CHS DECA kids definitely upped their game! 6 Top…

Congrats to Parkwood High’s FCCLA for their results in this year’s state Culinary competition

The PWHS FCCLA Culinary students had a wonderful day yesterday at JWU Charlotte competing in both the Culinary Arts Competition and then the Baking & Pastry  Competition!  Allie Lehan earned a silver medal in Baking & Pastry and overall came in 3rd place in the State!  She qualifies to compete at the FCCLA National Convention…

Congratulations to the 2022-2023 CTE Teacher of the Year Finalists

For the second year, North Carolina Career and Technical Education (CTE) is going to recognize a NC State CTE Teacher of the Year. To begin to get a list of deserving teachers, each high school and middle school in UCPS named a CTE Teacher of the Year nominee. Much like the UCPS Teacher of the…

Mark Your Calendars. The Spring Robotics Challenge will be held March 18, 2023 at the Union County Ag Center.

South Piedmont Community College is holding an Open House on March 14 from 4-8pm at the Old Charlotte Highway Campus

Health Science Academy at Monroe High School student’s trying “solve a mystery” in PLTW Principles of Biomedical Sciences

Health Science Academy at Monroe High School students are solving the mysterious death of Anna Garcia in Principles of Biomedical Science! In PLTW classes, students get to learn by activity-based learning. Students are playing the role of many different careers in the Forensic Medical Investigation team. These jobs include blood Spatter Analyst, Medical Technician, Digital…

Congratulations to the Cuthberson FFA poultry judging team

Congratulations to the Cuthberson FFA poultry judging team who placed 3rd in the NC FFA state competition yesterday out of 99 teams.  Team members were Emery Donlan, Reagan Young, Rachel Young, and Phoebe Ward.  Emery was also the 5th high scoring individual in the competition.  Great job! To read more about the NC FFA poultry…

February is CTE Month

Career and Technical Education Month® is a public awareness campaign, hosted by ACTE and sponsored by National Association of Home Builders, that takes place each February to celebrate CTE, the accomplishments of CTE programs and the importance of CTE for all students of all ages. We encourage you to use these resources below to help…