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After graduating from Parkwood High School, Tyler Michael returned to teach Health Science classes. Her path to teaching was not direct. She graduated from UNCC with a degree in nursing and worked as a nurse in multiple capacities before accepting a position as a Health Science teacher. This year she became a National Board Certified…
Read MoreMary Winn K. Rohleder is a lifelong resident of Union County and is honored to teach Business and Marketing classes at her alma mater, Sun Valley High School. As a product of Union County Public Schools, she credits her exceptional teachers for the impact they made on her educational journey. Her mother, who was also…
Read MoreBrooke Phipps serves as the Agriculture Teacher and FFA Advisor at Piedmont Middle School. She graduated from Piedmont High school in 2006, and went on the North Carolina State University to major in Agriculture Education, graduating in 2010. She has taught Agriculture Education a total of fourteen years. She came back to Union County to…
Read MoreMr. Michael Hicks is a business and marketing teacher at Cuthbertson High School. He currently teaches Entrepreneurship I, Financial Planning I, and Business Essentials. He is also the lead advisor of the Cuthbertson High DECA Club as well as an assistant track and field coach at the Cuthbertson High and Middle Schools. This year will…
Read MoreScott Bryan is no stranger to the world of education. He grew up with a father who taught industrial arts and a mother who taught art, each at a high school where he grew up near Warsaw, Indiana. He graduated from Ball State University after changing his major from Computer Science to Education and has…
Read MoreCuthbertson FFA partnered with Waxhaw Ray of Hope this Thanksgiving to help collect items for a Thanksgiving meal for local families in need. Some of the items collected were frozen turkeys, green beans, potatoes, boxes of stuffing, and desserts. FFA members were able to collect enough donations to feed 10 different families. Last Tuesday, 10…
Read MoreCongratulations to Cuthbertson High School’s Kelsey Cardona and Weddington High School’s Juhi Jani for being selected as UCPS CTE’s Presidential Scholars Nominees for the 2023-2024 school year. These two students will compete against other nominees from across North Carolina to be chosen as a Presidential Scholar for the state. The NCDPI-CTE review committee will evaluate…
Read MoreMany of our Piedmont students work summer jobs to earn money and gain work experience. This past summer, a group of rising seniors earned an apprenticeship credit for their work at McGee Brothers. Through the NC Apprenticeship program, Trent Hackney, Colby Hildreth, Greyson Beeber, Austin Wilson, and Wyatt Furr were able to turn their hard…
Read MoreLast week, October 2 – 6, 2023 was the 10th Annual Make It In Union County Manufacturing Awareness Week. Make It in Union County is a grassroots effort to increase awareness of the positive impact manufacturers have on our community and to promote manufacturing as a top career choice. Our goal is to increase awareness…
Read MoreDr. Charlesa Hann and Sandra Leyva from Wingate University’s Thayer School of Education visited with the Teaching as a Profession classes at Weddington High School on Friday, September 22nd. UCPS has partnered with SPCC and Wingate University to offer future educators exciting opportunities through the Next Stop Teach UCPS initiative. Students are looking forward to…
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