Various Information

Common Core State Standards

and NC Essential Standards

Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools Deployment Plan

Can be found on the Staff Shared in a file called CCES

"We Can Change the World" Challenge - Siemens Foundation and Discovery Education Launch is once again requesting applications for its "We Can Change the World Challenge" for K-12 students. Through this Challenge, Siemens invites students to team up with classmates under teacher/mentors to solve environmental problems in their school, community and world. Teams and mentors can share in over $250,000 in scholarships and prizes. Responses are due by March 15, 2012. For contest details, please visit http://www.wecanchange.com/

Nominations Being Accepted for the NC Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching - The 2012 Awards Cycle for Elementary Teachers (grades K-6) for the North Carolina Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching is now open. One mathematics teacher and one science teacher will be selected. Each will receive a $10,000 award and a trip to Washington, D.C. to attend the National Awards Recognition Program. Nominations will be accepted through May 1, 2012. Nominations details are available online at www.paemst.org .

2011 North Carolina School Report Cards Available Online - While most public school students receive final report cards in June, schools and districts can review their annual progress each October when the North Carolina School Report Cards are released. The Report Cards, which are in the 10th year of publication, feature a collection of information about student performance and attendance, class size, school safety, teacher quality and classroom technology. The School Report Cards website features data from the school, district and state levels for the 2010-11 school year and is now available at http://www.ncreportcards.org/.