Points of Pride

  • Marvin Ridge High School senior K.J. Brent has been chosen as a Carolina Panthers Community Captain, a program that recognizes outstanding high school football student-athletes who have demonstrated strong leadership skills both on and off the field. 

  • UCPS Superintendent Dr. Ed Davis has been named the IsPOD Outstanding Superintendent of the Year by the NC Alliance for Athletics, Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (NCAAHPERD).

  • Congratulations to the following female athletes from Monroe High for winning gold medals in the 2011 NC 1A Outdoor Track and Field Championships. the Monroe Redhawks are coached by Johnny Sowell.

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Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club is safe haven for students

The Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club area director Moses Fox III, at left, plays a game of Air Hockey with students in the club, an after-school program for Union County Public Schools students that is housed at Monroe Middle. The club’s doors opened officially on Jan. 17, 2011, with 24 students signed up to attend. On the third day, however, that number had already doubled. Club organizers held a grand opening Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012.

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Young poets from Western Union Elementary are to be published

These third graders in Jennifer Bittner’s class at Western Union Elementary will have their poems published in the next issue of “Anthology of Poetry by Young Americans." Pictured from left, (first row) Peyton McDonald, Western Union teacher Jennifer Bittner, Caralyn Elrod; (back row) Sukarno Brown, Brett Connell and Nikolas Kotesky.

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