Rachel Freeman School of Engineering Educators Attend Teacher Academy
Recently, five educators from Rachel Freeman School of Engineering attended a North Carolina Teacher Academy at Appalachian State University. The participants included: Meghann Crow, Brandy Metzger, Andrea Raines, Melissa Stephens and Melissa Williamson.
The North Carolina Teacher Academy is a professional development program established and funded by the North Carolina General Assembly. The mission
of the Teacher Academy is to enrich instruction and impact student achievement by supporting the growth
and retention of highly qualified teachers through research-based professional development in the areas of school leadership, instructional methodology,
core content and technology.
The teachers from Rachel Freeman School of Engineering attended the module, Developing Arithmetic and Algebraic Reasoning in Elementary Grades. This module will help teachers understand student thinking and train teachers to
probe student responses and analyze student work. The teachers learned problem types developed from over twenty years of research and how to incorporate them into their lessons. They also learned to recognize the types of strategies students use in problem solving and how to help students make sense of mathematics. Learning of mathematics has to be accompanied
with ways to think about mathematics.
This training will help them design lessons that will promote student dialogue about the ways they think about mathematical concepts. In addition, another
focus of this module is linking arithmetic and algebra in elementary grades.
For more information,
contact Elizabeth Miars,
principal, at 910-251-6011 or emiars@nhcs.net.
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The Freeman Bears have gotten off to a great start to a
new school year. The opening assembly for all grade levels
was about being a proud citizen, our school creed and caring
for eachother. Mrs. Miars introduced staff members outside the
traditional classroom that are here to help our students.
Our Counselor, Mrs. Galloway,
Mrs. Anderson (Media Coordinator), Mrs. Timaeus (Music), Coach Shaw
and PE Intern Phil Pitstick performed a skit for the students about a food drive
and how just "ONE" person can make a difference in the lives of others.
School Creed
Rachel Freeman School of Engineering is a special place where we work,play, and learn together. We are responsible for our actions.We will problem solve and support each other.
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What does the "Gear Bear" mean
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It was an eventful year for the student engineers at
Rachel Freeman School of Engineering.
Our students have created....
windmills, sailboats, butterfly nets, musical instruments,
floating barges, bridges, hats, doggy bags, igloos, rockets, towers, factories, trains, ant farms, insects, sneakers, robots, vehicles, farms, plant packages, roller coasters, nests, gingerbread houses, ecosystems, tapestries, stethoscopes, hot air balloons, carnival games, straw rockets, paper airplanes, kites, sand castles, kinetic sculptures, alarm circuits, membranes, water filters, rock walls, dirt, snow men, trellises, ballasts, terrariums, boats, pollinators, gardens, toys, inventions, magazines, rain sticks, quilts, toad abodes, bird houses, bird feeders,ice cream, slime, flinkers, cookies and much more.
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