Browse past news stories for Graham Elementary School in Graham, WA.

• Those Great Caring Graham Kids Collect 291 Bars Of Soap For Haiti (ShelbyInfo.com)
  posted on March 18, 2010 at 03:48:17 pm
  The students at Graham Elementary School, inspired by their teachers, just keep giving. Recently, they collected 291 bars of soap for the people of Haiti. Soap to bathe with and soap to wash their clothes.
• Nature-themed readathon encourages literacy at Frank Porter Graham Elementary (The Daily Tar Heel)
  posted on March 16, 2010 at 05:00:05 am
  A crackling fire, a babbling brook, chirping crickets. No, this isn’t some hallowed campsite. It’s an elementary school.
• Graham Elementarys Poppin Good Readers (ShelbyInfo.com)
  posted on February 25, 2010 at 05:45:51 pm
  Graham Elementary School is a very special place. Ask any student attending or a parent who has a child in this loving school. The Governor’s Office of North Carolina selected the school, as one of fifteen throughout the state, to receive the “Real Deal” Award.
• Uguandan children raise money for orphanage (The Daily Home)
  posted on February 25, 2010 at 04:42:20 am
  MUNFORD — The barrier of an ocean did not stop 13 Ugandan children from traveling to the Southeast to raise money for the orphanage where they were raised.
• Where on Earth? Students match wits in Geography Bowl (The Shelby Star)
  posted on February 24, 2010 at 06:25:34 pm
  In the fleeting span of 15 seconds, students had to answer which country serves paella, the name of the country that is separated from the United Kingdom by the English Channel and the continent where the Ronne Ice Shelf is located. The annual...
• Briefs: Students' change adds up in Haiti benefit (The St. Charles Sun)
  posted on February 17, 2010 at 10:08:03 am
  Saddened by the images he saw on TV of the thousands displaced by the earthquake in Haiti, 10 year-old Charlie Farmer of Bell-Graham Elementary School in St. Charles decided to take action.
• Mission worker shares Haiti life with students: Jefferson, Graham schools collect canned goods, soap for Haiti relief (The Shelby Star)
  posted on February 6, 2010 at 04:17:55 pm
  Their houses are made of scraps of metal, simple huts that float on a sea of dirt and trash. They shop at open air markets and children create their own toys with nothing but castoffs and imagination. In Haiti, you might eat a meal of rice and...
• Need a math refresher? Program teaches parents how to better help with homework (The Shelby Star)
  posted on February 2, 2010 at 07:50:07 pm
  Today’s parents face unique challenges when it comes to their children and homework. Not only have the advances in technology changed and grown dramatically, but subjects such as math and reading can leave parents uncertain how to help their...
• South Graham will go year-round (Burlington Times-News)
  posted on January 26, 2010 at 08:32:51 pm
  South Graham Elementary School will start a year-round schedule beginning with the 2010-11 year. The Alamance-Burlington Board of Education approved the school’s request during a meeting Monday night. The approval means the 2010-11 year will start...
• One year after tragedy, monster trucks draw crowd (Tacoma News Tribune)
  posted on January 17, 2010 at 08:30:18 am
  A crowd of mostly families and children poured into the Tacoma Dome on Saturday afternoon for the Monster Jam truck show.
• Woman grateful for her quick-thinking druggist (The Chapel Hill News)
  posted on January 17, 2010 at 07:15:36 am
  On Oct. 28, Jewel Blackwood decided to take her prescriptions to the CVS Pharmacy in the Chatham Crossing shopping center.
• Vampires in Naperville (The Naperville Sun)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 12:37:42 pm
  This is a big weekend for Naperville's " Twilight " fans. Not only is "New Moon," the sequel, open today, but costar Ashley Greene will be hosting screenings from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday and noon until 6 p.m. Sunday at Hollywood Palms.Greene, who plays vampire Alice Cullen in the movie, will be signing autographs and taking photos with fans. For tickets, visit www ...
• Your Letters (The Chapel Hill News)
  posted on November 15, 2009 at 07:12:54 am
  The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation would like to thank everyone who participated in the 13th Annual Walk for Education and/or the 6th Annual 5K Race for Education on Oct. 17.
• School board meeting location changed (Springfield News-Sun)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 01:11:26 pm
  Graham School officials have changed the location of their regular November board meeting on Nov. 23.
• Police report: Criminal defacement (The Naperville Sun)
  posted on October 23, 2009 at 03:07:47 am
  These are incidents reported by the Naperville Police Department. Where charges have been filed, some of the reports include when and where the suspect was stopped or taken into custody and the nature of the charges.
• Witnessing history (The Daily Home)
  posted on October 15, 2009 at 01:56:31 am
  TALLADEGA —Monday night, the city of Talladega honored lifelong resident Robert Weaver with a proclamation praising his lifetime of public service and presenting him with a key to the city.
• ‘Walk to School Day’ highlights road problems in Burlington (The Pendulum)
  posted on October 14, 2009 at 06:13:06 pm
  Today, students from Elon's physical therapy department will lead 70 eager second graders from North Graham Elementary School to Graham High School in a walk to celebrate the third annual "Walk to School Day."
• Look Both Ways: Graham Elementary students learn pedestrian, bike safety (The Shelby Star)
  posted on October 9, 2009 at 06:54:43 pm
  SHELBY — Graham Elementary School students learned about bike, pedestrian and road safety rules Friday as part of their Safe Routes Walk at school day. Students went around the walking track at Graham Elementary and stopped at different stations to...
• Helping the helpless: School fund helps underprivileged with health expenses, family emergencies (The Shelby Star)
  posted on October 5, 2009 at 03:16:15 pm
  SHELBY — The third-grader struggled in school. He couldn’t see the textbook. He needed glasses. Officials got him an eye exam and a new pair of glasses. “He was so proud he could see with those
• Woman charged with embezzling from bank, school (Burlington Times-News)
  posted on September 19, 2009 at 12:52:48 am
  The State Bureau of Investigation charged a woman with embezzlement from MidCarolina Bank and South Graham Elementary School. Arrest records say Laverne Ingold Deal of Ingold Drive, Graham, was charged Friday with embezzlement of about $17,000 from the bank and about $3,000 from the school.
• Kennedy of North Graham is county Teacher of the Year (Burlington Times-News)
  posted on September 9, 2009 at 11:07:50 pm
  Courtney Kennedy, a kindergarten teacher at North Graham Elementary School, is the Alamance-Burlington School System’s 2009-10 Teacher of the Year. Kennedy was announced as the winner late Wednesday afternoon during a ceremony at Alamance Country Club.
• Obama's speech will air in some Alamance classrooms (Burlington Times-News)
  posted on September 7, 2009 at 08:37:50 pm
  Some students in the Alamance-Burlington School System will get the opportunity to hear President Obama’s back-to-school address today, and some will not.
• Legislation puts spotlight on school bullies (The Shelby Star)
  posted on September 6, 2009 at 03:27:36 pm
  SHELBY — For some students bullying is simply a rite of initiation into school – a painful process most students have experienced at one time or another, either on the receiving or giving end, during their years in the classroom. For
• Teacher of the year finalists named (Burlington Times-News)
  posted on September 2, 2009 at 10:22:49 pm
  Eight finalists were announced Wednesday in the MidCarolina Bank Excellence in Education Teacher of the Year awards program. Six finalists are teachers in the Alamance-Burlington School System. They will compete for the Teacher of the Year award that will be announced Sept. 9.
• Crossing guards for public schools rehired under temporary deal (The State Journal-Register)
  posted on August 21, 2009 at 05:06:43 am
  Crossing guards for Springfield public schools appear happy to have their jobs back, even under a temporary arrangement, after meeting with school district officials Thursday to fill out paperwork and receive instructions.
• Over at Graham Elementary School... (ShelbyInfo.com)
  posted on August 20, 2009 at 05:39:59 pm
  At Graham Elementary, Principal Bob Luckadoo gets his staff prepared for this coming school year.
• Flu outbreak won't always shut down schools (Burlington Times-News)
  posted on August 15, 2009 at 09:09:53 pm
  The two-day closing of North Graham Elementary School last week wasn’t necessarily a predictor of how the Alamance-Burlington Schools will handle flu outbreaks during the 2009-10 school year.
• Schools Prepare for Flu Tuesday, August 11 2009 by Leoneda Inge | Send to a friend At least one school district in ... (WUNC Chapel Hill)
  posted on August 11, 2009 at 01:32:11 pm
  At least one school district in North Carolina is already being tested on how to handle the H1N1, or swine flu, pandemic this school year. North Graham Elementary School students are at home today just like yesterday.
• Unconfirmed H1N1 cases force Triad school's closing (News 14 Carolina)
  posted on August 10, 2009 at 08:29:08 pm
  GRAHAM, N.C. – Some year-round students in the Burlington-Alamance School System will not head to class Monday and Tuesday after what officials believe were several cases of H1N1 flu.
• School closes as H1N1 virus likely causing problems (News 14 Carolina)
  posted on August 10, 2009 at 01:28:57 pm
  GRAHAM, N.C. – A number of students have either called out sick or were sent home sick from North Graham Elementary School in what school officials are saying is likely a H1N1 flu virus-related incident.