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Logan Nichols announced as candidate for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's 2020 Student of the Year.
Parkwood Junior, Logan Nichols, has been accepted as a candidate in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's 2020 Students of the Year campaign. Students are nominated based on leadership, passion to find a cure for blood cancers and involvement in the community. Candidates then participate in a national seven-week challenge to raise funds and awareness for the fight against blood cancers. This year's campaign begins on January 26, 2020, and culminates on March 13, 2020 with a celebration in Charlotte. Last year alone, there were more than 5,000 high school students participating throughout the country and this year we are excited to have Logan represent Parkwood High! She is running in honor of Will Henely and River Peedin, both local cancer survivors. To get involved or learn more about the campaign, please visit www.StudentsoftheYear.org.
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#UCPSGivesBack: Parkwood High students continue decades-long tradition of spreading holiday cheer
For more than 20 years, Parkwood High's Key Club has hosted an annual holiday party for deserving students in their cluster at Prospect, Western Union and Waxhaw elementary schools. Itโs a day full of games, laughter, smiles, gifts and even a surprise visit from Santa โ and this yearโs holiday party for 27 elementary students was no exception.
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Students learn life saving tips from Turning Point
Representatives from Turning Point visited Parkwood last week. Turning Point offers a myriad of services to the community. It exists to end domestic abuse, sexual assault, and child abuse through safe shelter, advocacy, prevention, and social change. Students learned all about ways to spot domestic abuse and participated in scenarios to help sharpen their skills. Turning point also offers many volunteering opportunities for students.
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Parkwood/Cuthbertson JROTC Wins Big at Drill Meet
On Saturday, November 9th, Parkwood/Cuthbertson, Monroe/CATA, and Piedmont/Porter Ridge AFJROTC units competed in the annual Union County AFJROTC Drill Meet. Parkwood/Cuthbertson crushed its opponents by sweeping all five of five events and winning first place overall. Later that morning cadets participated in, and observed a special Veterans Day program planned by the Union County Veterans Services Office at the Charlotte Monroe Executive Airport. At the end, a top cadet from each of the six Union County JROTC units received the Union County Board of Commissionersโ Patriot Award. Our unitโs recipient this year was Avery Batts! The grand finale for the day was the Warbirds over Monroe Air Show, which lasted all afternoon. The air show concluded with a giant โwall of fireโ under passing warbirds, which simulated bombs but was actually pyrotechnic devices safely rigged across the runway from spectators.ย You could feel the heat from hundreds of yards away! The field trip lasted nine hours and was an amazing day of drill competition, honoring our veterans, and fun!
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Turning Point Shelter Drive
In conjunction with SAY SOMETHING WEEK, the SAVE Club and Freshman Focus will be sponsoring a shelter drive to benefit Turning Point of Monroe. The contest will begin March 2nd and end March 13th. Items will be collected during first block. The first block that collects the most items will win a pizza party.
The following items are of the greatest need at this time:
Hair products for women of color
Baby bottles
Diapers No sew blankets to give to clients and their children when they arrive
Cleaning products
Toilet paper
Paper towels
Snacks and juice boxes for the children
Toys are always welcomed!
Please help Turning Point by supporting our shelter drive.
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Driver's Education
The next Driver's Ed exam will take place on Friday, March 6 in the media center at 3:30pm. The retake exam will be on Friday, March 13 at 3:30pm.
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Peachjar Digital Flyers
We have launched a new electronic flyer communication tool called Peachjar. To view school-approved digital flyers, simply click the Peachjar button on our website.
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This week is FFA Spirit Week! (February 24-28):
Monday: ‘Merica/Mullet Day
Tuesday: Teacher Twin Day (Dress like your favorite teacher or twin with them!)
Wednesday: Camo Day
Thursday: College Day (Wear your favorite college gear)
Friday: FFA Day (Wear Blue and Gold!)
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East Carolina University Meeting
Juniors and Seniors if you are interested in meeting with East Carolina University they will be at Parkwood on March 13th at 12:30. Please sign up through Naviance! If you have any questions please come see Mrs. Bristow.
