Wanda Little
Director of Secondary Education

Points of Pride

Kim Warr, Assistant Principal of Cutherbertson High School, has been named the 2011-2012 UCPS Assistant Principal of the Year.
The Union County Public Schools system and three UCPS high schools (Central Academy of Technology & Arts, Marvin Ridge High School, Weddington High School) were recognized by state officials for their high graduation rates. UCPS was one of 10 North Carolina school districts recognized for having the highest four-year cohort graduation rates in the state in the 2010-11 school year.
Cuthbertson High Principal, Rob Jackson shines for Secondary Education as the 2011-2012 UCPS Principal of the Year, Southwest Regional Principal of the Year and NC Wachovia Principal of the Year! Congratulations, Mr. Jackson!

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Feature Stories

UCPS students learn Arabic online

(Reprinted with permission from The Enquirer Journal)
If you see 30 students in a Union County Public School computer lab, there are liable to be 30 different classes going on at the same time, according to Anna Duffey.

She is the UCPS E-Learning Coordinator. The district began offering virtual classes through North Carolina Virtual Public School in 2007. Since then it has “grown tremendously,” Duffey said.

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Werner Fornos Speaks to UCPS High School Students on Global Population Issues

UCPS High School students from throughout the district recently had the great pleasure of hearing from Mr. Werner Fornos, one of the foremost authorities on global population issues. Mr. Fornos is the 2003 United Nations Population Award winner, and was the Population Institute President from 1982 until late 2005.

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Wanda Little, Director of Secondary Education

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