JUNE 12, 2014 – Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools is celebrating the 50th anniversary
of the consolidation of the city and county school systems. As part of that,
we’re recognizing people who are a product of the school system who now work
for the school system.
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| Michelle Lewis |
Michelle Lewis, who is a Pre-K teacher at Cash
Elementary School, graduated from East Forsyth High School in 1992. She was also a
student at Cash and did her student teaching there.
Lewis started school Cash in 1979 and went on to
Ashley Middle School.
“I am proud to say that I am a product
of WS/FCS!”
As part of her student teaching when Lewis was at the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, she worked with a student who was
deaf. After she graduated from UNCG, she was hired by the school system to
teach deaf students.
“I traveled all over the county as an itinerant
hearing-impaired teacher for four years. Then a resource class opened up at
Cash Elementary and I taught deaf students there for four years. I earned my
National Board Certification and was Cash's Teacher of the Year in 2004,
and one of the 10 finalists for Teacher of the Year in the county.
“When I was expecting my son, I was able to stay home
with him for five years, worked on my master’s degree in Elementary Education. I
began long term subbing...you guessed it, at Cash.”
When a special-needs pre-kindergarten class position
opened up at Cash, she took it. She recently completed renewing her National
Board Certification and received her Birth to Kindergarten add-on certification.
“I have a love for teaching all students, particularly
those with special needs, and I understand the importance of life-long
learning. I want to ignite that curiosity for learning in all of my students!
“My son is a student at Cash, as well, continuing the
tradition of receiving a quality education in Forsyth County Schools!”
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| Cynthia Lain |
Cynthia Lain
graduated from Gray High School in 1965, the last year it was open. After that,
the building was turned over to what is now the University of North Carolina School
of the Arts.
One day in 1970, she bumped into
Nelson Jessup, who had been her Algebra II teacher in high school. Jessup had
become a purchasing agent for the school system and wondered whether she might
be interested in coming to work for the school system. Lain began taking care
of purchase orders in the school system’s Central Office on Granville Drive.
She
held several other jobs over the years. When she retired in 2003, she was
working in student records. She stayed retired for six months, returned to
student records part-time in 2004 and has been here ever since.
Lain started school at Central
Elementary School. “I was raised Moravian. Central Elementary was in Old Salem
and that was so special to me,” Lain said.
She went on to what was then Konnoak
Junior High School. Later, it became Philo Junior High. “I just loved school,”
Lain said.
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| Johnny Duckett |
Johnny Duckett graduated
from North Forsyth in 1977. Although Duckett is not an official employee of the
school system, he will be familiar to those who watch the school system’s
television station – Cable 2 –
as the host of Cool Readers, the Cable 2 show that gives students a chance to talk
about books they love.
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