Thursday, November 29, 2018

Student Art in December Issue of "Forsyth Family" Magazine

By Andrea Chinchilla

By Jarah Gonzalez-Galindo

By Lillian Johnson
In the December issue of Forsyth Family magazine, you will find art by Winston-Salem/Forsyth County students.

Andrea Chinchilla, first grade, Griffith Elementary. Chandra McMillan, art teacher.

Lillian Johnson, third grade, Cash Elementary. Brian Schmoyer, art teacher.

Jarah Gonzalez-Galindo, sophomore, Glenn High. Karen Berger, art teacher.

Austin Muller, sophomore. East Forsyth High. Terri Hester, art teacher. 

By Austin Muller

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Fifth-Graders at Kernersville Elementary Help Others Through Crisis Control

At Kernersville Elementary, fifth-graders in the Senior Service Club put together "Clean Start Buckets" for Crisis Control Ministry.

To read the story, go to Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools

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A Celebration at Speas Global Elementary

On Tuesday, Speas celebrated being authorized as an IB Word School.

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Monday, November 19, 2018

Atkins Students Participate In Chamber of Commerce Tech Briefing



This comes us from Atkins HS News:

Each year now for 17 years, the Winston-Salem Chamber has hosted a Tech Briefing to highlight the latest technology and innovations from the area, including research facilities, companies, and medical facilites. You scan the list of presenters at the Annual Tech Briefing and see: CEO, President, Professor, VP, Software Engineer, Medical Director, Founder, then see ... Student? Yes, student. On November 14, 2018, among the prestigious presenters list of company founders, leaders, and inventors--were two Atkins HS students, Aaron Petty and Brianna Thompson. 

Last year, Allison Charles and Matthew Shealy led the way by being among the three high school students who have ever presented at the conference, with Charles presenting on a gene cloning teaching method and Shealy discussing the developing project of the Atkins Alternative Fuels Team.

“It is great to see that Aaron and Bri can hold their own among presentations given by CEOs and doctorates,” said Atkins teacher Terry Howerton. “It says a lot about the quality of students that we have here at Atkins. I know that everyone was very impressed.”


Thompson won third place at the TSA national conference in the Biotechnology Design category for her project. Her proposal was to create an edible vaccine by using freeze-dried banana pudding as a vector for vaccines sent to underdeveloped countries. Its sweet taste would increase the chance of it being taken and the freeze dried component would eliminate the need for refrigeration in these countries.


“$20 million are wasted annually from poor refrigeration of vaccines,” Thompson said. She is now working on the proof of concept, which would allow for the proper storage of the vaccine, and create a product that people will want to eat but still be healthy.  


Petty is a senior biotech major at Atkins who did his summer internship in the Chemistry Department at Wake Forest University. One project involved developing an alternative assay that would eliminate the need for radioactivity when studying aminoacyltransferase. His second project was to optimize a teaching kit that used a biofilm to teach microevolution.   



Petty said, “Innovation in Winston is happening in research with university and companies. It’s a great place to be. The opportunity is there and it’s important to take advantage of it.” Petty said his presentation was well received but difficult to manage such a technical topic to an audience of mainly business people.


Other presenters at the Tech Briefing included representatives from inmar, Opinshop LLC, Fluree, Winston-Salem State University, Intuality Inc., Plakous Therapeutics Inc., Forsyth Tech, Looking Glass Services Inc., and the UNC School of the Arts.

As a STEM magnet school, Atkins HS offers one of the few programs in Biotechnology available to high school students.

For this and other news from Atkins Academic and Technology High School, go to Atkins

Magnet Fair 2018

The 21 magnet schools all participated in the Magnet Fair.

To read the story, go to Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools

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Counselor at Paisley IB Featured in National Magazine


By Daya Patton
Lead Counselor 
Paisley IB Magnet School

Daya Patton, who is the Lead Counselor at Paisley IB Magnet School, was one of five school counselors from the State of North Carolina chosen to present at the American School Counseling Association Conference this past July in Los Angeles.

The American School Counseling Association Conference is a national conference specifically for school counseling with keynote sessions, informative breakout sessions, in-depth looks at hot topics in the school counseling profession and networking opportunities. Approximately 3,000 school counseling professionals from all over the country attend the conference annually.

Mrs. Patton has been an advocate for educational opportunities for students with disabilities since her tenure as school counselor at Carter High School. Mrs. Patton presented a breakout session on Postsecondary Options for Student with Disabilities.

Because of Mrs. Patton’s overwhelmingly positive feedback from her session at the American School Counselors Conference, she was also invited to conduct a national webinar for the American School Counseling Association and had a feature article in the American School Counselor Associations’ September/October edition of their national magazine.

Subsequently, Mrs. Patton was invited in October to present two sessions at the School Counselor Leadership Conference in Riverside, Calif. At the School Counselor Leadership Conference, Mrs. Patton had the opportunity to meet Antwone Fisher, an advocate for students with disabilities and the inspiration and screenwriter behind the critically acclaimed motion picture Antwone Fisher directed by and starring Denzel Washington.



Career Day at Piney Grove Elementary

On Friday, people from the community came to Piney Grove Elementary to talk with students about their careers.

For the story, go to Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools

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