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"We the Students" competition helps UCPS students become better citizens
How do you make middle and high school students better-informed decision makers and citizens? This is the challenge that one UCPS competition aims to address.
The competition, called “We the Students,” was held recently at Wingate University and involved almost 200 Union County Public Schools middle and high school students. In its third year, this year’s event was opened to middle school students.
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Students participate in National Novel Writing Month
Armed only with their netbooks, their imaginations, and the support of their teacher and friends, Mr. Stone’s Language Arts students met in the media center on Monday, November 28 to meet an important deadline. These students had set out to become novelists by the end of November and the deadline was looming.
All of Mr. Stone’s 87 sixth graders were participating in NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, the world’s largest writing challenge. At the beginning of November, each student registered for the challenge and set a goal to write a certain number of words by the end of the month. Each student who reaches their goal by November 30 will receive a published copy of their book.
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