SALISBURY — Sacred Heart School recently welcomed Mayor Al Heggins to its Morning Assembly.
Heggins said she wanted to recognize Sacred Heart students for the tremendous effort they have shown in serving others, raising money for charities, and lending a helping hand.
She read a proclamation from the City of Salisbury to the middle school student government, then another one to the elementary student government, then to all students.
The middle and elementary schools both won the Service Above Self County School Awards this year. Sacred Heart fourth-grader Aidan Melton was named Elementary Student of the Year at the Rowan County Service Above Self Awards 2018. He is pictured with Heggins and Principal Tyler Kulp.
The 2018 Service Above Self Awards were sponsored by Rowan County United Way, the Rowan Rotary Club, Cheerwine and Catawba College.
— Robin Fisher
GASTONIA — Connie Okonkwo and Kyra Osei-Boateng were the first-place and second-place winners, respectively, of St. Michael School’s 2018-’19 Spelling Bee Jan. 9.
Okonkwo will represent St. Michael School in the Gaston County Spelling Bee, sponsored by the Gaston Gazette.
Elementary and middle school students from Gaston County Schools and students from the charter, private and home schools in Gaston County will compete for the county championship and an all-expense-paid trip to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.