Posted on 08 May 2012. Tags: Community School of Davidson, Downtown Davidson, town day
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- Face painting at the Town Day festival. (Chris Berl/DavidsonNews.net)
Face painting at the Town Day festival. (Chris Berl/DavidsonNews.net)
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- The Community School of Davidson teamed up the The Davidson Historical Society to help preserve our town's history. The CSD students welcomed passersby into their tent to share favorite Davidson memories and then recorded them with a condenser microphone. The students plan to archive all of the memories for the Davidson Historical Society. pictured from far right are Guydell Connor Jr., Cedric Moore and his father Robert Moore. Eileen Keeley is seated telling her memory. (Monica Galloway/DavidsonNews.net)
The Community School of Davidson teamed up the The Davidson Historical Society to help preserve our town's history. The CSD students welcomed passersby into their tent to share favorite Davidson memories and then recorded them with a condenser microphone. The students plan to archive all of the memories for the Davidson Historical Society. pictured from far right are Guydell Connor Jr., Cedric Moore and his father Robert Moore. Eileen Keeley is seated telling her memory. (Monica Galloway/DavidsonNews.net)
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- The Troop 58 rope bridge is always a challenge. (Bill Giduz/DavidsonNews.net)
The Troop 58 rope bridge is always a challenge. (Bill Giduz/DavidsonNews.net)
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- This brave Acrofitness team member let himself be sent skyward. (Bill Giduz/DavidsonNews.net)
This brave Acrofitness team member let himself be sent skyward. (Bill Giduz/DavidsonNews.net)
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- This Acrofitness routine had a touch of orange to it. (Bill Giduz/DavidsonNews.net)
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- Brownies with Pinewood Derby racers. (Bill Giduz/DavidsonNews.net)
Brownies with Pinewood Derby racers. (Bill Giduz/DavidsonNews.net)
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- Another Acrofitness team showed off its stuff. (Monica Galloway/DavidsonNews.net)
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- Amy Symington (center) leads Davidson Elementary School's popular Cake Walk. Check back Wednesday for a report on the winning decorated cakes. (Monica Galloway/DavidsonNews.net)
Amy Symington (center) leads Davidson Elementary School's popular Cake Walk. Check back Wednesday for a report on the winning decorated cakes. (Monica Galloway/DavidsonNews.net)
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- Elizabeth Myers wanted and rainbow and a sunshine at the face painting station which was a lot like the weather at Town Day this year. We had sunny skies one moment and then a quick rain shower, but it didn't dampen the spirits of the kids or the face painters. The kids were lined up and the face painters hardly had a break all day. (Monica Galloway/DavidsonNews.net)
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- Erin Batty enjoys the newly installed rope swing on the Village Green. (Monica Galloway/DavidsonNews.net)
Erin Batty enjoys the newly installed rope swing on the Village Green. (Monica Galloway/DavidsonNews.net)
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- Girls offered treats. (Bill Giduz/DavidsonNews.net)
Girls offered treats. (Bill Giduz/DavidsonNews.net)
Davidson celebrated its 41st Town Day on Saturday, May 5, with food, music and entertainment on the Village Green. Some of our photographically inclined neighbors contributed these shots of the day’s events.
The day include a 5K race (won by 14-year-old Malia Ellington of Cornelius who beat all the guys), an oral history booth manned by students from Community School of Davidson, and a variety of activities on the green. Local restaurants served lunch, and the Davidson library kicked off its annual book sale, which continues all week.
RELATED LINKS
May 2, 2012, “Town Day lineup: Music, 5K race, food and fun” – our preview article, with background about the history of Town Day.
May 5, 2012, “14-year-old Malia Ellington wins Town Day Spartan 5K”
Posted in Davidson history, kids, Life in Davidson, Photo of the Day, Photos, Schools
Posted on 24 April 2012. Tags: Environment, green idea factor, PIES, Schools, sustainability, w.a. hough high school
Zak Kennedy's winning "Green Idea" and other entries are on display through May 16 at PiES, in South Main Square Business Center, 442 S. Main St.
Four projects by students from area high schools earned honors – and scholarships for their creators – at the first Green Idea Factory Competition April 14 at the Davidson-based Project for Innovation, Energy & Sustainability (PiES). Topping the list was a “solar composter” by W.A. Hough High School freshman Zachary Kennedy. Read the full story
Posted in Business, Cornelius, Environment, Huntersville, kids, Mooresville, Schools
Posted on 30 March 2012. Tags: editor's note, Letter from the Editor, obituaries, w.a. hough high school
Jocelyn Albright Desmond
Jocelyn Albright Desmond left us a couple of weeks ago, and our community is still mourning along with her family over the loss of such a bright and engaged fellow citizen. We’re looking for meaning as we try to fathom the news that the W.A. Hough High School teen took her own life. Many of us are hugging our own children a little closer and wondering how to talk to them about her death.
On Friday, Jocelyn’s family issued a message of thanks for the outpouring of support from friends, their church and their children’s schools. As they mourn, family members also say they are encouraged by signs that people here – especially other teens – are learning something from the tragedy. Read the full story
Posted in Cornelius, Huntersville, kids, Letter from the Editor, River Run
Posted on 29 March 2012. Tags: East Davidson, Police Blotter, Public safety
Updated 6:50pm
An 18-year-old Davidson teen missing since Wednesday evening has been found safe, Davidson police said Thursday afternoon. Joshua Kogas was being treated at Huntersville Presbyterian Hospital, police said around 5 p.m. Read the full story
Posted in kids, Police Blotter
Posted on 24 March 2012. Tags: Fire calls, kids, photo of the day, walnut street
Grady McDaniel, 3, played with his own fire truck as Davidson firefighters checked on a gas leak on Walnut Street Friday. (Meredith McDaniel photo)
HAVE PHOTOS?
We’re always looking for good photos of Davidson, people and events. Send us your photos for consideration at editor@davidsonnews.net. Read the full story
Posted in Downtown & old Davidson, kids, Photo of the Day
Posted on 15 March 2012. Tags: calendar, Davidson College, fitness, Health & Fitness, kids, parks and rec
The Town of Davidson and athletes from Davidson College are teaming up this spring to host three Family Activity Days, free two-hour clinics teaching skills from specific sports. The first, focusing on football, is this Sunday afternoon, March 18. Read the full story
Posted in Calendar, Davidson College, Health & Fitness, kids
Posted on 08 March 2012. Tags: Davidson Elementary School, Downtown Davidson, fridays on the green, Life in Davidson
By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net
Some downtown merchants and Davidson Elementary School parents are planning to try to revive “Fridays on the Green” this week by organizing a Friday afternoon gathering that would include free ice cream. Officials at Davidson Elementary School say they’re willing to consider revising a new policy that ended the weekly after-school tradition, but they won’t make an exception this week. Read the full story
Posted in Business, Downtown & old Davidson, kids, Life in Davidson, Public safety, Schools, Town Hall
Posted on 08 March 2012. Tags: ben and jerrys, fridays on the green, Letter to the Editor, Life in Davidson
To the Editor:
In the recent tradition of the Occupy Wall Street movement, Ben & Jerry’s in Davidson is sponsoring Occupy the Green this Friday, March 9, after school. Whether you agree with Occupy Wall Street or not, it was founded on the idea of taking a stand against perceived injustice. And that is what we want to do. It saddens us the way that 5th Grade Fridays on the Green was ended. It’s part of what makes Davidson, well, Davidson. Read the full story
Posted in Downtown & old Davidson, kids, Letter to the Editor, Schools
