E3D organizer Pat Millen (fifth from left) received a check for $10,320 from Peninsula Community Foundation chair Todd Wiebusch. With them are others associated with both End Davidson’s Digital Divide and the foundation.

By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

E3D stands for Eliminate Davidson’s Digital Divide.

The community is responding to the technology challenge issued earlier this year by Davidson-based nonprofit E3D, which wants to put computers in the hands of local schoolkids who lack them. Organizer Pat Millen says help is coming in big and small ways – from community foundations and events like the Biggest Lemonade Stand Day Ever in Davidson Saturday. Read the full story

Davidson Elementary fans swarmed the court after the final buzzer. (Marnie Donoghue photo)

By ANNE VARI

The staff of Davidson Elementary School beat their counterparts from J.V. Washam Elementary School by three points (39-36) on April 25, in their annual charity challenge basketball game, which was a fundraiser for Ada Jenkins Center. Read the full story

SOURCE: Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools
CHARLOTTE – The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education on Tuesday unanimously approved a proposed 2013-14 budget request of $365.9 million from Mecklenburg County. The budget request identifies greater choice for students and increased capacity for technology as two key areas of focus, reflecting input from students, parents and the public in general. The district also identifies stronger partnerships with business, the faith community and local organizations as a top priority. Read the full story

Area high school seniors were chosen from among 15,000 finalists nationwide for National Merit Scholarships this year. The National Merit Scholarship Corp. announced the finalists Wednesday, and the list includes local students in public and private schools. Read the full story

Math fair winners and Davidson Elementary fifth graders Ariana Conway (left) and Jackie Jewel.

Davidson Elementary School fifth graders Ariana Conway and Jackie Jewel won first place in their division Friday, May 3, at the State Math Fair at N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham.  The duo collaborated on a project called “The Secret Code of Math,” a study of secret codes and ciphers and how mathematics helps solve them. Read the full story

Woodlawn’s History Day team had successful at the state competition in Raleigh.

By ANNE VARI
DavidsonNews.net

Award winners are in the news this week. Woodlawn School students grabbed medals in the National History Day competition last weekend. And Davidson Elementary School fifth graders were among the award winners at the regional Math Fair recently. Meanwhile, students at Lake Norman Christian School celebrated Earth Day April 22 by planting trees on the campus in Davidson. Click to read those stories and more. Read the full story

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Community School of Davidson middle school students danced for fitness and fun on Wednesday (Gayle Shomer/DavidsonNews.net)

Community School of Davidson middle schoolers joined thousands of other schools nationwide in the “Let’s Move” campaign Wednesday, as they danced to the Beyonce’ video “Move Your Body.” Read the full story

Hough principal Terri Cockherham addressed a crowd of parents and students in the school gym. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

CORNELIUS – Several hundred parents and students filled the gymnasium at W.A. Hough High School Wednesday night, looking for information and reassurance about safety at the school after a series of security scares over the past week. Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools leaders did their best, but at times there seemed a huge gap in expectations and even in some audience members’ perceptions of the incidents. Read the full story