Bailey, Bradley, Davidson IB, and J.M. Alexander middle schools are joining forces to raise $65,000 to fund and build a Habitat for Humanity house in the Huntersville area. Meanwhile, Woodlawn School’s Terin Patel-Wilson has landed a $2,500 National Achievement scholarship. And young students from Community School of Davidson were treated this week to a performance of music and mime at Davidson United Methodist Church. Read on for the details: Read the full story

Hough High junior Riley Beatty (left) tutors Bailey Middle student Almaz Mengestu during the Latino Outreach meeting Tuesday night. (Christina Ritchie Rogers / DavidsonNews.net)

Six Latino families from Bailey Middle School met Tuesday night for the third of a series of meetings offered by the school as part of its Latino Outreach Program. The size of the group, though small, tripled since its first meeting two weeks ago, and Assistant Principal Stacey Wood hopes it will continue to grow in the coming weeks. Read the full story

Davidson IB and J.M. Alexander students, staff and parents gathered Friday to beautify the Alexander campus, where both schools will be consolidated in the fall. (Karen Cimino Wilson/DavidsonNews.net)

By KAREN CIMINO WILSON
DavidsonNews.net

HUNTERSVILLE – Davidson IB Middle School eighth-grader Morgan Howder of Huntersvllle said she sees both positives and negatives to combining her tiny magnet school with J.M. Alexander Middle School next school year.

Morgan was one of more than 30 students, parents and staff members from both schools who spent two hours on Friday raking, planting flowers and spreading pine needles around the landscaping on the J.M. Alexander Middle School campus, on N.C. 115. Read the full story

Remember sunshine? Warm temperatures? Maybe this weekend will surprise us!

Well, let’s see.  March came in as a lamb and is leaving as a damp, cold, soggy piece of mutton!  The balmy temperatures earlier this month lulled us into complacency thinking grass, gardens, grills and all things outdoors.  Oops! Sorry about that.  Back to sweaters and knee socks – no April Fool!  But we do need the rain, it seems.

Around Davidson today has news from North Mecklenburg High School about their Literary Club and the Horticulture Department’s Garden Sale.  There is also an interview with Nell Landers and Russ and Nancy Gavitt who are participating in the upcoming Gallery Crawl. Read the full story

Following success in the Palmetto Regional Robotics competition last week, Pine Lake Preparatory‘s Team SPORK moves on to compete in the state regional competition next week. Meanwhile, the 2010 Charlotte Woman of the Year will address seniors at Cannon School‘s May graduation ceremony. Also below, news from Hopewell High, Cornelius Elementary and Davidson IB Middle schools.

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Congratulations to the following Davidson Day School students who made the honor roll for second trimester. Keep up the good work!

Fifth-grade Headmaster Honor Roll:
Brian Bennett (Cornelius), Logan Brady (Huntersville), Kara Bringewatt (Davidson), Christina Catlett (Cornelius), James Gosling (Mooresville), Mary Logan Grier (Cornelius), Carly Kline (Huntersville), Blair Nemechek (Mooresville), Katie Noe (Huntersville), Maisie Rees(Mooresville).

Fifth-grade honor roll:
Janae Brown (Charlotte), Rachel Brown (Iron Station), Kyle Fabrizio (Davidson), Jordan Graham (Concord), Sara Kate Harris (Davidson), Rafael Jenkins (Huntersville), Paxon McGee (Mooresville), Katie McLellan (Huntersville), Emma Reid (Davidson), Emily Schwartz (Mooresville), Max Soria (Huntersville), Theresa Tolar (Mooresville), Grace Weber (Davidson), John Woods (Mooresville).

Sixth-grade Headmaster Honor Roll:
Emma Garcia (Mooresville), Nash Grier (Mooresville), Teagan James (Huntersville), Alex Sabates (Cornelius).

Sixth-grade honor roll:
Griffin Buck (Charlotte), Maya Caldwell (Charlotte), Trevor Dee (Huntersville), Anne Echols (Cornelius), Nikhil Gavini (Mooresville), Michael Grigg (Davidson), Jairus Hamilton (Charlotte), Julian Harris (Davidson), Alexis Lynch (Mooresville), Peyton Mandel (Davidson), Kalie Mayo (Charlotte), Julia Morris (Davidson), Wolfie Obrecht (Mooresville), Vinay Patel (Cornelius), Graysen Pomykata (Mooresville), Joel Serepca (Cornelius), Sarah Slay (Mooresville), Michael Sofio (Cornelius), Avery Sommer (Mooresville), Noah Steiner (Cornelius), Ryan Titus (Davidson), Grace Triplett (Troutman), Logan Ward (Charlotte), Asia Washington (Charlotte), Melissa Zammitti (Mooresville).

Seventh-grade Headmaster Honor Roll:
Nasera Kaouss (Huntersville), Jack Strachan (Mooresville), Tori Whaley (Mooresville).

Seventh-grade honor roll:
Aaron Augustine (Cornelius), Cole Burkhart (Huntersville), Tylar Dunham (Davidson), Alex Jamison (Charlotte), Austin Noe (Huntersville), Claire Oosterhouse (Davidson), Chandler Parrott (Huntersville), Laura Phillips (Cornelius), Corbin Pomykata (Mooresville), Ben Roberts (Davidson), Izzy Sofio (Cornelius), Zach Swez (Davidson), Ronnie Uszenski (Cornelius), Robert Washington (Charlotte), Hannah Wolter (Cornelius).

Eighth-grade Headmaster Honor Roll:
Matt Barclay (Cornelius), Adam Cosgrove (Davidson), John Hunter Nemechek (Mooresville), James Rees (Mooresville), H Strachan (Mooresville), Kendahl Tyburski (Huntersville).

Eighth-grade honor roll:
Alec Bailey (Mooresville), Thomas Brennan (Cornelius), Grayson Buck (Charlotte), Cameron Caldwell (Charlotte), Christopher Davis (Charlotte), Taylor Dill (Huntersville), Hanna Goyette (Davidson), Hudson Harris (Charlotte), Nolan Lynch (Mooresville).

Ninth-grade Headmaster Honor Roll:
Jake Bringewatt (Davidson), Rachel Bringewatt (Davidson), Veronica Burkhart (Huntersville), Sarah Echols (Cornelius), Maxlyn Foster (Concord), Kyle Fuller (Huntersville), Finleigh Goyette (Davidson), Will Grier (Mooresville), Jessi Harris (Charlotte), Jessica Kingma (Mooresville), Micah Monticello (Davidson), Kaitlyn Oliver (Cornelius), Jon Pace (Cornelius), Nisha Patel (Cornelius), Emmy Roberts (Davidson), Sebastian Soria (Huntersville), Zach Wolter (Cornelius), Samira Zoobi (Huntersville).

Ninth-grade honor roll:
Jesse Barber (Terrell), Hannah Beck (Cornelius), Miles Boone (Charlotte), Jessica Hervey (Davidson), George James (Huntersville), Jonathon McLean (Charlotte), Will Reid (Davidson), Luke Sullivan (Davidson).

Tenth-grade Headmaster Honor Roll:
Julia Adney (Mooresville), Josh Barclay (Cornelius), Olivia Barder (Cornelius), Jason Chinuntdet (Mooresville), Maddy Clark (Sherrills Ford), Jeanine Grabowski (Cornelius), Justin Jordan (Davidson), Tyson Lamm (Charlotte), Ciara Murphy (Mooresville), Andrew Peters (Mooresville), Caitlyn Rodriguez (Mooresville), Maria Woodrow (Mooresville), Jordan Young (Huntersville).

Tenth-grade honor roll:
Adrian Acosta (Charlotte), David Belfield (Charlotte), Jason Coulter (Union Grove), Nataya Ford (Charlotte), Ka’Ajah Funderburk (Charlotte), Ryan Guthrie (Mooresville), Jeremy Hall (Davidson), Hunter Iocco (Huntersville), Taylor Kelly (Davidson), Matt McDonough (Davidson), Caleb Monticello (Davidson), Luke Morrison (Charlotte), Adam Sapp (Davidson), Sierra Thorson (Davidson).

Eleventh-grade Headmaster Honor Roll:
Brandon Adams (Mooresville), Richard Brown (Charlotte), Tommy Bruce (Mooresville), Charlie Colley (Charlotte), Jackson Goyette (Davidson), Ryan Layman (Mooresville), Nury Novelo (Huntersville), Marie-Luise Schuh (Cornelius), Chen Shen (Mooresville), Caroline Sumner (Mooresville).

Eleventh-grade honor roll:
Dorian Albritton (Mooresville), Gregory Clark (Davidson), Jason Eddie (Charlotte), Jake Hall (Concord), Natalie James (Davidson), Erik Robinson (Cornelius), Max Warren (Statesville).

Twelfth-grade Headmaster Honor Roll:
Jenny Falcone (Davidson), Katy Leonard (Huntersville), Tyler Parrott (Huntersville).

Twelfth-grade honor roll:
Keith Belfield (Charlotte), Jimmy Bonds (Concord), Omar Caldwell (Charlotte), Chris McKay (Statesville), Dax Triplett (Troutman), Brianna Wills (Cornelius), Lauren Woods (Charlotte).

Davidson College seniors shared their experiences with Davidson Day School students recently. They are (from left): Bryan Droll, Rayna McKenzie, Boyce Whitesides and Betsy Lyles.

By KAREN CIMINO WILSON
DavidsonNews.net

Four Davidson College seniors fielded questions about dorm rooms, study habits and what to expect from the food from high school students at Davidson Day during the private school’s second “College Life 101″ presentation last week.

The 45-minute forum focused on transitioning from high school to college. Davidson College students included Betsy Lyles, who grew up in Davidson and is an English major at the local college. She was joined: Bryan Droll, a psychology major from Duluth, Ga.; Rayna McKenzie, a philosophy major from New York City; and Boyce Whitesides, a religion major from Wilmington, N.C. Read the full story

From left: Jennifer Ma, Fiona Lynch, Hailey Sherman, Rebecca Wilds, Ben Hay, Jack Buffum and Ryan Adams.

Seven chemistry students from Hough High School recently earned first place  in the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s Super Chemistry Competition.

The competition was open to students in public and private schools as well as homeschoolers across the state. The chemistry contest is designed for students taking a first-year chemistry course during the 2010-11 school year. Hough team members were: tenth-graders Ryan Adams, Jack Buffum, Ben Hay, Fiona Lynch, Jennifer Ma, and Hailey Sherman, and eleventh-grader Rebecca Wilds. Read the full story