Wesley King of Troop 19 is an Eagle Scout.

Davidson Day’s Wesley King turned his lunchtime musings into a record-setting Eagle Scout award.  Find out about his recent honor, and also learn of more fundraisers for victims of the Haiti earthquake, a seminar on college planning and our calendar of school events.

Also, good luck this weekend to the Davidson IB Middle Future Cities team, which will be heading to Washington, D.C. to compete at the national level!

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Rebecca Kuzmanovich (in the lead role of Sandy) and Tanner Colson (who plays Sandy's boyfriend Danny) rehearse a scene from "Grease," which opens Friday at Bailey Middle.

Spelling bee season is still in full swing and this week we bring news of Community School of Davidson’s first-ever bee, plus results from Friday’s CMS north bee.

Also this week we have a report on a special “partners in prevention” night at Bailey Middle that will feature a seminar for parents titled, “Speaking of Sex: How to talk with your middle and high school students.”

On the arts calendar, the musical “Grease” will be performed this weekend at Bailey Middle, with a cast of 51.

For sports fans, the basketball team at Davidson Day is getting ready to take on the nationally-ranked United Faith team from Charlotte.

We have reports on all that plus a full calendar of local school events. Read the full story

Davidson Day students delivered over 1,200 pounds of food to the Ada Jenkins Center in November. (Photo courtesy Davidson Day)

The holiday season is a time when most area schools conduct food drives, several of which benefit the local food shelf at the Ada Jenkins Center.  Davidson Day students made a delivery right before the Thanksgiving holiday, while Bailey Middle will be sending its collection of donations Monday, Dec. 14.  Click here to let us know what your school is doing!

School Notes this week focuses on all the school performances planned for Davidson’s annual holiday festival, “Christmas in Davidson.”  We also have information on the upcoming CMS board meeting, which will include action items about the new W.A. Hough High in Cornelius. Our calendar also lists December events, including open houses and workshops on “Managing Stress for Teens and Parents” (Dec. 10 at Bailey Middle)  and “Young Children and Sports” (Dec. 14 at Cannon School). Read the full story

Jenny Falcone

Jenny Falcone, a junior at Davidson Day School, won the N.C. Independent Schools state tennis 1A championship Sunday.

Falcone defeated Katy Cananda of Elon in straight sets of 6-0, 6-0.  The tournament was held at Barton College in Wilson. Read the full story

A group of Davidson Day seventh and eighth graders is traveling this week with their teacher in Nova Scotia, where their trip made the local newspaper. The News, of Pictou County, Nova Scotia, reported in an article Read the full story

Lachlan Johnson

A half-dozen students from Woodlawn School traveled to National History Day in College Park, Md., last week, and one – eighth grader and Davidson resident Lachlan Johnson, finished 11th in the nation with her documentary video about Depression-era photographer Marion Post Walcott (watch it below) . Also below, news about new coaches at Cannon School, Bailey High’s new principal, and the need for international student host families at Davidson Day School.  Read the full story

International students will be visiting Davidson Day School during the 2009-10 academic year, and the school is seeking local families to host them during their stays. Read the full story

Ron Johnson

Davidson Day School has hired Ron Johnson, a former Barry University college player and now an administrator at the University of Georgia, as boys’ basketball coach and Dean of Student Life.

Athletic Director Kevin Buechler had coached the team while the school searched for a permanent coach. Davidson Day announcement follows … Read the full story