After two and a half years at Davidson Elementary, Principal Terry Hall will not return after winter break, the school announced Monday night. Ms. Hall has accepted a position at Dilworth Elementary effective Jan. 2 and interim principal Ann Nivens will take over in Davidson until a replacement is found. Read the full story

Frost covered a field near Davidson Elementary School Saturday morning (Jay Wilson photo)

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

Parent Kristen Coupal was the crossing guard at Main Street and Chairman Blake Drive (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Led by teachers, parents, Davidson College volleyball players, and politicians, a parade of local schoolkids participated in International Walk to School Day in Davidson on Wednesday morning.

Students from Davidson Elementary School and Community School of Davidson joined events at more than 3,500 schools nationwide, as well those in 40 countries. The day’s goal was to promote physical activity for kids, create safer routes for walking and bicycling and to build connections between families, schools and the community, according to organizers. Read the full story

Wednesday, Oct. 5, is International Walk to School Day, and organizers at Davidson Elementary School and Community School of Davidson are getting their schools involved in the annual event.

Also on Health & Fitness, Davidson College is hosting an evening symposium on Oct. 13 about “Integrative Medicine and Healthy Living,” with a trio of local health experts.

Meanwhile, Davidson Parks & Recreation has announced a series of October health and fitness related classes, ranging from Zumba and clogging to healthy eating and martial arts.  Read more in HEALTH & FITNESS»

J.M. Alexander Middle School in Huntersville will have an interim principal when students return to classes later this month. JoElla Ferrell, a retired Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools principal, will be filling in indefinitely for Alexander Principal Jo Karney, who is out on medical leave. Also in this column, area schools’ open house and back-to-school events schedules, and CMS adds cricket to its 2011-12 sports program. Read the full story

Ready to tackle the weeds at Davidson Elementary School are volunteer moms (from left, Michele Trovato, Tammy Forthofer and Heather Densmore) with two Cub Scouts.

What a wonderful summer!  It’s been hot, but we’ve had enough rain to keep everything a pleasant shade of green. Yes, it keeps us pushing lawnmowers when we would like to sit and rock on the porch, but what a pleasant change from past years when drought scorched our yards.  Weeds never mind heat or drought so a group of Cub Scouts from Davidson’s Pack 58 attacked them yesterday afternoon at the Davidson Elementary School.  Thanks to the volunteer moms and the energetic young boys who showed us that many hands make light work whether weeding, spraying herbicide or spreading pine straw.

Around Davidson visits today with Dianne Campbell who is heading west to live and with Tim and Terri Honeycutt who headed west for vacation with Randy and Judy Wally.  We also have news of Eric and Esther Wruck’s family and library notes about Michele Trovato’s blog and Karyn Jester’s return to the payroll. Read the full story

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education voted at its June 28 meeting to seek a one-year waiver of the state’s new bill adding five instructional days to the school year. Also in this column, Davidson Day School is named among the top 100 area small businesses, and Davidson Elementary School fifth-grader Kendall Kinsley Miller receives a citizenship award. Read the full story

The Bailey Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade band performed Friday at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pa., and finished at the top of the competition. Also in this column, Davidson Elementary collects more than 2,000 books for Alabama tornado survivors; Davidson IB plans a closing ceremony Thursday, Davidson Day School raises more than $26,000 in a parking space auction and its students compete in a Math Olympiad. Read the full story