Skip to main content
Go SearchAdvanced Search
Sign In |
  Help (new window)
  P.O. Box 1010 · 10 East 25th Street · Newton, NC 28658 · Phone: (828) 464-8333 · Fax (828) 464-0925  
  Catawba County Schools: Building the Future One Child at a Time  

View All Site Content

 Our Mission

Children in ClassroomThe Curriculum and Instruction Department's mission is to cultivate a collaborative educational community of productive and well-informed students, teachers, and administrators through the continuous design, implementation, and evaluation of exemplary educational practices.

 Announcements
There are currently no active announcements.

 General Information

 Department Members

Assistant Superintendent: Beth Isenhour

  • Challenges

  • Material Selection

  • Personalized Education Plans (PEPs)

  • School Improvement Plans (SIPs)

Secondary Education Director:  Cheryl Frye

  • Work with high school counselors and principals regarding graduation requirements

  • Graduation Project coordinator

  • New exit standards for the Class of 2010

  • Evaluate high school transcripts from other countries

  • High school summer school program for credit classes

  • Assist teachers, counselors, and administrators in securing Board of Education approval for the addition of new middle and high school courses

  • Assist counselors and administrators in creating and publishing the middle and high school registration handbooks

  • Coordinate selection of county-wide textbook adoptions

  • Coordinate the implementation of online learning programs

  • Serve as liaison between CVCC and high schools regarding all high school issues

  • Volunteers/Partner in Education Program

Elementary Education Director: Leslie Barnette

  • Before/After School

  • Curriculum Overview Posters

  • Grade Level Writing Plan

  • K-2 Assessments

  • K-6 Writing Assessment

  • NOTs

  • Pacing Guides, K-6 (not reading)

  • Robust Instruction Piece

  • Ruby Payne

  • LCS

  • More At Four

  • Parent Booklets

  • Pre-School

  • Pre-School Screening

  • Reports Cards, K-6

  • Summer School

  • Textbooks

  • Student Teachers

  • RTI

  • The Little Read

Pre-School Staff

Brenda Sigmon, Pre-School Coordinator

Saralyn Wilson, Administrative Assistant

RTI Staff

Mary Moren, Program Coordinator

Julie Anderson, Assessment Coordinator

 

Curriculum & Instruction Staff

Alycen Wilson, Curriculum Specialist (Math K-8)

Kathy Keane, Elementary Curriculum Specialist (Language Arts)

Lora Drum, Elementary Curriculum Specialist

Jane Clark, K-2 Curriculum Specialist

Kim Kaylor, High School Curriculum Specialist

Martha Lamb, Middle School Curriculum Specialist (Language Arts)

Carol Moore, Curriculum Specialist (Science K-12)

Amber Herman, Administrative Assistant

Kay Hoots, Financial Secretary

Lisa Cook, Federal Programs/Staff Development Assistant

 

Media Director: Leslie Black

  • AMTR

  • AUP

  • Battle of the Books (software, selection, policy)

  • Gaggle

  • Media

  • Staff Development-curriculum/ instruction

  • Textbooks-technology side

 Federal Programs Director: Barbara Piekarski

  • ELL

  • Federal Budget

  • SACS

  • Visiting International Faculty (VIF)

Arts Coordinator and New Teacher Support Director: Rae Thompson

  • Fine Arts
  • Staff Development

 

ESL Director: Susan Witherspoon

  • Enroll new students

  • Test students with the English Proficiency Test (IPT)
  • Translate and interpret
  • Assist parents with filling out school forms
  • Enter and maintain ESL database
  •  Establish parent contacts for the schools
  • Offer ESL Staff Development
  • Provide information for families on resources and assistance available in Catawba County
  • Assist students in becoming proficient in the English language

ESL Staff

Dana Greene, ESL Coordinator

Lucia Morales, Spanish Bilingual ESL Specialist

Kay Lo, Hmong Bilingual ESL Specialist

Sara Artis, Spanish Bilingual ESL Associate

Mai Vang, Hmong Bilingual ESL Specialist

Leah Keller, ESL Data Manager

 

Exceptional Children Director: Juli White

  • DDs

  • IDEA

Exceptional Children Staff

Nancy Thibodeau, Data Manager

Debbie Whetzel, Administrative Assistant

 

Career and Technical Education Director: Karen Cale

  • Apprenticeships/Internships

  • Career Expo

  • Futures for Kids (Middle & High Schools)

  • Groundhog Job Shadowing

  • Interest Inventories (Middle & High Schools)

  • Junior Achievement (Elementary Schools)

  • Leadership Conference

  • MagnIT Program

  • Textbooks-CTE, honors courses

  • CTE Post Assessments (Middle & High Schools)

 Career and Technical Education Staff

Marian Ford, Career Development Coordinator

Geri Jordan, Career Development Coordinator

Terry Sherrill, Career Development Coordinator

Traci Lytle, CDC/Special Populations Coordinator

Scott Powell, VoCATS/Career Development Coordinator

Sharon Turner, CDC/Special Populations Coordinator

Peg Baldwin, Career Development Assistant

Kim Sipe, Administrative Assistant

 

Accountability Services Director: Kelly Rhoney

  • Testing

Accountability Staff

Melissa Moose, Testing Coordinator

Vickie Matthews, Tech Support Specialist

Mark Norton, Administrative Assistant

 

AIG Facilitators

Elementary Schools: Gina Humphries

  • Recommended Reading List

Middle & High Schools: Jo-Nell Isenhour

  • Advanced Placement

  • AVID
  • Recommended Reading List
  		 

 Important Links
CCS Approved Reading List Form (1/2009)
Use this form to request a novel to be added to the CCS Approved Reading List
  		 
CCS Logo no words

These pages are best viewed on a PC using Internet Explorer 6.0 or above and on a Macintosh using Safari.
ALL links were valid at time of posting, but malicious organizations have been known to infiltrate and "take over" recently decommissioned domain names. If you click on a link from any of the Catawba County Schools web pages and you believe the link is now in error (ex: the content of the page is not as suggested, or otherwise inappropriate) PLEASE REPORT THE PROBLEM LINK to our webmaster.