Erwin A Buncombe County Early
County names early college teacher as top educator Principal Meg Turner said, “His
College language arts teacher was named Buncombe County Schools’ 2011 Teacher of the Year at a banquet held Monday (Sept. 20) at Te Renaissance Asheville. Eric Grant, a 10th grade lan-
guage arts teacher, was awarded the Excellence in Education Award, consisting of a $1,000 check and a marble clock honoring him as the district winner. Grant now ad- vances to the regional competition held in October. “I love what I do, I teach at a
great school where our students are selected by a lottery. I feel that it is a lottery to be selected as Teacher of the Year,” Grant said. Grant, who represented the
Erwin district, has 11 years of teaching experience in Buncombe County Schools beginning at Enka High School in 1999 before coming to Buncombe County Early College in 2006.
creativity in the classroom is one of his many talents but he is equally impressive because he knows the content that he teaches.” Candidates for BCS’ Teacher
of the Year go through a rigorous selection process. Each presents a portfolio, as required of the North Carolina Teacher of the Year Pro- gram, and is interviewed by the selection committee. One finalist is selected from
each district following the evalu- ation of portfolios and the inter- views. Te finalists are visited in their classrooms and present a short speech in the final phase of the selection process. A total of six district winners
were announced. Sylvia Smigel- ski of North Buncombe Middle School was named first runner- up.
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From left to right: Dr. Tony Baldwin, Meg Turner, Eric Grant, BC Early College student Andrew Scotchie and Board of Education Chairman Steve Sizemore celebrate Grant’s honor.
‘Play & Learn’ sessions Parents and caregivers for children aged 3-5 in Buncombe County who are not enrolled in regulated child care
can attend a series of eight free “Play & Learn” sessions from 9 am to 9:45 am each Friday between Oct. 1 and Nov. 19 at Leicester Elementary School. Each session focuses on pre-literacy skills for children and educational information for parents and includes
songs, dance and movement, crafts, puppets and hands-on activities. Children who are new to the program receive a book each week. Registration is required by calling Marna Holland at 350.2904 or by email marna.
holland@asheville.k12.nc.us. Registration ends Oct. 8. Younger siblings may attend with their families, but materials will not be provided
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