Education
Cannon student raises more than $3,000 for First Tee
Dec. 1. Muskan Uppal, who lives on Peninsula Club Drive with parents Abhilasha and Puneet Uppal, has raised more than $3,000 through the AJGA Birdie for Charity Program. The funds will support the First Tee of Charlotte, a youth development organization that impacts the lives of young people by providing educational programs that build character, […]
Former SouthLake Christian headmaster gets five years
Nov. 30. Wayne C. Parker Jr., the former headmaster of SouthLake Christian Academy, has been sentenced to 60 months in prison for embezzling nearly $9 million from both the school and SouthLake Church on Hwy. 73 in Huntersville. Parker, 57, made teachers and staff take a 5 percent pay cut to help fund his million-dollar […]
Third Grade A Honor Roll Caty, Campbell Finneron Clark, Caroline Gail Creely, Reagan Evelyn Dunlap-Jones, Halle Elise Grenn, Jackson Xavier Hixon, Landon Joseph Hunter, Lilyan Grayce Huskey, Caroline Reese King, William Noah Luther, Alexander George Lyons, David Edward Mateo, Samantha Rose Patel, Dhruket Pearson, Brooks MacGregor Pensler, Morgan Mancuso Peters, Lilah Josephine Roeder, John […]
Cornelius knocks park opening right out of the park
Sept. 9. “The grass is so green and so soft!” That’s what a good many of the 610 students from Cornelius Elementary School had to say as they walked across the new Neighborhood Park Ball Fields during the dedication this morning. Built in partnership with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, the complex, which cost $1.4 million, encompasses over […]
Cornelius-based anti-bullying nonprofit lands 2 key grants
By Donald White. When a bullied New York teenager committed suicide in August and left behind a note saying school administrators had done nothing to help him, Arlene Berkman understood. At a deep level. The founder of Cornelius-based Respect Ability Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing bullying, said she’s seen children in similar situations far […]
Back to school: It went smoothly this morning
Aug. 29. UPDATED 5:30 pm. You couldn’t tell it from the bus traffic around Cornelius this morning, but Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools still have 90 bus driver vacancies. More than 1,000 CMS buses started rolling before 5 am today, however traffic flowed pretty well on Catawba Avenue all morning. CMS spokeswoman Yaviri Escalera said she’d heard […]
Schools are all set to open August 29
By Dave Vieser. It’s a sure sign that schools will be opening soon: Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools is looking for more bus drivers. Indeed, public schools are set to open on Monday Aug. 29, the latest opening date in memory for their 146,140-student system which includes four schools in Cornelius: Cornelius Elementary, JV Washam Elementary, Bailey Middle […]
‘Pack the Patrol Car’ for students in need
Aug. 9. It’s time to “Pack the Patrol Car” with school supplies for the upcoming school year. From now until Aug. 23, donations of school supplies can be dropped off Monday through Friday from 8 am to 5 pm in the lobby of the Cornelius Police Department. Cornelius Police will deliver all the donated items Fri. Aug. 26 to the four Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools […]
Lake Norman Little League teams are champs!
Aug. 9. By Dave Vieser. Lake Norman Little League’s 6-7 and 8-9 year-old All Star Teams have won the Little League North Carolina State Championships. After winning the District 3 title in Cornelius, the 6-7 year old team travelled to Hendersonville, and went 5-0 in the state tournament. “We had a great group of supportive parents that […]
Former SouthLake headmaster stole $9 million
Wayne C. Parker Jr., the former headmaster at SouthLake Christian Academy, embezzled nearly $9 million from the school as well as SouthLake Presbyterian Church. Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, said a criminal bill of information was filed in federal court, charging Parker with one count of wire fraud. Parker has struck […]
