NCASA presented its tenth Annual Meeting via the Zoom platform on May 19 amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Newly elected to the board of directors were the following educators and supporters:
- Jason Almes
- Bobby Dixon
- Kimberly Lloyd
- Christopher Lowder
- Evonne Peterson
- Pauline Reimers
The first annual Metrographics Printing North Carolina Showcase - Celebrating Excellence in Education, will be the largest education celebration in the history of North Carolina - the "Academy Awards" of North Carolina education. Tickets are available now for the May 14 event: www.ncshowcase.org
Read more: 2022 Metrographics Printing North Carolina Showcase
UPDATE 3/17/20 - The NCASA Board of Directors met March 16 and made the following difficult decisions in response to statewide school closures and in the best interests of public health:
- No NCASA competitions will be presented this school year. No recognitions will be made in Quiz Bowl beyond those at Regionals. State level awards will not be presented.
- No Annual Awards or Cups will be presented this school year.
- The Metrographics Printing North Carolina Showcase scheduled for May 16 will not be presented. Planning will begin on the 2021 event.
- No decision was made concerning the NCASA Annual Meeting. It will likely not be presented on May 16 as planned.
Read more: Covid-19 Virus Outbreak Affects NCASA Competitions
In a move that will be a permanent honor to his life and legacy, NCASA recently renamed its top high school award to the “Joe Childers Scholastic Cup,” with a unanimous vote by its board of directors.
The Cup is given each year to the “top large and small high school” in the state based on accumulating points in a set of scholastic competitions, including the seven NCASA competitions and eleven “Cup Partner” competitions. Joseph “Joe” Childers was the principal of Simon G Atkins Academic and Technology High School from 2010 until he passed away unexpectedly on December 1, 2019. He also served as NCASA President from 2013-2016, which were formative years during the growth of the organization. Childers spent 41 years in the NC public education system promoting academics, and the last part of it, building the scholastic programs at Hanes Middle School and Atkins.
