Celebrating Piedmont

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Piedmont Open IB
Middle School

1241 East 10th Street
Charlotte, NC 28204
Courier #: 497

P: 980-343-5435 | F: 980-343-5557

Principal: Jacqueline H. Barone

LC: East
Bell Schedule: 9:15 AM - 4:15 PM
Grades: 6-8

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Celebrating Piedmont

Check out the Celebrating Piedmont Blog to see some of the fun things that are happening day to day at Piedmont!

A few of the many accolades Piedmont has earned.

Piedmont ranked A+ school 3rd year in a row, the only CMS middle school to earn this distinction.
Piedmont named Nationally Certified Demonstration Magnet School , one of only 10 schools in the nation to earn this designation.
Jackie Barone named the 2017 Administator of the Year by National Association for Gifted Children
Lisa Newburger named 2017 Outstanding Media Coordinator
Orchestra teacher Julia Winegardner selected to play with Luciano Pavoratti.
Spanish teacher Clay Kennedy designated a FLANC (Foreign Language Association of North Carolina) Incredible World Language Teacher

Piedmont wins $75,000 from the Jimmie Johnson Foundation for the Library
Piedmont Ranked A+ school 2nd Year in a Row
Piedmont Science Olympiad 2017 National Champions in Crimebusters, Dynamic Planet and Hovercraft.
Piedmont Science Olympiad State Champions, 7th in Nation
Piedmont 8th Grade Orchestra wins SUPERIOR rating at Grade III level- included a SUPERIOR rating at sight reading!

Piedmont Sets new record at 2015 Science Olympiad in Nebraska - 2 Gold Medals Simple Machines
and Solar System
Piedmont Science Olympiad National Win: Crimebusters team 1st in Nation 2016 Science Olympiad in Wisconsin
Karen Gorman, Susie Palgut and Lisa Newburger win North Carolina Technology In Education Society NCTIES
Technology Innovation Team Award
Piedmont IB 7th and 8th Grade Orchestras win Excellent rating at Grade II level
Piedmont IB 7th and 8th Grade Orchestras- Excellent at Grade III level- included a SUPERIOR rating at sight reading
Piedmont Named 1st Global Ready School in NC.

Matt Cramer

Learn NC (Globally Competent Learning Continuum)

http://globallearning.ascd.org/lp/editions/global-continuum/index.html
https://youtu.be/hSEhV_yqb_k
2015 Governor's Teacher Network Research Grant
http://gtnpd120.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/About+the+Project

David Milligan

2010 Central Learning Community Teacher of the Year
2012 Coach of the YearNorth Carolina Music Educators Association Orchestra Music Performance Adjudication Awards

Piedmont IB Orchestra- 2015 SUPERIOR rating at Grade II/III level (we actually got straight superiors, so above a 90 from all three judges)

Simple Machines team 1st in Nation 2014 Science Olympiad in Florida

Piedmont named National MiddleSchool of the Year by the National Association of MiddleSchool Principals

Principal Guides Higher Achievement at Piedmont IB

Piedmont Students Walk 5 Miles to School, Raise $5,000

Piedmont student thrives in the land of opportunity

A prize we were not expecting

Piedmont students learn healthy living - one beat at a time

Science Olympiad and Science Olympiad

Piedmont named Blue Ribbon School

Piedmont IB Middle principal wins leadership award

P.O. Box 30035
Charlotte, NC 28230-0035
Phone: 980-343-3000

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