Six of the 60 WCPSS students named 2011 NC Teaching Fellows are seniors at Broughton High. The Teaching Fellows Program provides a $6,500 per year scholarship for four years at one of 17 North Carolina colleges or universities in turn for the student agreeing to teach for four years in one of North Carolina’s public schools.

The six Broughton High students named Teaching Fellows are Lakesha Sharelle Alexander, Alexander Kamweru Kabuthi, Shannon Elizabeth Kelly, Kaylah Adrienne McGruder, Alexander Jones Parker and Lela Vertalya R. Rucker.

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Broughton High and Leesville Road High each had six students named 2011 Teaching Fellows, the largest number for WCPSS high schools.

Broughton High principal Stephen Mares with Teaching Fellows Lela Rucker,  Lakesha Alexander and Alex Parker. Rucker will attend East Carolina University. Alexander and Parker will attend NC State University.

You can read more about NC Teaching Fellows here.

 Two Enloe Magnet High students beat out more than 24,000 other participants for top spots in America’s largest high school essay contest conducted by the Bill of Rights Institute.

Freshman Stuart Wells earned Second Place and $1,000 and freshman Qingyang Xing earned third place and $500. Wells and Xing’s sponsoring teacher, Cameron O’Quinn, received matching cash prizes. The students represented the South Atlantic Region in the fifth annual national Being an American Essay Contest. 

Wells, Xing, and O’Quinn also won paid trips to the nation’s capital, where they were honored on March 22 at an awards gala emceed by Juan Williams and featuring a keynote address by John Stossel. The Washington, D.C. trip also included a Capitol Hill luncheon and tours of the U.S. Capitol, Supreme Court, and National Archives.   

The students shared their thoughts on American citizenship by answering the following question: “What civic value do you believe is most essential to being an American?” 

In his essay, Wells selected “responsibility” as the civic value topic and thought James K. Polk, eleventh President of the United States, most embodied the American character. In his essay, Wells wrote, “Responsibility is the Civic Value that keeps America strong. Through its binding nature, responsibility keeps people on the right track, and gives the average American power over the government that they would otherwise not have. It is only through our citizen’s responsibility that America stays strong in this ever-changing world.”

In her essay, Xing selected “initiative” as the civic value topic and thought Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company, most embodied the American character. Xing wrote, “In America, if one takes chances and works hard, one can succeed beyond one’s wildest dreams: from the leaders of the fledgling country of America, to the pamphlets written by Thomas Paine, to Henry Ford, the prominent American industrialist who revolutionized the automobile industry, to the millions of immigrants who arrive here to start a new life. The pivotal step to success is to take the leap of faith, taking initiative to get the show on the road.”

You can find more information on the Being an American Essay Contest at www.BillofRightsInstitute.org.

Enloe Magnet High students earned first place in the comprehensive team part of the Wake Tech Math Competitions. 

The Enloe comprehensive team includes students Arjun Bhattacharya, Mark Greenfield, Karthik Ardhanareeswaran, Amitoj Singh, Calvin Deng and Jason Liang. 

In the individual competition, Calvin Deng placed first with a perfect score, Jason Liang placed sixth and Amitoj Singh placed ninth. 

The Enloe Algebra II Team placed fifth in the team competition. The team includes Anne Feng, Sambit Panda, Victoria Wang, Alice Cheng and Sneha Kumar.

In the individual competition, Anne Feng placed 9th individually and qualified for the state math competition.

Thanks to principal Beth Cochran and math teacher Christopher Lyerly for sharing this news.