Author: Jeanne Smith

Please consider how your business or organization can support elementary and middle school students in Steele Creek.                                 6 Elementary Schools:  Berewick, Lake Wylie, Palisades Park, River Gate, Steele Creek, Winget Park                             …

Lake Wylie’s MentorShip Program:  At Lake Wylie Elementary, the MentorShip Program is one of our best ways to be intentional in advocating for our children and families. Through this program, we seek to insure that our students who need the most support and encouragement are matched up with caring adult mentors from the community.   Our…

3 rare “Distinguished” designationsawarded to our NAF Academies of Engineering, Finance, and Health Sciences by National Academy Foundation – OHS is Top 1% in America! Amazon #1 best selling book on Education (What School Could Be) dedicates section about Olympic’s best practices and its unique collaboration with local stakeholders. Blue Diamond 2018 “Best in Charlotte Award” given to Olympic by Charlotte Technology Collaborative– 3rd Time in…

The Arrowood Business Association, one of the founders and primary sponsors of Alignment Southwest Charlotte, hosted an Educator Appreciation Luncheon for Olympic High School’s teachers and staff on June 12th.   This was an appreciation of the hard work that the educators provided in helping students graduate and working with them throughout their high school years…

Palisade Park students won gold in Destination Imagination’s international tournament. As reported by CMS:  Palisades Park Elementary won first place in the Improvisational Challenge (elementary division) May 26 at the 2018 Destination Imagination Global Finals in Knoxville, Tenn. Seven students were on the Palisades Park team – Lincoln Jeffryes, Ben Vergara, Kinsley Polk, Shlok Krishnan, Nadia…

In support of students in the seven Steele Creek area elementary schools, Pleasant Hill, Steele Creek,  Mt. Olive and Central Steele Creek Presbyterian Churches joined together to provide several reading book to each of 295 children.   These books will be given to rising 2nd, 3rd , and 4th grade students who will participate in the…

I would be happy to talk about the impact that Alignment Southwest Charlotte has had on Lake Wylie Elementary.  This year, we have benefitted in a myriad of ways. First, Alignment Southwest has served as a forum for us to find partnerships that have supported the character development within our school.  Numerous speakers have come…

Alignment Southwest Charlotte has had a tremendous impact on Winget Park Elementary in the few months that I have been privileged to serve as Principal.  Alignment Southwest Charlotte has provided unique learning opportunities for students.  The support us in gaining coding classes for our students, and career speakers who helped our students bridge the gap…

Alignment Southwest Charlotte is a “Cradle to Career” community-wide initiative in the Steele Creek region of Charlotte.   It is a collaboration of businesses, the faith community, and non-profits to support students and schools.  The program supports Olympic High School, Kennedy and Southwest Middle Schools and the six elementary schools (Berewick, Lake Wylie, Palisades Park, River…