Public gets chance to see schools

ASHEBORO â€" The community has an opportunity to see firsthand two innovative schools in Asheboro â€" Asheboro High School Zoo School and Randolph Early College High School.
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HOME NEWS Local News Photos Columns Community Links Readers Guide SPORTS LIFESTYLE FORMS OBITUARIES CLASSIFIEDS All Ads Place an Ad Cars Jobs Homes EXTRA FEATURES Archives Health News Horoscope Financial News Features Entertainment INFO/CONTACT US Subcribe Online Ad Rates Guestbook Send a Letter Contact Us SEARCH advanced search Asheboro, NC Public gets chance to see schools By Kathi Keys -- Staff Writer Posted: 11/16/08 - 08:44:31 pm CST ASHEBORO — The community has an opportunity to see firsthand two innovative schools in Asheboro — Asheboro High School Zoo School and Randolph Early College High School.And learn more about the Distance Learning Program at both East and West Montgomery high schools.The occasion will be the 2008 N.C. School Innovation Day planned for Tuesday, Nov. 18, at more than 100 schools in 60 school districts across the state.From 10 a.m.-2 p.m., the public can visit the innovative schools to get an idea about how they’re making education more relevant for students in the 21st century.School Innovation Tour Day, the first such event, is sponsored by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction. Locally, four schools are open for the public to observe. No RSVP is necessary — “just bring your curiosity,” according to school officials.The two schools in Asheboro are the Randolph Early College High School (RECHS), which is located on the Asheboro Campus of Randolph Community College, 629 Industrial Park Ave.; and Asheboro High School (AHS) Zoo School which can be found at the N.C. Zoo’s North America entrance at 4405 Zoo Parkway.Randolph County Schools’ RECHS, in its third year of operation as an autonomous high school, is serving more than 270 students in grades 9-11 for the 2008-09 school year. Eighth-grade students from throughout the county school system can apply to be a member of each freshman class.RECHS features an accelerated learning schedule through which students can earn, tuition free, their high school diploma and enough community college credits for an associate degree, and two years of college credit, during a four- to five-year period. The high school will serve up to 400 students with the addition of another class next school year. RECHS will have its first graduation in May 2010.RCC provides space for the school which is headquartered on the second floor of the J.W. “Willie Plummer Vocational/Technical Center, located near the Student Services and Learning Resources centers. This school year freshmen take their high school classes there in the morning and sophomores in the afternoon; the rest of the time they’re taking college courses on campus.RCC also has provided a modular unit, with six classrooms, to handle the school’s eventual 400-student maximum enrollment. Juniors attend their high school classes in this facility which was completed for the current school year and is located on the east side of the campus near the Design Center. The public will also be able to tour this unit, according to RECHS Principal Cathy Waddell.County schools received planning and implementation funds from the N.C. New Schools Project, funded by grants through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, for the non-traditional high school. It’

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ASHEBORO â€" The community has an opportunity to see firsthand two innovative schools in Asheboro â€" Asheboro High School Zoo School and Randolph Early College High School.