Gaston Together, 2011 "Pride In Gaston", Traveling Tour

This initiative serves to enhance the awareness of community pride in our school children. The goal of the day-long field trip for third graders is to introduce the students to points of interest in our county that will serve to build community pride.

The 2011 tour will feature stops at the Gaston County Courthouse Community Room, Gaston College and Holy Angels, Snoezelen Room (a sensory stimulation area). An Activity Book that features 13 sites of interest in Gaston County is given to students; each site has a sketch drawn by Lucy Penegar, a few facts of interest about the site, and space to add additional information.

Once third graders from all Gaston County schools and several private schools have completed their tour, students will then write an essay for the "Proudest Kid in Gaston County" Essay Contest.  A special ceremony will be held for the school and county winners in late winter of 2012.

Pictured below - Gaston County Schools Superintendent, Reeves McGlohon with Soleil Mobley, Chapel Grove Elementary, the 2011 "Proudest Kid in Gaston County" Essay Contest Winner and Family.