About Us - Iredell-Statesville Schools

We Believe Our SupportServices Make a PositiveDifference to EducationThere are a number of initiatives that occur outside the classroom that make all the difference inside theclassroom. Iredell-Statesville Schools offers a number of non-academic support structures to help students bemore successful at school.Our counselors and student assistance program coordinators provide services to both students and parentson a variety of topics, including career and college readiness and intervention and counseling for personalstruggles. Our social workers serve as liaisons between school and home to help ensure the best conditionsfor learning occur for our students. School nurses are available in each school to perform health assessments,supervise and administer medication, provide emergency care, and perform other health-related tasks.The PARC (Proud & Responsible Choices) grant, a federal grant worth $4 million to provide educationalresources for teens and their parents, completed its second year. Within the first two years of the four-yeargrant, more than 1,100 students participated in voluntary classes. The program is conducted in cooperationwith eight local community agencies, and provides transportation and other participation incentives. Basedon feedback received from students, more than 50 % of the participants reported being more likely to abstainfrom sexual intercourse following the program.This past school year, Iredell-Statesville Schools also increased its focus on the issue of bullying. To helpcombat bullying, the district provided comprehensive professional development on the identification andprevention of bullying. As a complement to this training, Iredell-Statesville Schools also launched an onlinetool to enable students, parents, and staff members to report incidents of bullying to school administrators.More than1,000students completed the 2011-2012school year with perfect attendance$30,000McKinney Vento grant was used to help eligiblestudents purchase school supplies, help provideassistance for family household expenses, andpay student fees320students servedthrough McKinneyVento servicesStudent Support Services Highlights• The district’s lead social workerand several students werefeatured in a national McKinneyVento (federal legislation thatsupports homeless or displacedstudents) video• The number of incidents ofcrime and violence decreasedby more than 8 percent• Student fitness testing andanalysis was fully implementedin 4th-9th grades and all highschools have a fitness center• All 17 Prime Time for Kidslocations are 5-star ratedchildcare programs• Truancy court has proven to bea positive intervention to helpimprove student attendance• All five high schools havefulltime school nurses4