Hands-on Learning at Discovery Place

Have you ever had the chance to pet a White’s Tree Frog? The fourth graders at Waxhaw Elementary have!

On December 2, 2011 fourth grade students traveled to Discovery Place in Uptown Charlotte. Students were studying animal adaptations and the teachers wanted their students to have hands-on experience with animals.

First Grade Helps Union County Community Shelter

On November 23, Waxhaw Elementary teacher Victoria Tolbert and principal Cheryl Lawrence delivered two boxes of toiletries to the Union County Community Shelter in Monroe. The donations were in response to a plea from area shelters as their numbers begin to increase in the fall and winter months and the demand grows for supplies.