Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Charlotte, NC

Students are chosen for Piedmont (and all CMS magnet schools) through an open lottery. Principal Dee Gardner, formerly Piedmont’s schoolwide Instructional Coach, describes how Piedmont students learn to apply Argumentative Literacy, an element of the Common Core curriculum, in all subjects, even music.  Teachers David Milligan and Megan Whiting illustrate a particularly dramatic use of this Common Core skill.

Download Piedmont’s 2011 National Blue Ribbon School application:

Read transcript for “An Argument for Learning: Applying a Common Core Standard across the Curriculum

 

Contact Information

Current Principal: Ms. Deirdra Gardner

Piedmont Open Middle School

1241 E. 10th Street

Charlotte, NC 28204-2048

Telephone: (718) 965-4200

Web site/URL: http://schools.cms.k12.nc.us/piedmontMS/pages/default.aspx

E-mail: d.gardner@cms.k12.nc.us

 

Student Demographics

2011

Number of Students 6-8	928
Students eligible for subsidized meals	44%
Limited English proficient students	1%
Students receiving special education services	2%
Student mobility rate	3%
White students	16%
African American students	68%
Asian student	6%
Students of two or more races	4%
Average daily student attendance	96%

 

 

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