School Improvement Team

The Estes Hills Elementary School Improvement Team (SIT) is a state-mandated organization composed of selected Estes Hills staff and parents. The group’s purpose is to develop a school improvement plan to strengthen student performance.

The North Carolina General Assembly requires schools across the state to write a School Improvement Plan (SIP), an outline of goals for improvement as well as strategies for reaching these goals. Each spring, all schools in the district report their progress toward their School Improvement Plan goals. The SIT (School Improvement Team) reviews materials to help develop the plan and status reports.

SIT Meeting Dates 2021-2022:

All of our SIT meetings will be taking place virtually utilizing the Webex platform. Meetings will begin at 4:00pm. Please join by clicking on the date and using the password: Eagles

September 9th, October 14th, November 18th, December 9th, January 13th, February 10th, March 10th, April 14th, May 12th, June 9th.

SIT Team Members for 2021-2022:

Name	Position	Email
Pamela McCann	Principal	pmccann@chccs.k12.nc.us
Jaclyn Novotny	Assistant Principal	jnovotny@chccs.k12.nc.us
Kelly Foster	Teacher Co-Chair for SIT	kfoster@chccs.k12.nc.us
Christie Cutbertson	SIT Co-Chair (parent)	to be updated
Christine Cohn	2nd grade teacher	CCohn@chccs.k12.nc.us
Leigh Anne Bianchi	ESL representative	lbianchi@chccs.k12.nc.us
Betsy Booth	School Social Worker	bbooth@chccs.k12.nc.us
Cathy Chianese	1st grade teacher	cchianese@chccs.k12.nc.us
Corissa Gamble	3rd grade teacher	cgamble@chccs.k12.nc.us
Kris Swanson	K grade teacher	kswanson@chccs.k12.nc.us
TBD	Specials representative	Mpearce@chccs.k12.nc.us
Tracy Jones	5th grade teacher	tjones@chccs.k12.nc.us
Katharine Kollins	Parent	kwkollins@gmail.com
Kathryn Sutherland	School Counselor	ksutherland@chccs.k12.nc.us
Alana Shekelle	4th grade teacher	AShekelle@chccs.k12.nc.us
Vacant	Paraprofessional
Acea Ward	Equity Coach	award@chccs.k12.nc.us
Lynn Zwack	EC Representative	lzwack@chccs.k12.nc.us