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Mrs. Helga Bogardus
Hello Cooper Family!
My name is Helga Bogardus, your Music Enhancement Teacher. This is my second year at Cooper Academy! I love teaching at Cooper because of the loving students and the family atmosphere!
I am originally from New York. I have one brother who still lives there. My mother was from Germany and my father was from Hungary but they met here in the United States. That makes me a first generation American! This past summer my whole family traveled to my parents´ homelands to see where they lived as children! That trip checked a box on my bucket list!
When I was in High School, I was in Chorus and the highlight each year was the annual musical. I loved it so much that I decided to go to college for music. If I wasn´t a music teacher I would have been a math teacher. Either way, I wanted to be a teacher.
I moved to North Carolina in 1996. I worked as a Director of Music Ministry for over 20 years in addition to part time teaching music in a private school. I am thankful to be working in public education where I can grow even more as a professional music teacher.
I have been married to my husband, Bob, for 34 years! We have 4 children. The oldest, ELizabeth, is a Chemistry Teacher and her husband is a Chemical Engineer. Sarah is our second daughter and she is a middle/high school Vocal Music Teacher and her husband is a middle school band director. Our youngest daughter, Abigail, works at the School of Theatre, Dance and Music at UNC Greensboro. Abigailล husband is a pianist. My son, Chris, is a Senior in high school plays tuba and sousaphone in the band. He is also active in the FIRST Robotics club at his school. He hopes to pursue mechanatronic engineering in college. We have a dog named ¨Dolce" which is the music word for sweet and she really is very sweet. My happy place is sitting in the recliner with Dolce on my lap! As you can see, my family revolves around music and education!
My greatest joy is sharing my passion for all things music, singing, playing instruments and dancing, with the students at Cooper Academy!
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Innovation Academy Applications & Info
The application window for our current 5th grade students to apply to the Innovation Academy for 6th grade in the 2021-2022 school year is now available. The deadline to apply is Feb. 15th.
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Targeted Support & Improvement
We are sharing information with our families about the Targeted Support & Improvement State Level guidance for schools who have underperformed on state-wide assessments during the past few years. Of course, last year we did not have End-of-Grade testing in North Carolina due to COVID-19 school closures.
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Innovative Programs Virtual Family Information Nights Scheduled
Johnston County Public Schools invites students and their families to learn more about our interesting options for our middle and high school students during our Virtual Information Nights on January 28 and February 4, 2021. Participants will be able to visit the virtual spaces for each program and talk with program coordinators and students from 6:00-8:00 pm.
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JCPS transitions to Plan B for all students
The Johnston County Board of Education voted to return all Pre-K and EC-Self Contained students to Plan B, four days per week, beginning on Tuesday, Jan. 19. These students will participate in face-to-face instruction on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, with Wednesday serving as a remote learning day. All other students in grades K-12 will remain on Plan C until Monday, Feb. 1.
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High School State Assessments FAQ
This FAQ document was created to provide responses to common or anticipated questions related to high school state assessments for first semester testing 2020-2021.
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Innovative Middle School and Program Information
Fifth grade Students and Parents, are you looking for an innovative middle school or an innovative middle school program? Innovation Academy at South Campus and AVID could offer what you are looking for.
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High School State Assessments Update
On December 8th 2020, the Johnston County School Board of Education voted to return to Plan C (Remote Learning), we would like to provide an update to parents and guardians of options to complete state-mandated End-of-Course (EOC) and Career/Technical Education Post Assessment testing.
