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Martin’s “work with constituents and their needs is known to be tireless. He has truly earned their support.”
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Teachers Recommend Grier Martin
The North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) has recommended Grier Martin for re-election. NCAE advocates for teachers and students and has 70,000 members throughout North Carolina. “It is an honor to again receive the support of the members of NCAE who do so much to prepare our children for the future,” said Martin.
Martin leads NC into Compact to help military families
North Carolina today officially signed onto the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Families. Rep. Grier Martin, introduced legislation earlier this year to enroll our state in the Compact and fought hard for its passage. The Governor signed the bill into law today. The Compact will ease the burdens of military children as they [...]
Sanderson High School graduation
Grier attended the Sanderson High School graduation today at Memorial Auditorium. He met several members of the impressive senior class. Congratulations, Spartans!
Rep. Martin at NCSU Grad Student Research Symposium
Rep. Martin attended the third annual NC State Graduate Student Research Symposium today. The Symposium was cosponsored by the N.C. State Graduate School and the University Graduate Student Association. The top students nominated by graduate students across campus presented results of their research, with the best receiving awards. Before briefly addressing the audience, Rep. Martin [...]
Grier visits Hunter Elementary School
As part of a visit by children’s book author Robert Sans Souci, Grier went to Hunter Elementary School today. Grier met teachers, students, and parents, in addition to Mr. San Souci. “As the parent of a five-year-old reader,” said Grier “it was exciting to find a new source of reading material.”
Grier visits Sanderson High School
As part of Sanderson’s “Legislative Day 2008″, Grier visited Career and Technical Education classes at the high school. He saw student- led demonstrations in broadcasting, advertising, engineering, and other disciplines and met many students and teachers in the program. Joining Grier was his legislative assistant, Sylvia Hammons. Sylvia is both a Sanderson graduate and the [...]
Grier jumps rope for kids’ health
Grier jumped rope with a gym full of students at Washington GT Magnet Elementary School today. Washington has a jump rope club that is part of a program to encourage life long wellness. “It was a joy to see kids enjoying good exercise”, said Grier. Read more about the jump roping and see a picture [...]
Rep. Martin visits Broughton High School
Rep. Martin visited Broughton High School today to learn about the Broughton Transportation Academy. The Academy is a new School to Career initiative that exposes students to careers in aviation and other transportation career fields. As part of the event, a NC National Guard Apache helicopter landed and was available for students to see up [...]
Rep. Martin attends NC OPT-ED conference
Rep. Martin participated in the annual NC OPT-ED conference in Greensboro today. NC OPT-ED seeks to increase the number of minority students receiving doctorate degrees in science and math and is a joint program of NC A&T, UNC-CH, and NC State. As part of the conference, Rep. Martin saw presentations of several research projects. An [...]
Rep. Martin attends Durant Rd. Middle School Constitution Day