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Charles Perkins and Roberta Nickelson were named the Rockingham County Schools’ 2010 Principal and Assistant Principal of the Year, respectively.

Perkins is principal of Reidsville Middle School. He earned his bachelor’s degree from UNCG and a master’s in administration from Appalachian State University. Perkins has worked for the Rockingham County Schools for 10 years as a teacher, assistant principal and principal.

“Charles Perkins consistently meets and exceeds the high expectations I have for principals,” Superintendent Rodney Shotwell said. “He is the type of principal that every superintendent wishes he could clone.”

Perkins is married to Tiffany Perkins, who is the principal at Huntsville Elementary School. They have a 3-year-old son, Jake.

Nickelson, assistant principal at Monroeton Elementary School, has been an educator for 28 years. She taught in Ohio for three years before coming to Rockingham County, where she also has worked as a reading, English and math teacher.

The N.C. Department of Public Instruction and Wachovia Bank are co-sponsors of the Principal of the Year program. Perkins will compete with other recipients in the Piedmont Triad.

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RCC inducted 31 new members into its Phi Theta Kappa chapter during a ceremony Sept. 25. Students who maintain at least a 3.5 GPA in a minimum 12 hours are invited to join the international honor society.

New members are: Katelyn Compton, Kenneth Gantt, Misty Hoback, Robert Hurd, Angela Kirkman, Sy-Chuong Le, Jennifer O’Connor, Tracey Pruitt, Melody Shockley, Corrie Tetterton, Andrea Wade and Darnell Wilson, all of Eden; Casey Johnson of Gibsonville; Laura Shelton of Oak Ridge; Tomacin Brown and Daniel Roberts, both of Pelham; Ashley Blackwell, Kristen Branch, Tonja Carter, Latasha Dalton, Amanda Dockery, Kelly Donovan, Khori Navarre, Bill Rose, Sheila Webb and William Wood, all of Reidsville; Alvis Cook and Amy Kemp, both of Ruffin; Amanda Cox of Stoneville and Steve Forrest and Amy Miles, both of Summerfield.

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The Madison High School class of 1959 celebrated its 50th reunion on Sept. 26 at Deep Springs Country Club.

Classmates reminisced by visiting the old school, now the Scott Commons apartment complex. One of the residents gave them an iced brownie shaped like a “59.” That evening during a candlelight service, participants remembered several classmates who had died.

Three members of a group that performed in high school provided entertainment for the evening: Craig Dodson, Greg Williams and George Leh. They were joined by Wendell Gann and Vernard Sheppard. Connie Shelton Hopper accompanied them.

Class of 1959 members who attended the reunion are: Dorothy Robertson Davis, DeLois Tilley Easter, Barbara Morton Sparks, Jean Butler Royall, Patsy Goolsby Joyce, Annette McFall Epps, Craig Dodson, Joanne Mabe Sizemore, Linda Roberts Combs, Glenn Payne, Buford Woods, Vernard Sheppard, Bobby Tilley, Martha Brown Willis, Hal Carter, Kaye Joyce Cook, Wendell Gann, Carolyn Joyce Barlow, Greg Williams, Sterling Webster, Charlene Webster Martin, Leon Kiser, Kitty Still Vernon, George Hanes and Carolteen Boone.

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The Rockingham County Cooperative Extension is opening a N.C. Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service office. The goal is to match volunteers with the needs of various agencies.

The office is in the agricultural building on N.C. 65.

Hazel Puckett is the volunteer coordinator. Those interested in volunteering, as well as agencies seeking volunteers, should complete an application. For more information, call 342-8230.

Contact Jonnelle Davis at 627-4881, Ext. 126, or jonnelle.davis@news-record.com