Greene Early College High School Shines in First Nine Weeks
Students at Greene Early College have spent the first nine weeks of the 2025-2026 school year serving the community, building relationships, and working hard toward academic excellence. Students kicked off the year with a school-wide Community Service Day, where they volunteered at a variety of locations throughout Greene County. These included the Greene County Senior Center, Beare Garden Animal Rescue, Greene County Animal Shelter, Greene County Food Bank, Greene County Library, Greene County Transportation, and multiple schools across the county, including Snow Hill Primary, West Greene Elementary, Greene County Intermediate, and Greene County Middle School.
Clubs at Greene Early College have also been active and engaged. The Hispanic Student Association hosted guest speaker Elizabeth Herrera from Casa Azul in Wilson, who spoke with students about college applications, FAFSA, and scholarships. The Cougars Care Club honored Hispanic Heritage Month by celebrating culture with Spanish foods, music, and themed activities. The club is also busy fundraising for the Legacy Leader Scholarships, which the club will award to 2026 graduates. The Trailblazer Club experienced outdoor adventure and team building at The Refuge in Greene County, where students enjoyed canoeing, fishing, volleyball, and other activities. The BETA Club has been busy tutoring students and providing academic support. The Student Government Association (SGA) held elections for class representatives and officers. The Rooted Club hosted an inspirational speaker, John Holloman from New Direction Church, who encouraged students in character and leadership. The Newspaper Club proudly published its first edition of The Cougar Chronicles.
Career readiness also took center stage as 39 juniors and seniors participated in the Greene County Job Shadow Day on October 15. Students had the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a variety of professional fields. Job shadowing placements included ECU Health in Greenville, Worth Products in Snow Hill, Pearly Skin Esthetics in Goldsboro, Beare Garden Animal Rescue in Snow Hill, Neuse News in Kinston, Beverly Stroud Accounting in Fountain, Dr. Whit Bartholomew Family Dentistry in Snow Hill, ECU’s Interior and Fashion Design Department, Greene County Library, and Snow Hill Primary School. Students returned excited and inspired by the opportunity to explore future career paths.
Greene Early College High School is also proud to celebrate academic excellence for the First Nine Weeks. Students earning Principal’s List include freshmen Adrianna Carrizo, Grettel Chavez-Zaragoza, Kevin Cortes-Correa, Paetyn Czyzewski, Amy Estrada-Piedra, and Tatianna Venegas, sophomores William Cruz-Cortes, Logan Pike, and Christopher Streeter, juniors Alyssa Beaman, Preston Carraway, Mia Davis, Ester Figueroa, Suri Gonzalez, Angel Lin, Miriam Najera-Cruz, Jackeline Rodriguez, Alexandra Romero, Rory Smith, Breanna Stround, and Zachery Williams, and seniors Monica Acevedo, Erika Carranza, Abigail Carrizo, Ivanna Chavez-Zaragoza, Nickolas Del Rio, Amber Hill, Ja’miah Johnson, Silvia Madrigal, Julian Maya, and Maryam Mendoza.
The First Nine Weeks Honor Roll celebrates freshmen Aaron Abrego-Sanchez, Kimberly Borja-Santibanez, Ashley Bridges, Estrella Cabral, Allison Colindres, Leigh Graham, Angelica Romero-Rocha, Julian Sanchez, and Leshley Zuniga, sophomores Alyssa Allison, Savannah Anderson, Madison Gonzalez, Judith Montanez-Bravo, Isabella Patterson, Evie Smith, and Mary Smith, juniors Callie Brodhead, Emily Buck, Daniel Cabral, Justin Calderon-Perez, Kayla Casias, Travis Eason, Giovanni Espino, Sofia Gandarilla, Tamara McNair, Alondra Rodriguez-Nieves, Erik Romero, and Mahala Todd, and seniors Mirca Acevedo, Walker Blow, Jy’nezia Condery, Amy Gallardo, Isai Gonzalez, Lizbeth Lopez, Gabrielle McNeill, Miguel Morales, and Jasmin Rivera-Gonzalez
Current Greene Early College students who are Lenoir Community College Phi Theta Kappa members are Johnny Acevedo-Rodriguez, Antonio Walker Blow, Ivanna Chavez-Zaragoza, Rigoberto Facio-Cortes, Isai Gonzaez, Adan Sanchez-Martinez, Julissa Rangel-Garcia, and Hunter Winarski.
Greene Early College High School is proud of its students for demonstrating leadership, dedication, and Cougar pride both inside and outside the classroom. Congratulations to all for an incredible first nine weeks, and to continued success throughout the 2025-2026 school year.
Jaqueline Lopez Torres, Rigoberto Facio-Cortez, Abigail Carrizo, Monica Acevedo, Silvia Madrigal, Ashley Zuniga, Angel Lin, Alyssa Beaman, Emily Buck, Zanchery Williams, and Erika Carranza participated in job shadowing at ECU Health in Greenville. They observed doctors and nurses in the ECU Health NICU, Children’s Hospital, Clinical Laboratory, Operating Room, Radiology, and Emergency Room.
Ethan Snyder, Julian Maya, Angel Lopez-Gamas, and Daniel Cabral-Gonzalez at Worth Products in Snow Hill are being educated on careers in welding and machining.
Callie Brodhead is job shadowing at Beare Garden Animal Rescue in Snow Hill.
Miriam Najera-Crua and Alondra Rodrigues-Nieves are volunteering at the Greene County Library.
Jy’Nezia Condery, Mia Evans, Monica Acevedo, and Abigail Carrizo exploring the outdoors at The Refuge in Greene County with the GEC Trailblazers Club.
Student Success Coordinator, Mrs. Lisa May, enjoys a taste of culture with GEC Cougars Care Club’s Hispanic Heritage celebration.
Seniors Adan Sanchez, Isai Gozales, and Johnny Acevedo are the founders of the Cougars Care Club’s Legacy Leaders Scholarship.
Yaritza Acevedo, Monica Acevedo, Alayna Casias, Jason Pike, Jordan Combs, and Joshua Witherspoon are participating in community service by cleaning up school grounds at Greene Early College.
