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The day before Halloween at Northwest Elementary School, the reading lesson for Leah Jones’ kindergarten class centered on “Pumpkin Jack,” a story about children who carved a jack-o-lantern, set it outside to melt into the ground and, when the time came, saw its leftover seeds grow into vines, flowers and little Pumpkin Jacks.
Cypress Creek Renewables, in partnership with Betabox Learning, delivered an immersive, on-site STEM experience to students at E.B. Frink Middle School in Lenoir County on Tuesday, September 9. The mobile learning program transformed the bus parking lot into a pop-up innovation lab where students explored circuits, coding, and energy career pathways. State Senator Robert (“Bob”) Brinson visited to observe and encourage students as they worked through hands-on challenges.
In a contest where tweaking can often tell the story, eighth-grade engineering students from Woodington Middle School stuck with the plan Wednesday in defending their title in the annual LCC STEM Challenge.
Snow HIll – Greene County Schools hosted the 9th Annual STEM Expo on Thursday, April 25. This year the Expo was a multi-site experience with STEM students from Greene Central, GCMS, and GEC leading stations and sharing their creations. Students from West Greene, Snow Hill Primary, and Greene County Intermediate got a first-hand experience of what STEM looks and feels like later in their school career.
A teacher at North Lenoir High School and a student at South Lenoir High School are winners of top awards presented annually by the North Carolina Science, Mathematics and Technology Center.
Science teacher Kayla Lane-Varnell is the 2024 winner of the Center’s Outstanding Educator Award in Science, Mathematics and Technology Education and Rachel Noble, known for her achievements in FFA
and the field of agricultural science, is winner of the Student Leadership Award in Science, Mathematics
and Technology Education.
Join us at the Kinston-Lenoir Public Library for a two-month-long series of environmental STEM-themed programs on Tuesdays at 4:30 pm in March and April, including a special event on April 9th @ 4:30 pm as part of the 2024 North Carolina Science Festival.
Greene County Schools held an Aviation and Aerospace camp for Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted rising 4th and 5th-grade students from July 10th to 12th. The camp, organized in partnership with community members and organizations, provided an array of enriching experiences.
During the company’s eight annual “Month of Giving,” UScellular associates will celebrate Earth Day by taking part in a variety of volunteer opportunities across eastern North Carolina.
Today, Governor Roy Cooper recognized North Carolina’s African American leaders and organizations in the science, technology, engineering and math fields for their critical work.
School board members, educators and school administrators from across the state will get a good look at innovative programs and practices at work in Lenoir County Public Schools during next week’s fall meeting of the North Carolina School Board Association.
Snow Hill Primary has been recognized as a STEM School of Distinction under the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction's (NCDPI) STEM Recognition Program. In order to reach this recognition, Snow Hill Primary has to meet certain criteria set by DPI.
I can remember the wonder I felt when I saw the library’s bookmobile for the first time. I was with my mother outside of Big Star, which is now Piggly Wiggly at the Kinston Plaza. Before the grocery store’s sliding glass doors opened, I could hear an ongoing humming sound pervade the air. This made me curious.
Each year the Greene County Middle School Jr. STEM Ambassadors and advisor Samantha Haislip host a toy drive for Toys For Tots. This year will be the sixth year that the students have organized the event to collect toys for local families in need. Students help assemble and wrap boxes, create flyers, and publicize the event.
Matthew Lococo, seventh grade STEM English Language Arts Teacher and Thomas Loftin, STEM Lab teacher, both received the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Promoting Innovation in Science and Mathematics Teacher Grant in the amount of $4,500.
Stephanie Harrel’s third grant in six years from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund will bring a new generation of 3D printers to her STEM lab at Contentnea-Savannah K-8 School.
Greene County Schools posted the same performance grades as last year, but showed an increase in overall proficiency in end-of-year results revealed Monday evening.
Sixth and seventh grade science students will have fun studying some principles of physics this school year thanks to a grant to Lenoir County Public Schools from the Duke Energy Foundation.
The ‘STEM 4 All’ kickoff party at Jack Rountree introduced parents and kids to the upcoming after-school program.
A collaboration between the Kinston Housing Authority and the public library will bring an after-school program to children in the community.
