Lenoir County Public Schools will use a $14,200 grant from the Lenoir County Committee of 100 to create a new curriculum designed to help sustain a rapidly expanding aerospace industry here.
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GCMS students place 2nd at state convention
This month Greene County Middle School student members of the Jr. Beta Club attended the North Carolina JR. Beta Club Convention in Greensboro.
Lenoir Community College Accounting 120/121 class participates in canned food drive
The Lenoir Community College Accounting 120/121 class participated in the college wide canned food drive sponsored by the Student Government Association. Pictured left to right are Ahmad Bizzell of LaGrange, Kobe Mohammed of Kinston, Business Administration Program Chair Kristy Grady, Luke Thigpen of Deep Run and Reese Jones of Kinston. All donations will be given to Mary’s Soup Kitchen.
Jones County Merit Scholar excited with career choice
Katie Smith of Trenton came to Lenoir Community College twice, the first time right out of high school in 2015 and earned an associate in science degree. A year later she came back to earn her Surgical Technology diploma.
Woodington seventh grader wins duel of spelling champs
The annual contest to determine the LCPS’s best young speller came down a two-student battle that lasted 26 words before Woodington Middle School seventh grader Rachel Noble correctly, and fittingly, spelled “tumultuous.”
Aliza Matthews of Kinston named to James Madison University's president's list
HARRISONBURG, VA - Kinston resident, Aliza Matthews, has been named to the president's list at James Madison University for the fall 2019 semester. Students who earn president's list honors must carry at least 12 graded credit hours and earn a GPA of 3.900 or above. Matthews is majoring in dance.
Local history for local students at CSS Neuse Center
On Wednesday the center hosted free tours for Lenoir County Schools fourth-graders which were made possible by a $1700 sponsorship from Tands, Inc/ Bojangles. The donation covered expenses for student admission and their transportation to the site.
Jones Senior High School hosts Career Day
Career Day at Jones Senior High School was on Feb. 13. Students were able to visit each CTE program of focus study in pods.
Applications for new cohort at the Aerospace & Advanced Manufacturing Center due March 16
According to Monster.com there were almost 7,500 manufacturing jobs open in North Carolina this week. Ziprecruiter.com reports that the average salary for advanced manufacturing jobs in North Carolina is $58,000. Lenoir Community College’s new Aerospace & Advanced Manufacturing Center at the NC Global TransPark is preparing local students to enter those jobs.
LCC and Aircraft Solutions USA Inc. sign MOU for training
Lenoir Community College and Aircraft Solutions USA Inc. have recently signed a memorandum of agreement in which LCC will provide education and training for the future employees of Aircraft Solutions USA, Inc. Specifically, the College will leverage its expertise for pre-hire training, apprenticeships, continuing education and workforce development and college degree programs.
Kinston Community Health partnership fills gap in dental care for LCPS students
A $400,000 grant to KCHC from The Duke Endowment has allowed LCPS to offer expanded in-school dental care for K-8 students who don’t have a dentist, not only increasing the number of visits to elementary and middle schools but, for the first time, creating an easy route to follow-up care.
Greene Central to increase law enforcement on campus today
A threat noticed yesterday on an “Out of Order” sign in a Greene Central High School bathroom is leading to more police presence today on campus.
Cracking codes and launching rockets, LCPS students get their science on
More than a hundred Lenoir County Public School elementary students launched rockets, cracked codes, analyzed compounds, categorized fossils and competed in other contests that made science the focus of their day during the fourth annual LCPS Elementary Science Olympiad on Monday.
LCC hosts "For the Love of the ART" event
The Lenoir Community College Foundation is excited to display the artistic talents of our community members, Transitional and Career Studies students, and Fine Arts Department students in a special event, For the Love of ART from 7 to 8:30 p.m. February 28 in the LCC Blizzard Atrium and Culinary Center.
Lovit Hines hosts block party for education
Lovit Hines park now hosts HSE classes, formerly known as GED classes, all year long through a partnership between Kinston-Lenoir County Parks and Rec and Lenoir Community College. The two organizations hosted a block party to kick off this incredible educational opportunity.
Parrott Students stitch up memory pillows
On a Friday afternoon in early February, biology teacher Leslie Lewis’s Parrott Academy classroom is full of sewing machines, irons, and yards of colorful flannel. A group of dedicated high school students learns how to measure, pin, cut, and seam pillows that will be held and hugged by some very special children.
LCC hosts "For the Love of the ART event"
Lenoir Community College student Thurman Sanders of Kinston says he has loved art since the age of five.
Wayne Community College announces Fall 2019 President’s and Dean’s Lists
Wayne Community College honored 298 students for outstanding academic achievement in the fall 2019 semester.
From Skittles to sewing kits, CSS students fill wish list of Guard unit in Saudi Arabia
A group of Contentnea-Savannah K-8 School students looking for worthy beneficiaries of their fundraising effort last spring found them this month in Saudi Arabia.
Jan Tucker moves from interim principal to principal at Banks
The Lenoir County Board of Education, acting on the recommendation of Superintendent Brent Williams, named veteran educator and Lenoir County native Jan Tucker as the new principal of Banks Elementary School on Monday.