The Lenoir Community College Horticulture Club, pictured, recently made a donation to the LCC Foundation to complete an endowment establishing a Horticulture Scholarship.
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Best-ever showing sending three teams to state Science Olympiad
Teams from three schools will carry the LCPS banner into state Science Olympiad competition next month after district schools posted a best-ever performance in recent regional games.
At the Region X Science Olympiad hosted Feb. 15 by Lenoir Community College, 33 student teams from six of the district’s schools earned top five finishes, North Lenoir High School finished fifth overall in the high school division, Lenoir County Early College High School won the Spirit Award for high schools and Woodington Middle School won the Spirit Award for middle schools.
Early registration for pre-school, kindergarten is scheduled for March 9-13 in Lenoir County
Early registration for entering pre-school and kindergarten students in Lenoir County for the 2020-2021 school year will be held March 9-13 at all LCPS elementary schools during regular school hours.
Snow Hill Primary announces "Terrific Kid" awards
Snow Hill Primary gives out a weekly award called "Terrific Kid" awards. Each teacher at SHP chooses a student who has been responsible, shows great character, or has reached a personal goal.
Strong show in regional sending 10 students to state Science Fair
Seven projects created by 10 Lenoir County Public Schools students qualified for the North Carolina Science and Engineering Fair later this month by earning top finishes in regional competition on Saturday.
Contest’s biggest, best cabbage worth $1,000 for Pink Hill student
Like a lot of third graders in North Carolina, Esmee Delien took home a cabbage plant donated by Bonnie Plants to see if she could get it to grow.
The Power of Algae class offered at LCC
Lenoir Community College is offering a course entitled “The Power of Algae” from 9 a.m. to 12 noon beginning March 14 for eight weeks in room 113 of the Science Building on the Kinston campus. Participants may choose to attend any of the sessions via video conferencing.
Bethel's Connor Williams receives President’s Volunteer Service Award
Connor Williams, 17, of Kinston, a student at Bethel Christian Academy, has been honored for his exemplary volunteer service with a President’s Volunteer Service Award.
LCC student finds his calling in health field
A life-changing event that may slow some people down has not stopped James Inthalansy of La Grange. When he was 9 years old, he lost his leg in an automobile accident. While his memory since the accident has not been the best, he said he wanted to rise above it and find a career where he could work and provide a good living.
LCPS schedules winter weather makeup days
Instructional time lost to winter weather on Feb. 20-21 will be made up the first week in March. Originally scheduled as an early-out day and a teacher workday, respectively, March 5 and March 6 will now be regular school days. This calendar revision applies to schools on LCPS's traditional calendar -- that is, all schools but Lenoir County Early College High School.
LCPS launching aerospace engineering program as career opportunities take off
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.
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.