Three members of the Class of 2020 at South Lenoir High School have teamed up to write and record a song that speaks to seniors everywhere who are seeing long-awaited last-year traditions roiled by a global pandemic.
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LCPS 2020-2021 School Year Calendar Changes
“The N.C. General Assembly, in legislation approved this past weekend and signed into law by Gov. Roy Cooper on Monday, set opening day of the 2020-2021 school year as August 17, a week earlier than usual,” said LCPS Patrick Holmes. “District administrators will use that guidance to produce a revised calendar for the next school year during May and plan to present that calendar to the Lenoir County Board of Education at its June meeting.”
Southwood Elementary School staff surprise Principal Christel Carlyle with a drive by parade on Principal's Day
Southwood Elementary School staff surprise Principal Christel Carlyle with a drive-by parade on Principal's Day
Local moms start a Facebook group to adopt Class of 2020 Seniors
Three Lenoir County moms began a quest to recognize this year’s seniors as school shut down for the remainder of the academic year. Lori Turner Eason, Carla Williams, and Christi Collins are all senior moms. The three ladies have launched an effort to ensure that the class of 2020 in Lenoir and Greene Counties feel some sense of normalcy through gifts and encouragement from complete strangers.
LCPS going virtual to highlight keepsake events for Class of ’20
Lenoir County Public Schools is headed to the internet and social media to put a virtual spotlight on Class of 2020 events that are typically touchstones for seniors wrapping up their high school career.
APA senior receives national honor
Mary Elizabeth Morris was named as one of 100 High School Students America Needs to Know About.
North Lenoir FFA helps support 'No Empty Bowl' project
Lenoir County Cooperative Extension Service and the Lenoir County SPCA received some help from North Lenoir FFA on Saturday. The No Empty Bowl project is a food distribution program designed to lighten the load for local pet owners.
Greene County Middle School student places first at NHD
Greene County Middle School student, Owen Dyer, placed first in the Junior Individual Documentary category at the National History Day Northeast Region competition.
NC Public Schools will remain closed through the year
Governor Cooper announced today at a press conference that N.C. Public Schools will remain closed through the end of the 2019-20 academic school year.
LCC named among best 50 online community colleges in national ranking
College Consensus ranked Lenoir Community College number 2 on their list of the 50 Best Online Community Colleges.
Parrott alumnus honored by ECU
Davis Basden, a 2016 graduate of Parrott Academy, has been selected by the East Carolina University College of Business as its 2019-2020 Outstanding Senior in Finance.
Called Lenoir County school board meeting Thursday
LCPS has a called meeting of the Lenoir County Board of Education at 6 p.m. tonight. The board will convene to discuss the FY 2021 planning budget in advance of its presentation to county commissioners in May. Because of restrictions related to coronavirus, the meeting will be held remotely. Link to tonight’s meeting is included here.
LCPS wins grants to help sustain feeding program
Lenoir County Public Schools has secured two grants totaling $4,000 to help sustain a program that provides no-cost meals to youth in the county while schools are closed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
EB Frink students qualify for state National History Day competition
A three-student team from E.B. Frink Middle School has qualified for state-level National History Day competition after the team’s project won honors at the regional event at East Carolina University last week.
Coping with Covid 19: Parrott alumni on frontlines
Many Arendell Parrott Academy graduates are serving in medical fields and are on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi inducts three from Lenoir County
BATON ROUGE, LA - The following Lenoir County citizens and East Carolina University students recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines: Laura Lamm of Kinston, Robert Grady Jr. of Kinston and Lauran Smith of La Grange.
LCPS Chair and Superintendent hopeful and committed to 2020 graduation
Lenoir County Public Schools Board Chairman Keith King and Superintendent Brent Williams discuss what happens after May 15, graduation for seniors, providing meals to students while out of school and more.
LCPS Child Nutrition workers in need of new plastic grocery bags
LCPS Child Nutrition workers on the front lines of our feeding program are in need of new plastic grocery bags used in meal pickup and delivery.
Promless: Parrott Class of 2020 has “Novel” Senior Spring
Thursday, April 9, Parrott Academy’s Student Activity Center was supposed to be filled with glitter and glamour and the sounds of the band Liquid Pleasure as juniors and seniors enjoyed the annual prom. It’s a rite of spring on the Kinston school’s campus, and throughout April and May for almost every high school in eastern North Carolina. But Covid-19 has the Class of 2020 finishing their last high school semester at home, without the traditional activities of a senior spring.
Administrators send messages to area seniors
Governor Cooper signed an executive order closing N.C. schools until May 15, which impacted all the students of North Carolina. A group hardest hit by this are the 2020 graduates who have had their senior year interrupted by COVID-19. The education leaders of area schools are reaching out to share the messages of encouragement to local seniors.