Arendell Parrott Academy graduated one of its largest senior classes at commencement exercises on Friday evening in Ellis Simon Gymnasium.
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LCC graduate selected for Governor Bob Scott Leadership Award
Lenoir Community College graduate Hannah Moody of Richlands has been selected the College’s 2020 Governor Robert W. Scott Leadership Award recipient.
LCC's Dallas Herring Achievement Award nominee
Lenoir Community College graduate Laci Smith of La Grange was selected as LCC’s 2020 Dallas Herring Achievement Award nominee.
LCC's Academic Excellence Award recipient
Faith Mykala Lam of Winterville was selected as Lenoir Community College Academic Excellence Award (AEA) recipient for 2020.
Lenoir Community College announces President's and Dean's Lists for Spring Semester
Congratulations to the following Lenoir Community College President's and Dean's Lists students for Spring Semester 2020.
LCPS registering students for kindergarten and Pre-K
Lenoir County Public Schools is now registering students for kindergarten and pre-kindergarten for the 2020-2021 school year.
State board approves operational strategies to help public schools reopen for 2020-21
Today, the State Board of Education approved N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s Lighting Our Way Forward: North Carolina's Guidebook for Reopening Public Schools. We have included links to the summary document and full document.
Early College alumni shave years off academic timetable to earn doctorates
In May 2016, Lindsey Turner and Smikal Patel graduated from Lenoir County Early College High School. Last month – four years later – they graduated from their respective colleges of pharmacy with doctorate degrees, having used their intellect and the “backbone” they developed in high school to shave years off the usual academic timetable and launch them into the careers they’d dreamed of as teenagers.
Lenoir Community College instructors in externship with Spirit AeroSystems
Mechanical Engineering Chair Matthew Berg, and Computer-Integrated Machining Chair Andrew Luppino, are spending five weeks this summer at Spirit AeroSystems as part of an externship.
LCC awarded literacy grant
Lenoir Community College recently was awarded a $10,000 grant through the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to support LCC and the Greene County Family Literacy Program for the 2020-2021 school year. The amount of the grant is the maximum allocation for the category.
Moody receives LCC Arts and Sciences division award
Lenoir Community College graduate Hannah Moody of Richlands, left, was presented a laptop by LCC Dean of Arts and Sciences Dr. Timothy Maddox on behalf of the division.
Clark named Employee of Year for NC as LCPS doubles up on SNA awards
Eternally optimistic, always smiling, Andre Clark says his motto is “You gotta believe.” Except when he received that letter from the School Nutrition Association saying he had been chosen as the 2020 Employee of the Year for North Carolina.
DHHS shares health guidance to re-open public schools
New health guidelines released Monday represent a first step to help North Carolina K-12 public schools find a safe way to open to in-person instruction for the 2020-21 academic year, health and education leaders announced Monday. Schools are asked to plan for reopening under three scenarios – Plan A: Minimal Social Distancing, Plan B: Moderate Social Distancing, or Plan C: Remote Learning Only. NC DHHS, in consultation with the State Board of Education and Department of Public Instruction, will announce by July 1 which of the three plans should be implemented for schools to most safely reopen.
2020 graduates urged to heed lessons taught by adversity
High school seniors who battled through the disruptions caused by two flood-inducing hurricanes and a global pandemic to earn their diplomas got a welcomed dose of encouragement from speakers at five Lenoir County Public Schools commencement exercises last week.
Together, 567 seniors were awarded diplomas by Kinston, North Lenoir and South Lenoir high schools, Lenoir County Early College High School and Lenoir County Learning Academy in ceremonies arrayed over four days and ending Thursday.
JSHS holds socially-distanced commencement
Jones Senior High School held a commencement ceremony for its 2020 graduates, with friends and family viewing the ceremony from vehicles in the school parking lot.
Greene County Middle School named National Beta School of Distinction
National Beta is proud to announce Greene County Middle School as a 2019-2020 National School of Distinction.
Lenoir County Public Schools released the revised 2020-2021 school calendar. The new calendar includes “Remote Instruction Days” where students have required instructional days from a remote location. Students will be given remote assignments to complete on these days. Teachers report on Aug. 10, students report on Aug. 17 and the school year ends on May 28, 2021.
LCPS's graduation week begins Monday
A series of commencement exercises designed to highlight the traditional amid the unusual will launch 567 members of the Lenoir County Public Schools’ Class of 2020 into the next chapter of their lives this week.
Cafeteria manager from LCPS second to be honored as NC’s best in two years
An LCPS elementary school cafeteria manager known for her love of children and her work ethic has won the title of 2020 Manager of the Year for North Carolina from the School Nutrition Association – the second consecutive year the award has gone to a cafeteria manager from Lenoir County Public Schools. Cheryl Hinson, an LCPS employee for 27 years and cafeteria manager at Moss Hill Elementary School for the past three years, was nominated for the award because “she truly goes above and beyond to provide her students a positive environment in the cafeteria,” said LCPS Child Nutrition Director Danelle Smith, who wrote the nomination.
LCPS seeking feedback on remote learning from its students, parents
Lenoir County Public Schools is asking its parents and students to participate in an anonymous online survey and provide feedback on their experiences with remote learning while schools were closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.