Local Government Federal Credit Union (LGFCU) proudly congratulates, Susana Sualevai who is the recipient of an LGFCU Scholarship Award.
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North Carolina to continue working toward getting students back in the classroom
Governor Roy Cooper today shared that North Carolina will continue working with schools, teachers, parents, and health experts to ensure that plans for school this coming year will protect everybody, especially those at high-risk.
Taking a victory lap: Bright retires from APA
Tuesday, June 30 closed out Dr. Bert Bright’s lengthy career at Arendell Parrott Academy as he retired from the Headmaster position he has held since 2014. Teachers joined the office, housekeeping, and maintenance staff in cheering a “victory lap” that Bright took in a top-down Jeep, circling the campus that he has so powerfully shaped.
Gray retires from LCPS after over four decades of service
After 43 years and 9 months, LCPS Exeptional Children Administrative Assistant, Judy Gray, has retired! To celebrate her long service friends and family gathered at her home for a celebration.
Aliza Matthews of Kinston named to James Madison University president's list
Kinston resident, Aliza Matthews, has been named to the president's list at James Madison University for the spring 2020 semester.
Arendell Parrott Academy graduates one of its largest senior classes
Arendell Parrott Academy graduated one of its largest senior classes at commencement exercises on Friday evening in Ellis Simon Gymnasium.
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.