All in Education
On Friday October 29th Parrott Academy kindergarteners shivered with fright and delight at an eight-legged visitor straight from a Halloween movie. Aaron Rouse of Kinston brought his tarantula to visit the five-year olds, offering them a blend of fascinating facts and personal anecdotes.
Congratulations to the following Greene County Middle School Principal’s List and A/B Honor Roll students for the First Quarter.
Bryan Williamson, LCC Spanish instructor for Greene Early College, recently added an extra dimension for his Spanish class. Being a wonderful fall day, Mr. Williamson took his Spanish class outside and taught them Cumbia.
Congratulations to the following Principal’s List and Honor Roll students at Northwest Elementary.
Lenoir County Public Schools’ teachers won more than half of the 99 Bright Ideas grants awarded by Tri-County EMC on Monday night – a haul worth $45,762 – and five LCPS schools picked up an additional $500 each for having the most grant winners.
Each month the Greene County Board of Education recognizes students from the different county schools with student spotlight. During the October Board meeting, five Greene Early College students were recognized for leadership, citizenship, academic achievements, and innovative initiatives. Shown in the photo are (left) Superintendent Dr. Patrick Miller and (right) Principal Dr. Rodney McNeill. Students are left to right: Lorien Stocks, Cara Walker, Madia Harris, and Jesse Valdez. Not pictured is Colin Corbitt.
Northeast Elementary School needs to raise more than $2,900 to fully qualify for a solar energy grant it won earlier this year. The school is asking Lenoir County to run to its assistance.
More than 200 students were named to the spring 2021 Dean's List at William Peace University Peyton Howard of La Grange earned Dean's List as well as Nakyia Taylor of Kinston earned Dean's List with Distinction
Greene Early College has partnered with the Ronald McDonald House in Greenville for their on-going fundraiser initiative, “Pull Together”, which helps support the two houses in Greenville. The facilities are a “home-away-from-home” for families of children receiving medical treatment on an inpatient or outpatient basis. The House is a temporary place to stay and is not a treatment facility.
Lenoir County Public Schools is bolstering its free in-school Covid-19 testing program by expanding its corps of school nurses, adding the highly accurate PCR test and teaming up with a private firm to interpret test results.
October 20th was a special Wednesday at Parrott Academy as students and teachers marked the National Day on Writing sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English. Teachers. Students in grades 6-12 created displays throughout the school to showcase the variety of ways that they use writing, both practical and creative.
Lenoir County’s Sigma Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma recently recognized outstanding beginning teachers in their third year of teaching for the month of October.
Mark Wente of Beulaville and Travis Cox of Kinston were recently recognized as outstanding graduates and awarded a new tool box from Lenoir Community College Automotive Systems Technology.
COVID-19 vaccine booster shots are now available for more North Carolinians. The Food and Drug Administration has authorized, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 booster shots to help strengthen and extend protections against COVID-19 infections.
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. On Fridays, these students are presented with an award from the counselor, Mrs. McLawhorn, or an administrator and are congratulated for their hard work. Below are Snow Hill Primary's last Terrific Kids!
Kinston High School senior and All-State football player Nicholas Harvey III is one of 10 student-athletes in North and South Carolina chosen as a 2021 Carolina Panthers Community Captain.
On the first day of the first year of a first-of-its-kind project, 30 students from six high schools in Lenoir County got a taste of what it takes to be a leader – and got a taste of breakfast from the event’s sponsor, Kinston’s Chick-fil-A.
A telephoned bomb threat at Kinston High School has caused the evacuation of students and staff from the buildings.
Parrott Academy students in Honors Biology and AP Environmental Science virtually joined the WATERS Conference hosted by U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy in Greenville on Wednesday.
A $1,000 grant from a statewide student-led organization will allow LCPS’s three traditional high schools to set up professional clothing closets so students can look the part when they step into a business setting.
