While it might not make them smile, a special report card going home with hundreds of LCPS elementary and middle school students this school year will help them smile.
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GEC Students Join Kinston’s Annual Cleanup
Several Greene Early College recently partnered with Kinston’s Public Service Department Annual Fall Cleanup. Planned every October since 2000, community volunteers are urged to participate in this event. Joined by GEC parents, Mario Mendoza and Soni Hawkins, Public Works Personnel, GEC students, and students from other schools, the group was assigned to cleanup Neuse Way Park
Early College class looks inside county legal system
Students from Lenoir County Early College High School researched the workings of the legal system in Lenoir County during a recent tour of the Lenoir County Courthouse.
South Lenoir's Rachel Noble wins National FFA Creed Speaking Competition
On Wednesday, the National FFA (Future Farmers of America) Creed Competition took place in Indianapolis, Indiana. The competition is based on writings of E.M. Tiffany (who wrote the FFA creed). The competition judges the participants on learning expectations, poised confidence, memorizing the creed, public speaking, and their answers to questions about agriculture asked by judges. The winners were announced and awarded on Thursday at the Indianapolis Colts Football Stadium and Rachel Noble from South Lenoir won first place out of 85,000 participants from around the country.
Greene Early College Establishes a HOSA Chapter
Seeking to expand opportunities for GEC students, biology teacher, Shontia Blount, chartered HOSA at the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year. Recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and Health Science Education Division of ACTE, HOSA, Future, Health Professionals, is a national student organization. HOSA's two-fold mission is to promote career opportunities in the health care industry and to enhance the delivery of quality health care to all people.
National Assessment of Educational Progress shows student performance drops in NC, US during pandemic
North Carolina’s performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress given during the 2021-22 school year to fourth and eighth graders generally mirrored a national decline in reading and math skills as schools everywhere were beginning to recover ground lost to the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic.
LCC Coordinator part of Class 30 Leadership North Carolina
Lenoir Community College Workforce Development Coordinator Prudencio IV Martinez-Mengel is among 55 civic and community leaders from across the state that have been accepted to form the 2022-2023 class for Leadership North Carolina (LNC), the state’s premier leadership engagement program.
College Application Week help, hype get Class of 2023 ready for next step
For Reina Pickard, a good day at school is a day when she’s too busy to eat lunch. By that standard, there were a lot of good days during College Application Week, when school counselors and college advisors like Pickard cleared their schedules to help LCPS seniors submit fee-free applications to community colleges, colleges and universities across North Carolina.
Lenoir County to receive electric school bus after state awards $30M for Clean School Bus Replacements
More than $30.1 million from the N.C. Volkswagen Settlement Program will be distributed by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality to fund 161 new school buses across the state, with the majority of the funding going toward new all-electric school buses.
Election 2022 candidate interview: Brooketah Banks for Lenoir County Clerk of Court
Neuse News sat down with Brooketah Banks to discuss her candidacy and the upcoming election for Lenoir County Clerk of Court.
Event: North Lenoir Athletic Booster Club Superball Tournament 2022
North Lenoir Athletic Booster Club is hosting a Superball Tournament 2022 on Thursday, November 3rd, at the Falling creek Country Club. The proceeds are used to enhance and upgrade the athletic programs and facilities at North Lenoir High School.
WoodmenLife, Pink Hill connect again for beautification project
The connection between Pink Hill Elementary School and WoodmenLife, the insurance company that has pitched in previously on school improvement projects, has resulted in another grant that adds color to the campus.
Happiness is Yelling, “Bingo!”
Greene Early College students participated in the national observance of Assisted Living Month in September. This year’s theme was “Joyful Moments.”
Greene County School Board meeting recap
The Greene County School Board met on Monday, October 17, in their regular meeting at the Greene County Schools Tech Center. The meeting was called to order by Chairwoman Pat Adams. Board member Teresa Batts was nominated unanimously to serve on the NC School Boards Association Executive Committee.
National Technical Honor Society at South Lenoir inducts 38 students
Thirty-eight top-tier students in the Career and Technical Education (CTE) program at South Lenoir High School are the newest inductees into the National Technical Honor Society.
Hispanic Heritage Month honored by LCPS in art, food, instruction
Anthony Aguilar, a fifth grader at Banks Elementary School, sat in the principal’s office feeling a little nervous – not because he was in the presence of the principal but because he was about to deliver a lesson on Latin American culture to the entire school.
State leaders visit Lenoir County Early College High School
Representative Chris Humphrey and Senator Jim Perry spoke to students at Lenoir County Early College High School on Monday. The presentation started with Humphrey and Perry introducing themselves, and then the students were given an opportunity to ask questions of their state leaders.
State Highway Patrol Conducts 2022 “Operation Stop Arm”
In support of Operation Stop Arm week, the State Highway Patrol will be aggressively enforcing stop arm and other traffic violations in and around school zones and school bus stops.
State’s attorney general talks Internet safety with sixth graders
North Carolina’s attorney general brought a message of internet safety to LCPS sixth graders on Wednesday and urged them to take those tips home to their families.
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month at the Governor's Mansion
Lenoir Community College Associate Dean Carlos Cotto and Workforce Development Coordinator Prudencio Mengel joined their colleagues from the Hispanic leadership in the state at the home of Governor Roy Cooper recently in celebration of Hispanic Heritage recently. Pictured left to right at Cotto and Mengel with the Governor and representatives from the North Carolina Community College System.