Congratulations to the following Frink Middle students:
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Lenoir County Learning Academy: First Nine Week Principal’s List and A/B Honor Roll
Congratulations to the following Lenoir County Learning Academy students:
2022 LCC Phi Theta Kappa Fall Induction
Lenoir Community College Omicron Rho Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa recently held its fall induction.
The Children's Village Academy Student Honor List
Congratulations to the following Children’s Village Academy students:
La Grange Elementary School: First Nine Weeks Principal’s List and A/B Honor Roll
Congratulations to the following La Grange Elementary School students:
John Hood: Test Scores Show Huge Learning Loss
In 2019, 28% of North Carolina eighth-graders lacked even basic reading skills and 29% lacked basic skills in math. Only about a third were proficient in these core subjects.
Greene County Middle School wins grant for community engagement
Greene County Middle School (GCMS) has been named the recipient of a North Carolina Community Foundation Grant. The grant in the amount of $1200 was awarded to the school to help develop and fund their Community and Engagement Activities and Goals.
Lenoir, Greene and Jones County Schools to receive School Safety Grants
Two hundred school districts and charter schools across North Carolina will benefit from more than $74.1 million in school safety grants announced today by the Department of Public Instruction’s Center for Safer Schools. Greene County Schools will receive $630,660.00, Jones County Schools will receive $499,134.00, and Lenoir County Public Schools will receive $282,600.00.
Snow Hill Primary "Terrific Kid" awards
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 and are congratulated for their hard work. Below are Snow Hill Primary's last Terrific Kids!
LCC presents A Christmas Carol - A New Musical
Get ready for the holiday season this November as Lenoir Community College presents A Christmas Carol ~ A New Musical, in partnership with the LCC Foundation and Fine Arts Department. Coming to the stage in LCC’s newly renovated Briley Auditorium November 11 – 20, this show is sure to put everyone into the holiday spirit.
Kinston Community Health Center brings back in-school dental care
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.
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.