Category: Education

This Thursday, May 12, school bus drivers from across the state, including Vance County, will gather at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh to demonstrate their skill, knowledge and professionalism at the School Bus Driving Competition – also known as the School Bus Driver ROADeo. The event begins at 9:30 a.m. at the Martin Building. The driving course is set up in the Midway area. Thirty-two school bus drivers will participate in the final testing and driving competition to crown the …

Vance County Schools has a new assistant superintendent for Finance and Business Operations and a new principal for the Vance County Early College High School, following action by the Vance County Board of Education Monday night. Jennifer Bennett has been appointed to the assistant superintendent’s position and Debbie Hite has been appointed as the new principal for Early College. Bennett, who lives in Wake Forest, will join the school system on June 1. She brings with her a wealth of …

The “Decision Day” celebration at Southern Vance High School featured 70 members of the Class of 2016 announcing their plans to attend college in the fall. Austin Dixon, the college advisor at Southern Vance, coordinated the event which involved having each student to come up and sign a large Class of 2016 banner, announce which college or university they will attend and their intended degree major. Approximately 20 colleges and universities are represented among the schools they will attend. All …

Carver Elementary School hosted its annual Reading Fair on Thursday, May 5, with nine students in grades 3-5 earning awards for their projects. The Reading Fair involves each student in grades 3-5 doing a project on a book they have read. The project includes making a “book report” with illustrations and written responses explaining the book’s story on a large project board. The boards are then placed on display in the school’s cafetorium. Those students winning top honors this year …

The State Board of Community Colleges has awarded a $10,000 grant to Vance-Granville Community College to support a project that will bring together educators and employers. VGCC and 11 other community colleges received a competitive grant as part of a statewide “Taste of Industry” initiative. VGCC’s grant was the largest awarded by the State Board. At VGCC, the grant will help fund “AMSTA Cruisers 2016,” a three-day event (June 15-17) organized by the Advanced Manufacturing Skills Training Alliance, a partnership …

Vance-Granville Community College will welcome former NFL player and Henderson native Jason Brown to serve as the principal commencement speaker for graduation exercises on Friday, May 13. Daniel Davis of Norlina, parliamentarian of the VGCC Student Government Association, will be the student speaker. Approximately 550 students are scheduled to be honored during ceremonies beginning at 6 p.m. at the gazebo by the lake on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County. For those unable to attend the event in person, …

Students in the Carpentry program at Vance-Granville Community College recently started work on their second project in partnership with Granville County Habitat for Humanity. The first construction project was a home in Oxford that students helped build from start to finish, leading to its dedication in January. This time, students will be completing a home in Henderson. The home’s construction began several years ago under the auspices of the Vance County affiliate of Habitat for Humanity. Later, that local affiliate …

Parents, educators and others are invited to provide feedback regarding proposed revisions to the content standards for high school math courses Math I, II and III via a survey available at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HSMathDraftStandards The survey will be available through May 20.  The NC Department of Public Instruction reviews the state’s Standard Course of Study on a five-year cycle per subject, and mathematics is currently under review. The State Board of Education approves content standards for all subjects. So far in that review process, …

The Vance County Board of Education will meet on Monday, May 9, 2016, at 7:00 pm in the Administrative Services Center Board Room, 1724 Graham Avenue, Henderson.    Download the full agenda packet here:  2060509_vcboe_agenda_packet.pdf and to be discussed are the 3000 Series Policies.pdf

Vance-Granville Community College’s “Vanguard Voyager” student guide has been recognized with an award by the NCMPR (National Council for Marketing and Public Relations) at the organization’s annual national conference. The “Vanguard Voyager: Your Guide to Professional and Personal Success” was awarded a Bronze Paragon award at the conference in St. Louis, Missouri, in March. “For this year’s Paragon Awards competition — the only one of its kind that recognizes excellence in communications exclusively among two-year colleges — more than 90 …

Juniors at Northern Vance High School who have been selected as graduation marshals based on their outstanding academic achievements for this school year will assist with activities at the Class Night event and the graduation ceremonies for this year’s senior class at Northern Vance.

Annabelle Webb, a senior at Northern Vance High School, has been recognized by N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory as one of 13 student leaders from across the state for their outstanding service during the 46th annual Youth Leadership Assembly (YLA) held April 1-3 in Raleigh. “We are focused on supporting North Carolina’s next generation of future leaders,” McCrory said. “Our state’s high school students are the best in the country, particularly when it comes to civic leadership and public service. I …

Students in Vance County Schools have entered the last month of the school year with a lot of important work still to be done in local classrooms. Teachers and students at the elementary, middle and high school levels are working diligently each day to complete the school year on a successful note and to prepare for students to do their best on the required state testing. With the exception of students at the Vance County Early College High School, which …

Students in the carpentry and masonry classes at Southern Vance High School, led by Royal Grantham and Ben Arrington, respectively, have received certifications in Core Curriculum and Green Environment through the National Center for Construction Education.

Vance County Schools will pilot its new Access Control System at six schools beginning on Monday, May 16, 2016. The Access Control System involves having all school entrances locked during the school day and requires all visitors to identify themselves at the school’s main entrance before being allowed to enter the building. The system will be operational on May 16 at Aycock Elementary School, New Hope Elementary School, L.B. Yancey Elementary School, Henderson Middle School, STEM Early High School and …

Jeffrey Allen, the director of student activities and athletics at Vance-Granville Community College, recently received the Laura Thomas Award from the North Carolina Association on Higher Education and Disability (NC AHEAD). The award recognizes an outstanding professional outside of the field of disability services who has demonstrated exemplary support of disability services within a postsecondary academic setting. Allen was nominated for the award by VGCC counselor Cathy Davis, who serves students with disabilities. Davis said that when Allen was the …

Vance-Granville Community College will offer a Science Camp for local middle school students this summer at both the college’s Main Campus (in Vance County) and the Franklin County Campus (near Louisburg). First, the Main Campus camp will be held June 13-17, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. A second camp will be held August 1-5, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day at the Franklin Campus. Rising sixth, seventh and eighth-graders from Franklin, Granville, Vance and Warren …

Area residents have until Thursday, May 19, to complete the process of registering for Summer Term classes at Vance-Granville Community College. Those classes begin on Monday, May 23. Meanwhile, registration has already begun for the fall semester, which starts Aug. 15. For new students, enrollment begins with an application for admission and an application for financial aid. Then, students must request their official high school transcripts, and in some cases, their transcripts from other colleges they have attended. Next, they …

Vance-Granville Community College will soon begin a continuing education program that prepares students for jobs in area medical offices. The Medical Office Assistant training program is scheduled to be held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., with an additional 33 hours of coursework online, from May 16 through June 6 on VGCC’s Franklin County Campus near Louisburg. This course is designed to provide training in the skills required for a medical office assistant. Course topics …