Category: Education

Vance-Granville Community College recently nominated Emory Gant-Hawkins of Henderson, a student in the college’s Culinary Arts program, for the North Carolina Community College System’s Dallas Herring Achievement Award. The award was established by the system in 2010 to honor the late Dr. Dallas Herring, the longtime State Board of Education chairman and one of the state’s earliest advocates of community colleges. Each year, the award recognizes a current or former community college student who best embodies Herring’s philosophy of “taking …

Vance County Schools is now conducting its annual “Give Five – Read Five” book donation campaign. The campaign, which will end on Friday, May 27, involves encouraging local residents to donate new or gently used books for students in our 10 elementary schools. Residents who want to donate books may simply take their donations to any of our elementary schools, which include: Aycock Elementary Carver Elementary Clarke Elementary Dabney Elementary New Hope Elementary Pinkston Street Elementary E.M. Rollins Elementary L.B. …

Vance-Granville Community College recently selected Nicholas L. Kemp of Wake Forest, a student in the Radiography program, as its nominee for the North Carolina Community College System’s Governor Robert W. Scott Student Leadership Award. The award was established in 2004 in honor of Scott, who served as Governor of North Carolina from 1969-1973, and as President of the N.C. Community College System from 1983-1995. Each year, the N.C. Association of Community College Presidents bestows the honor on one community college …

A new award has been named in honor of Vance-Granville Community College Vice President of Finance and Operations Steven Graham by the Carolinas Association of Governmental Purchasing. The association has established an award for outstanding candidates seeking to become Certified Local Government Purchasing Officers, and has named it the “Steven C. Graham Achievement Award” in recognition of Graham’s commitment to developing current and future government purchasing professionals. He was instrumental in developing a training program for purchasing officers with the …

Vance-Granville Community College will soon offer a course that prepares area residents to take flight with a private pilot’s license. The Private Pilot Ground School is scheduled to be held on VGCC’s South Campus, located between Creedmoor and Butner, on Wednesday evenings from 6:30 until 9:30 p.m., May 18 through July 27. In this course, students gain the knowledge they will need to take the FAA private pilot written exam, under FAA-certified flight instructors from Blue Line Aviation. Students who …

Vance-Granville Community College recognized 55 students who were inducted into Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for students of two-year colleges, on April 19 in the Civic Center on the college’s Main Campus. VGCC students honored with induction into Phi Theta Kappa must have a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.5 (3.75 for part-time students) in associate degree curriculum programs and have completed at least 12 credit hours toward their degrees. As advisors for VGCC’s PTK chapter, instructors …

The Vance County Schools Policy Committee will meet on Thursday, April 28th, at 5:15 pm in the Superintendent’s Conference Room. I. Call to Order II. Goals and Objectives3000 Goals and Objectives of the Educational Program III. CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, DELIVERY, AND EVALUATION3100 Curriculum Development3101 Dual Enrollment3102 Online Instruction3110 Innovation in Curriculum and Instruction3115 Curriculum and Instructional Guides3120 Lesson Planning3130 Grouping for Instruction3132 Homebound/Hospital Instruction3135 Homework3140 Evaluation of Instructional Programs IV. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS3200 Selection of Instructional Materials3210 Parental Inspection of an Objection …

Vance-Granville Community College awarded 305 scholarships to students at an annual awards ceremony, held April 6 in the college’s Civic Center. In her welcoming remarks, Dr. Stelfanie Williams, the president of VGCC, congratulated the scholarship recipients and thanked the donors and partners who support the college’s Endowment Fund, many of whom were on hand to present their scholarships in person. “This ceremony is about celebrating the outstanding student scholars who pursue their dreams at VGCC, and the donors who help …

A total of eight middle school students, who are currently on long-term suspension, are receiving academic support through the new Vance County Schools Youth Empowerment Academy. The academy has been operating for the last few weeks in a portion of the old two-story building across from the campus of Eaton-Johnson Middle School. The academy, under the direction of Dr. Ralphel Holloman and with support from several local educational professionals, is located in the rear, ground-floor wing of the building. Students …

Vance County Board of Education Committee Meeting Dates:             * Community Relations, Thursday, April 21st, 4:30 pm                   * Building & Grounds, Wednesday, April 27th, 2:00 pm                  * Curriculum Committee, Wednesday, April 27th, 3:00 pm             * Personnel Committee, Tuesday, May 3rd, 8:30 am Note:  All meetings are held in the Superintendent’s Conference Room.     

Members of the Vance County Schools Technology Committee are continuing to gather information from companies for computer hardware and software for teachers and students to use in the upcoming school year. Committee members met in the late afternoon on April 12, in the Board Room of the school system’s Administrative Services Center as they listened to representatives from three different vendors with proposals on available laptop computers and software that can be used by teachers and students in local schools. …

A regular at the Chick-fil-A in her hometown, Vance-Granville Community College Director of Student Success/QEP Coordinator Amy O’Geary recently observed a significant number of students from the college behind the counter at her restaurant of choice. O’Geary counts at least 12 current VGCC students working at Chick-fil-A of Henderson, and she serves as the Academic & Career Coach, or advisor, for a number of them. One of her advisees is Lane Phipps of Oxford, one of the assistant managers for …

Vance County Schools has received preliminary approval from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction to establish a STEAM Academy, as part of a restart school strategy, at E.M. Rollins Elementary School. The school system submitted a restart school application for E.M. Rollins to the state department in March. The restart school process is a new initiative offered by the state in which public school systems can apply to have a school operate under regulations more like those followed by public …

The “Vanguard Online Learning through Technology” (VOLT) initiative at Vance-Granville Community College is entering its second year in operation and preparing to add a new program option. VOLT courses are for adult learners who need an online-only educational experience. When the fall semester begins in August, such students will be able to start work on an Associate in Arts degree. The program provides students with the first two years of a four-year degree. Associate in Arts graduates who make a …

The College Success and Study Skills (ACA) department at Vance-Granville Community College recently took a group of students on a college tour to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The purpose of the March 22 trip was to give students a closer look at an area university to which they might transfer and continue their education. The VGCC group toured the campus, ate lunch at the Rams Head Dining Hall, and took part in an information session conducted …

The Vance County Board of Education will meet on Monday, April 11, 2016, at 7:00 pm in the Administrative Services Center Board Room, 1724 Graham Avenue, Henderson.    You may download the full agenda packet here:  20160411_vcboe_agenda_packet.pdf

Educators, parents, students and other stakeholders of North Carolina’s public schools are invited to attend six public comment sessions scheduled for April and May across the state. Public input is being sought by the NC Department of Public Instruction staff to help guide development of the state’s plan for complying with the new federal education law, a re-authorization of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is the new federal education law approved in …