Category: Education

Becky Burns, the school nurse for Henderson Middle School, has expanded her generosity to help children by donating knitted caps and booties she has made for small children taken in with their mothers by the women’s shelter at Lifeline Outreach Inc. on Raleigh Road in Henderson. Burns, shown above with some of the knitted items, took the remaining donations to Lifeline Outreach on March 3. She had already donated approximately 30 knitted caps and some booties to the organization to …

The Vance County Board of Education Monday night approved revisions to the 2014-2015 school year calendar for Vance County Schools in order to make up student days missed due to snow in February. The revisions include: March 18 is now a full school day, instead of an early release day June 5 and June 8-10 are now school days to make up days missed due to snow The last day of school for this year is now Wednesday, June 10 …

All staff members at Aycock Elementary School, along with participation from several staff members at Dabney Elementary School, showed their support for Debra Gill, Aycock’s school secretary, by purchasing special breast cancer awareness t-shirts in February and wearing them to school. The Aycock staff members are shown in the first photo, with Gill joining them (standing at front center with her hands folded in front of her), and participating staff members from Dabney are shown in the second photo. Gill, …

Vance-Granville Community College has scheduled its third annual Biotech Workshop for local high school students, as one of a series of VGCC Arts & Sciences camps and workshops being held this year. All tenth, eleventh and twelfth graders who have taken or are currently taking biology and chemistry are invited to attend the workshop, which is set to take place over the course of two Saturdays: May 2 and May 9, each day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Students …

  VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS     WEEKLY SCHOOL NEWS     Volume 3, Issue 28 A Publication for Middle and High Schools March 9-13, 2015       The MISSION of Vance County Schools is to be committed to educating all students to prepare them for lifelong learning and productive citizenship.   IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS     ?   The Vance County Board of Education meets on Monday at 7 p.m. in the   Administrative Services Center on Graham Avenue in …

LOUISBURG, N.C.—The Tar River Center for History and Culture is proud to announce its 2014-2015 Lecture Series, focusing on “The Early Development of the Tar River Valley of North Carolina.” Lectures are held Thursday evenings, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Benson Chapel of Louisburg College. All are free and open to the public. Parking is available in front of the chapel and adjacent to the Jones Performing Arts Center (both parking areas are accessible from College Street, Louisburg). For …

  VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS       ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS   Volume 2 Issue 28                               March 9-13, 2015         The MISSION of Vance County Schools is to be committed to educating all students to prepare them for lifelong learning and productive citizenship.   IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS       The Vance County Board of Education meets Monday at 7 p.m. in the Administrative Services Center on Graham Avenue in Henderson.       “Teacher Talk” session for first …

The application process for rising ninth graders to apply to the Vance County Early College High School is now open. Applications are available online through the Vance County Schools’ website at www.vcs.k12.nc.us or through the guidance counselors at the middle schools.  Completed applications are due March 25. There will be a  “Parent Night” session for all interested parents, especially those of current eighth graders, at Eaton-Johnson Middle School on March 10 at 6 p.m. and at Henderson Middle School on …

Vance County Schools’ STEM Early High School will host another parent orientation night on Monday, March 9, 2015 at 6 p.m. in the cafeteria at Northern Vance High School. Current fifth-grade students and their parents are urged to attend. Principal Rey Horner and members of his staff will share information about the school and how to apply to enroll in the sixth grade for the 2015-2016 school year. Parents and students will be able to complete school applications during the …

Vance County Board of Education meets the Administrative Services Center in Henderson, N. C. 27536 on March 9, 2015 7:00 p.m.   I. Call to Order II. Moment of Silence * III. Approval of Minutes * IV. Approval of Meeting Agenda V. Recognitions/Announcements A. Leadership Vance Participants, Annette Roberson, Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce VI. Comments from the Public (Citizens who would like to address the Board may do so by completing Form BDDH-E, Public Participation at Board Meetings. This request must …

Once again, the dropout rate for North Carolina public schools hit a record low; and for the first time, two school districts – Hyde and Tyrrell – reported zero dropouts according to the 2013-14 Consolidated Data Report today presented to State Board of Education members. Last school year, 2.28 percent of high school students dropped out of school, which represents a 6.9 percent decrease from the previous year’s record low of 2.45 percent. The full report containing state, district and …

The Paralegal Technology program at Vance-Granville Community College was recently designated as a “Qualified Paralegal Studies Program” by the North Carolina State Bar. The State Bar’s Board of Paralegal Certification approved the VGCC program for this recognition at a meeting in February, but the status is considered to be retroactively effective from Dec. 18, 2014. The qualification lasts for five years, according to Joy C. Belk, the board’s assistant director. The State Bar is the agency responsible for regulating the …

Vance-Granville Community College has named student Geoffrey Arnott of Oxford as its recipient of the North Carolina Community College System’s Academic Excellence Award for 2015. One student from each of the 58 colleges in the state system is honored with the award each year. Arnott will be officially recognized at Commencement in May, when he is also scheduled to graduate with an Associate in Science degree. Arnott was home-schooled by his parents through high school. “I was given an excellent …

  VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS     WEEKLY SCHOOL NEWS     Volume 3, Issue 27 A Publication for Middle and High Schools March 2-6, 2015       The MISSION of Vance County Schools is to be committed to educating all students to prepare them for lifelong learning and productive citizenship.   IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS     ?   All high school juniors take the ACT for college admissions during the school day on   Tuesday.       ?   …

  VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS       ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS   Volume 2 Issue 27                                 March 2-6, 2015         The MISSION of Vance County Schools is to be committed to educating all students to prepare them for lifelong learning and productive citizenship.   IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS       This is “National Read Across America Week” in celebration of the birthday of the famed author of the Dr. Seuss books. Several special events are planned at local schools. …