Category: Education

Vance-Granville Community College recently partnered with Saint Paul Presbyterian Church Day Care Center in Louisburg to provide continuing education to all employees of the center’s afterschool program. The staff members included Brenda Lynch, Mary Spencer, Barbara Terrell and Keshia Thorne. This five-star center holds the distinction of being the first in the Franklin-Granville-Vance Partnership for Children/Smart Start to achieve the goal of having all staff complete “Upping Your After School Game,” a training workshop conducted by VGCC School-Age Education program …

First semester exams begin this Wednesday, January 7, and continue through Friday, January 16, at Northern Vance, Southern Vance and Western Vance high schools.   The Early College High School completed its first semester exams December 15-19, prior to the Christmas break.   The high school exam schedule includes:   January 7: English III N.C. Final Exams and teacher made exams for first and third-period classes at NVHS and SVHS January 8: Civics and Economics N.C. Final Exams and teacher …

Vance-Granville Community College will hold a special program celebrating the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday on Wednesday, Jan. 14, at 11 a.m. in the Civic Center on VGCC’s Main Campus in Vance County. The celebration is free and open to the public. The theme of this year’s event is “How can we educate, inspire, and support our community?” The program will include inspirational music presented by local choirs, as well as remarks by guest speaker Archie Taylor Jr. of …

  VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS       ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS   Volume 2 Issue 19                              January 5-9, 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       Students return to classes on Monday   SCHOOL EVENTS FOR THIS WEEK   Zeb Vance Elementary: (Monday, January 5) – Staff meeting at 3:30 p.m.   Dabney Elementary: (Monday, January …

  VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS   WEEKLY SCHOOL NEWS   Volume 3, Issue 19 A Publication for Middle and High Schools January 5-9, 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       First semester exams begin on Wednesday at Northern Vance and Southern Vance   high schools.           Early College High School students …

Vance County Board of Education Committee Meeting Date:             * Personnel Committee, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, 8:30 am Note:  All meetings are held in the Superintendent’s Conference Room.                                                                 

Vance-Granville Community College celebrated employees who had retired from the college — and particularly those who retired in 2014 — during the holiday social for faculty and staff, held on Dec. 18 in the Civic Center on the college’s Main Campus. Dr. Stelfanie Williams, the president of VGCC, thanked all employees, past and present, for their dedicated service to students and the community. “During this holiday season, we give thanks for the gift of education,” Williams said. “I’m also thankful …

The 14 graduates of the first-ever NC REAL Agricultural Entrepreneurship class at Vance-Granville Community College received certificates and heard words of encouragement from former NFL-star-turned-farmer Jason Brown on Tuesday, Dec. 16, in the college’s auditorium. “Farmers are the backbone” of the local area, our state and nation, Brown, a former center for two National Football League teams, told the graduates. “All roads lead back to the farmer,” he said, describing the rewards for being involved in agriculture. After playing college …

Oxford Preparatory High School’s charter amendment request to restructure the offerings of the school by adding 8th grade in 2015-2016 and 7th grade in 2016-2017 has been approved by the Office of Charter Schools, per State Board of Education policy. As a result of the charter amendment, a school name change to Oxford Preparatory School was approved as well. Adding 40 students in 8th grade and 40 students in 7th grade will allow students and their families earlier access to …

Vance-Granville Community College’s History Club recently conducted a food drive as its major service project of the fall semester. Students collected non-perishable food items, as well as paper products and hygiene products, all of which were donated to the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina. The Food Bank works with food pantries in all four of the counties in the college’s service area: Vance, Granville, Franklin and Warren. The donations weighed in at 522 pounds, which translates to …

  VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS   WEEKLY SCHOOL NEWS   Volume 3, Issue 18 A Publication for Middle and High Schools December 15-19, 2014       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       Wishing everyone a very safe and happy holiday!           Elementary school groups attend performance of Eaton-Johnson Middle School   Show Choir …

  VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS       ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS   Volume 2 Issue 18                       December 15-19, 2014       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     Wishing everyone a very safe and happy holiday!   SCHOOL EVENTS FOR THIS WEEK   Zeb Vance Elementary: (Monday, December 15) – Leadership Team meeting at 3:30 p.m.   Aycock Elementary: …

Vance-Granville Community College’s first-ever Business Technologies Fair brought young people to campus to learn more about careers and how to prepare for them. The event, held Nov. 12 in the VGCC Civic Center, engaged hundreds of middle and high school students from Vance, Granville and Warren counties, as well as educators from those counties and Franklin County. Attendees received information and saw demonstrations from VGCC curriculum programs that provide training for careers in fields related to business and information technology. …

Just before the Spring 2015 semester begins at Vance-Granville Community College on Monday, Jan. 12, the college will offer a final set of opportunities for prospective students to attend an orientation session. At VGCC’s Main Campus in Vance County, an orientation session is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 6, at 9 a.m. The Franklin County Campus near Louisburg has an orientation session scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 7, at 2 p.m. VGCC’s South Campus (between Creedmoor and Butner) is also scheduled to …

Students in the Radiography program at Vance-Granville Community College recently completed a community service project to provide a happier holiday for local children in need. Some 30 members of the junior (first-year) Radiography class each “adopted” one child and provided him or her with a Christmas present through “All God’s Children,” a charitable organization serving families in Vance, Granville, Franklin and Warren counties. The president of All God’s Children is Faith Harris, who is also an instructor in the Computer …

Vance-Granville Community College hosted admissions officers from four-year colleges and universities on Nov. 20 in the Student Learning & Success Center on VGCC’s Main Campus. The event was VGCC’s annual “College Day,” where students obtain important information about transfer requirements, financial aid and scholarships that can help them continue their education. VGCC counselors organized the fair in partnership with the Carolinas Association of Collegiate Registrars & Admissions Officers (CACRAO). VGCC students browsed through displays, picked up informational materials, and talked …