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Donald McCoy, a STEM consultant and retired engineer, led all students at New Hope Elementary School in activities to use strategies involving science, technology, engineering and math. Students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade assembled in the school’s multipurpose room on May 20, to participate in the activities and hear McCoy’s presentation. “Technology is anything that makes life better,” McCoy told the students. He proceeded to explain how everyday items, like a pair of shoes, make life better for people. He …

Dr. John Hargrove, principal of Henderson Middle School, recently completed the Distinguished Leadership Program (DLP), a year-long leadership development program for practicing school principals. The program is designed and provided by the North Carolina Principal’s and Assistant Principal’s Association in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and the University of North Carolina’s LearnNC program. Hargrove is a native of Vance County. He has been a principal with Vance County Schools since 2006, first as principal of the …

  VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS     WEEKLY SCHOOL NEWS     Volume 3, Issue 39 A Publication for Middle and High Schools June 1-5, 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     ?   State end-of-grade tests are administered on Wednesday and Thursday to students in grades 6-8 in the middle schools.        ? …

  VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS       ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS   Volume 2 Issue 39                                   June 1-5, 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 N.C. Science exam is being administered online to fourth and fifth-grade students at elementary schools on either Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.     SCHOOL EVENTS FOR …

The Northern Vance High School Key Club members have worked hard during most of this school year to complete a community service project to raise funds and purchase items to donate for use by needy families at three public service assistance organizations. Chris Pendergrass, president of the Key Club, has led the efforts by his fellow members to make valuable donations to Area Christians Together in Service (ACTS), Infinite Possibilities and the Community Partners for Hope Inc. Men’s Shelter. Several …

LOUISBURG, N.C.—The Honors Program is proud to celebrate its first graduating class with a $100,000 gift from Mr. and Mrs. Roger G. Taylor ’68. The gift will allow the program to further its mission of encouraging, communicating and rewarding academic excellence and leadership. The College is proud to name the program the Roger G. and Gaile Davenport Taylor Honors Program.  An additional gift from Don Parrott ’63 will allow the program to further support student scholarships for the program.  “I am most grateful …

Vance County Board of Education  Called Meeting Wednesday, June 3, 2015 5:30 p.m. in the Administrative Services Center Superintendent’s Conference Room at 1724 Graham Avenue Henderson, N. C.   27536 AGENDA Call to Order *           II.         Approval of Meeting Agenda *           III.        Executive Session – Personnel *           IV.       Adjournment *           Requires Board Action

The Personnel Committee Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, June 2, 2015, at 8:30am has been cancelled.

For more than four decades, the name Lelia Brigham was synonymous with Vance-Granville Community College. A continuing education art instructor since practically the beginning of the college in the fall of 1969, Brigham had a longer association with VGCC as an instructor than anyone else prior to her death in December 2014. VGCC officials were recently informed that Brigham’s estate has left the college nearly $400,000, with additional assets pending. Through this bequest, Brigham continues the legacy of learning to …

Four local high school students participated in the third annual Vance-Granville Community College Biotech Workshop, held over the course of two Saturdays in May. VGCC Bioprocess Technology program head Dr. Tara Hamilton conducted the workshop with assistance from one of her students, Melissa Messner of Wilton. The participating students hailed from South Granville High School, Granville Early College High School, Warren County High School and J.F. Webb High School. Students had the chance to work in the state-of-the-art biotech laboratory …

Andrew Swanner, Executive Director of Oxford Preparatory School, recently completed the Distinguished Leadership Program (DLP), a year-long leadership development program for practicing school principals designed and provided by the North Carolina Principals and Assistant Principal’s Association in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and UNC-LearnNC. The Distinguished Leadership in Practice Program (DLP) uses a non-traditional professional development model that is aligned to the performance evaluation standards adopted by the State Board of Education for North Carolina’s school …

Vance-Granville Community College hosted a guest speaker in April to discuss careers in Medical Coding, as the college is preparing to offer a new opportunity for training in that field. VGCC Medical Office Administration students had the opportunity to hear from Marianne Durling, Director of Health Information Management at Granville Health System and president of the Oxford chapter of the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC). Durling told students that she has had a long, varied career in health care, …

Vance-Granville Community College recognized 38 students who graduated this spring from the Associate Degree Nursing program with a pinning ceremony in the college’s Civic Center on May 13. Among those honored with distinctive nursing pins at the ceremonies were eight who graduated through the LPN to ADN Transition Program, which helps Licensed Practical Nurses to continue their education and then become Registered Nurses. These graduates were Beverly Harris and Omolara Medaiyese, both of Durham; Selieta Lett of Littleton; Yevette Rothgery …

Twenty-six new graduates of Vance-Granville Community College’s two-year Radiography program were honored in a May 11 pinning ceremony in the college’s Civic Center. The Radiography Class of 2015 included Anabel Salina Vaughn of Bullock; Patricia Webb of Butner; Lindsey Brooke Hinkle, Heather Diane Jones and Carmen Renee Pate, all of Creedmoor; John Douglas Britton II, John T. Kelly III, Juli Mitchell-Luther and Dean Morron, all of Durham; Amber N. Lankford of Efland; Christina Cates of Franklinton; JoLynne Allan Nichole Winstead …