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Post demerger, school systems see shift in hiring needs
In about a month, staff and faculty of Edgecombe County Public Schools will be returning to the classroom to welcome students for the start of the 2024-25 school year. The district will look quite different in the upcoming school year — a result of the demerger that is bringing students who live on the Edgecombe County side of Rocky Mount into the school system. Prior to the demerger, all Rocky Mount public school students were served by the Nash County Public Schools system. Along with...
New charter, private school openings in question
A year-round charter school that was scheduled to start classes in Greenville this summer now has no opening date scheduled. Greenville Preparatory Academy, which announced in May 2023 that its opening would be delayed until the 2024-25 school year, has not been approved by the state Board of Education. The board in February approved a half dozen new charter schools to open in 2024 in Craven, Cumberland, Henderson, Mecklenburg and...
Early college graduates ready for next steps in academic careers
Lessons learned at Edgecombe Community College and Edgecombe Early College High School are helping two exceptional student leaders pursue a glowing future on a foundation built at home in Edgecombe County. Krystal Christopher and Zhi “Oscar” Lin received associate in science degrees and graduated from high school all in one fell swoop. Now the two early college graduates will transfer into four-year programs at top universities to continue their academic...
LSV scholarship funds awarded at virtual ceremony
The LSV scholarship ceremony was held virtually last month. Greetings were given by Leah S. Vines, director of the scholarship. The theme of the ceremony was, “The Infinite Possibility.” Scripture reading was led by Vernon Vines, and Katie Staton gave the invocation. This year, 16 recipients were awarded a $1,000 scholarship. ...
ECU Notes: Pirates, Peruvians build lasting connection
It was easy for Angel Castañeda Vargas, a student at Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (Peruvian University of Applied Sciences), to summarize how he felt on East Carolina University’s campus for a week last month. He stood between ECU baseball’s Clark-LeClair Stadium, about an hour before the start of a sold-out NCAA regional game, and 50,000-seat football venue Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium as Pirate tailgaters surrounded him and his Peruvian peers. Filled...
Greenville Tar Heel 9-11-year-old team wins state title
WILSON, N.C. (WNCT) — The Greenville Tar Heel 9-11-year-old team won the state championship Wednesday in Wilson by beating Lake Norman 8-0. The team swept through the state tournament, winning four games and outscoring opponents 38-7. This is the third state title for the program and ninth overall for Greenville Little League. Members of the […]
New ECC scholarship honors Norris Tolson
TARBORO — Friends, family members and colleagues gathered at a recent Carolinas Gateway Partnership event to celebrate Norris Tolson for decades of public service. A native of Pinetops, Tolson recently retired as the CGP’s president. To honor his contributions to the economic development group and the community, Edgecombe Community College has established the E. Norris Tolson Endowed Scholarship. The Partnership […] The post New ECC scholarship honors Norris Tolson first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
Mary Tom Bass: Edgecombe County high school students commit to ECC
Forty-three Edgecombe County high school seniors recently declared their intention to attend Edgecombe Community College in the fall. The community college honored the students at ECC Signing Day held at high schools in May. Signing Day is a national initiative to celebrate students for making a commitment to higher education. Students, community college leaders and high school officials attended Signing Day events at North East Carolina Preparatory School west of...
Pirates garner AVCA Team Academic Award
LEXINGTON, Ky. – East Carolina has earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT for a program record fourth-straight season and for the eighth time in school history. More than 1,400 collegiate and high school volleyball programs maintained a year-long grade-point average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale (or 4.1 on a […]
Led by the endearing Dot Ford Burrow, 2024 NFHS Hall of Fame class had many storylines
The 41st class of the National High School Hall of Fame was inducted this month at the close of the NFHS Summer Meeting in Boston, and the storylines of the 11 individuals in the 2024 class were simply amazing. Among the inductees this year were four former high school athletes,...
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