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People News and Notes: Pitt teachers named 2024-25 Kenan Fellows
Rachel Candaso of Wellcome Middle School and Laurel Currie of Pitt County Early College High School have been named to the 2024-25 Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership at NC State University. Candaso is the current Pitt County Schools Teacher of the Year. The fellowship connects teachers with industry professionals to bridge the gap between STEM applications in the workplace and STEM concepts at school, the university said. Candaso will...
Rose, Conley students to attend International Thespian Festival
Theater students from J.H. Rose and D.H. Conley High schools have recently qualified to be part of the International Thespian Festival at Indiana University in June. The following students will represent Pitt County Schools: Aida Boaten and Lydia Hilliard of Conley; and Travis Moore, Raelyn Phillips, Deona Boaten, Aidan Wood, Zachariah Coile, Connor North, Janay Warren, Erin Fay, Caroline Alexander, Maria Long, Gracie Schremp and Akira McCassling of Rose. Students were selected for the summer event based on their participation in the North Carolina Thespian Festival held in March at East Carolina University.
Game plan for girls: Schools looking to add flag football teams this fall
Area high schools are developing a game plan to launch girls’ flag football as early as this fall. Pitt County Schools Director of Athletics Rob Maloney told the Board of Education on Monday that local schools plan to join a growing number of across the state offering the non-contact sport. “One of the greatest trends around the country is the growth of flag football for high school females,” Maloney said....
Pitt County Schools to celebrate second-grade literacy gains
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Pitt County Schools and Reading Horizons, a leading provider of foundational literacy programs, will celebrate student success at East Carolina University on Thursday at 5 pm. Since 2019, Pitt County elementary schools have used Reading Horizons Discovery, a tech-enabled foundational literacy program that teaches explicit phonics for grades K–3. This school year, […]
With most COVID funds depleted, schools downsize summer programming
After three years of hosting thousands of students, Pitt County Schools is planning for scaled-back summer programming this year. The end of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds is affecting school districts across the state and nation that have used the money for summer instruction to combat learning loss. The local school district, which had six weeks of summer school in 2021 and three weeks each of the last two years, is scheduled to return much of its summer programming to pre-pandemic levels. ...
South Central baseball breaks NCHSAA record with three grand slams in a single game; takes 1-0 3A East lead on Terry Sanford
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — An older Terry Sanford fan leaned over with a question, "How many do they have, two?" His friend corrected him: South Central had three — as in three grand slams in a single game. "I've never seen that before." No one has, at least not...
South Central, Northside, Greene Central baseball, Northside, South Central softball win in state playoffs
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Friday was the fourth round of the state high school baseball and softball playoffs, just two steps away from the state finals. Teams played Friday for the chance to advance to the East Regional finals in their classification. That round is a best-of-3 series with the winners going to the state […]
New A.G. Cox addition designed to match architecture of historic structure
WINTERVILLE — A school building where students were taught for nearly 90 years is gone from the Winterville landscape, but it is not forgotten. Town, county, school and community leaders gathered May 15 to formally open a new administration building at A.G. Cox Middle School that is reminiscent of the structure built there in 1936. The event was a celebration of the completion of a $12 million school construction and renovation project that took three years to complete. ...
Noon Rotary announces scholarship winners
The Greenville Noon Rotary has announced the winners of its three Rotary Scholarships for 2024. The scholarships are open to Pitt County high school seniors and are worth $1,500 each. The award is based on an assessment of the applicant’s financial need, academic achievement, leadership/service in the community, letter or recommendation and a 3-5 minute video about how the Rotary motto, “Service About Self,” applies to their lives now or in the future. ...
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