CHARLOTTE – Ardrey Kell Marine Corps JROTC cadets performed community service recently at Beds for Kids.
(The Center Square) – The number of children homeschooled in North Carolina jumped nearly 21% during the pandemic, a recent state report shows.
RALEIGH – Diego Ramon was among five new members to join the board of directors of the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits.
MONROE – Union Academy teacher Zöe Zander won an Early Career Educator of Color Leadership Award from the National Council of Teachers of English.
CULLOWHEE – The N.C. General Assembly appointed Matthews resident Bill Brawley to serve on the Western Carolina University Board of Trustees from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2025.
CHARLOTTE – Greater Steps Scholars is hosting a summer-long Dorm Room & School Supply Drive to provide its scholars with the essentials they need to comfortably pursue a college education.
Ardrey Kell High School's Marine Corps JROTC cadets supported the March of Dimes in the distribution of over 100 pallets of goods containing pampers and baby wipes. The event took place Saturday at the Novant Distribution Center in Concord. Photos courtesy of James Barksdale Sr.
CHARLOTTE – The Liaison Committee on Medical Education has determined Novant Health and UNC School of Medicine have adequate resources to proceed with training UNC School of Medicine students at the Novant Health Charlotte Campus in February 2022.
RALEIGH – Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and the Senate’s top officer are calling out leaders at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools after the state’s second-largest school system paid $25,000 to a top proponent of critical race theory.
CHARLOTTE – Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Earnest Winston has appointed Nancy Brightwell as new chief academic officer.
CHARLOTTE – A new scholarship program aims to increase the diversity of the student body at Carolinas College and to remove barriers for underrepresented students who may have a desire to work in health care professions.
CHARLOTTE – Michelle Pierce, a middle school computer science teacher at Mallard Creek STEM Academy, has been selected among thousands of eligible teachers as a 2021 Amazon Future Engineer Teacher of the Year Award recipient. Pierce will receive a prize package valued at more than $30,000, w…
CHARLOTTE – Military Times ranked ECPI University number one in the nation in the career and technical college category of its best colleges and universities for veterans and military service members.
INDIAN TRAIL – Liane Watson convinced the Indian Trail Town Council to rezone a half acre at 112 Woodland Road so she can convert a former daycare into a preschool.
CHARLOTTE – The Class of 2021 in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools won scholarships totaling $122.4 million, with a total of 2,548 scholarships offered.
RALEIGH -- Attorney General Josh Stein encouraged high school and college students in North Carolina to complete their FAFSA forms and be considered for federal student aid, including grants, scholarships and loans.
MINT HILL – Principal Ericia Turner reflected on how the Class of 2021 endured through their high school experience, including losing classmate Modesty Shelton to a car crash as sophomores and having school interrupted by COVID-19 as juniors.
MATTHEWS – Salutatorian Amanda Wu thanked the staff at Butler High School during June 4 commencement exercises for working through in-person, remote and hybrid learning models during the COVID-19 pandemic.
MONROE – 2020 was supposed to be a big year for Sun Valley as the high school was set to unveil new instructional and athletic facilities, but the pandemic forced students to spend most of the year at home.
INDIAN TRAIL – Porter Ridge graduate Hannah Williams said four years of high school have helped students make friends and discover new strengths and passions. For her, she realized an interest in agricultural education and veterinary care.
CHARLOTTE — It’s not easy to write a graduation speech — just ask South Mecklenburg High School grad Chloe Hess. The salutatorian turned to music for inspiration while writing her address to the Class of 2021. But as soon as “The Climb” by Miley Cyrus came on, she said the words just fell in…
CHARLOTTE — Every time Clayton O’Dell thinks about the past four years at Myers Park High School, she pictures the quad and how it was a constant for her class through change.
CHARLOTTE — What brings you peace and joy? What makes you excited each day? What gives your life meaning? These are the questions Providence High School Principal Tracey Harrill told the Class of 2021 to ask themselves as they set out in search of “the good life.”
CHARLOTTE — Independence High School Principal David Legrand is tired of hearing the word “unprecedented” when talking about the past 15 months of the pandemic. Still, he said it’s the best way to describe the final leg of the Class of 2021’s high school journey.
CHARLOTTE — As Nikhita Nanduri watched her Ardrey Kell classmates navigate a world of unknowns over the past year and a half, she said she was reminded of the school’s mascot.
MINT HILL – Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has appointed equity specialist Layla Stanley to fill the principal vacancy at Crown Point Elementary School.
Some of you may remember from previous columns I've written that my mother passed away a couple days before my high school graduation. I relive a lot of those moments every time I hear pomp and circumstance.
CHARLOTTE – Glyn Cowlishaw is not like other heads of schools that pander to commencement crowds for cheap applause by saying the most recent crop of graduates is the best to ever walk across the stage.
CONCORD – Zach Brown told classmates at Charlotte Christian School that if the Class of 2021 can adapt to a global pandemic, then surely they are prepared to excel in the transition from high school to college.
CHARLOTTE – Chuck Baldecchi told Charlotte Latin School's Class of 2021 on May 21 about the mixed emotions one has when you wear the hat of a head of school and a father.
CHARLOTTE – Lilah Peck made the most of her 12 years at Charlotte Country Day, earning the Outstanding Cultural Contribution Award for her performances in school concerts and musicals.
MATTHEWS – Principal Sheila Nelson assured Carmel Christian School's 78 graduates May 28 that they will one day tell their grandchildren about their senior year of high school during the COVID-19 pandemic. And while they attended classes on the private school's campus most of the time, they …
CHARLOTTE – Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools approved real estate transactions May 25 that will allow the district to secure land next to British International School for a new building that will relieve overcrowding at Ardrey Kell and South Mecklenburg high schools.
MATTHEWS – Classmates will likely remember Aakriti Lakshmanan as Levine Middle College High School's 12th grade valedictorian. Or how she won the Taco Bell Live Mas Scholarship. Or how she went on to attend Stanford University.
MONROE – Union Academy has once again earned recognition as a National School of Character.
The Southwest Education Alliance has selected Union County Public Schools’ Andrew Houlihan as the Regional Superintendent of the Year.
MATTHEWS — The Goddard School named Brittany Joyner from The Goddard School of Matthews a regional winner of the 2021 Teacher of the Year Awards. Joyner joins 11 other Goddard teachers nationwide who were selected from a record-breaking number of nominations this year. In addition to being n…
WINGATE – Could an obscure historical discovery force Wingate University and the town to change names? That question is roiling Wingate.
INDIAN TRAIL – Italian physician Maria Montessori came up with a type of education 100 years ago grounded in the belief that all students have an innate desire to learn. Now Liane Watson wants to bring her own Montessori school to Indian Trail.
WINGATE -- For the first time in 17 months, Wingate University graduates got a proper send-off, complete with handshakes, hugs from family and friends and more than a few hallelujahs.
WINGATE -- Mandy Cohen might have given the most succinct three pieces of advice in the history of commencement speeches: Believe in yourself. Be uncomfortable. Listen more.
WINGATE – Eight members of the Wingate University faculty have been honored with awards announced during commencement weekend, from May 14 to 16.
WINGATE – Four 2021 Wingate University graduates received special recognition during this weekend’s commencement ceremonies.
“These pandemic days require a new vision of what we might collectively become and what you might individually become,” the Rev. Willie James Jennings told Wingate University graduates in his Baccalaureate message, part of a virtual worship service posted May 13 on the University’s Facebook …
WINGATE – Wingate University celebrated commencement over the weekend. Here are 2021 spring and summer graduates from southern Mecklenburg and western Union counties.
CHARLOTTE – Stephanie Donnis, a teacher assistant at Druid Hills Academy, was named the 2021 CMS Teacher Assistant of the Year.
CHARLOTTE – Demeka Kimpson, band director at Sedgefield Middle, has been named the 2021 CMS Teacher of the Year.
CHARLOTTE – Ijay Narang, of Ardrey Kell High School, was among 161 high school seniors as recognized U.S. Presidential Scholars for their accomplishments in academics, the arts and career and technical education.
WINGATE – Wingate University will be enlisting in a group of stakeholders to determine next steps after learning its namesake was connected to slavery.
CHARLOTTE – Mecklenburg County commissioners have been asking leaders at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools for months how they plan to close achievement gaps between Black and white students, but they haven't received answers.
WINGATE – Wingate University’s use of a hybrid course-delivery format during the past two semesters – part in-person and part online – will carry over to spring commencement.
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