Pre-kindergarten students who participated in the Mi Centro program this summer at Dabney Elementary School completed their participation in the camp on July 19.
Construction and cleaning crews are busy in June preparing E.M. Rollins Elementary for its first year-round school year for 2017-2018.
Dr. Anthony D. Jackson, superintendent of Vance County Schools, is a recipient of the 2017 Friday Medal awarded by the Friday Institute at N.C. State University for Educational Innovation. Dr. Jackson has been selected to receive the award along with six other superintendents of rural North Carolina public school systems. The Friday Medal recognizes the commitment of Bill and Ida Friday for educational excellence. Bill Friday was the long-time president of the University of North Carolina system and he and Mrs. Friday continued to be huge supporters of the university system and public education after his retirement from his prestigious state position.
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The Vance County Schools Nutrition Program is providing free meals again this summer to children in various programs in our county.
The Arts Alive Talent Showcase for Vance County Schools on Saturday, March 25, featured about 70 students from the school system who shared their amazing talents in singing, dancing, reciting dramatic readings and playing instruments on the stage at the McGregor Hall Performing Arts Center.
The school system's July 2017 newsletter features important information about changes in schools for the 2017-2018 school year and how summer programs have helped students prepare for the new year. Read about the new STEAM Academy at E.M. Rollins Elementary School, the relocation of the AdVance Academy to a classroom wing on Charles Street in Henderson, and the STEM Early High School moving to Southern Vance High on Garrett Road south of Henderson.
