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.
Read about our high school graduation ceremonies and more in the school system's newsletter, The Lamplighter, for June 2017. Vance County Schools’ high schools graduated a total of 454 seniors for the 2016-2017 school year during commencement ceremonies held on May 26, June 9 and June 10. The graduates received a total of $6.6 million in scholarships to further their education at colleges and universities across North Carolina and in neighboring states.
