For schools on a traditional calendar, student make-up days due to the missed instructional time because of snowfall in our area will be February 18, March 6 and March 22.
Early College High School first-semester exams are scheduled for December 13-14, and December 17-19. Vance County High School first-semester exams will be administered January 4 and January 7-11.
The Vance County Board of Education meeting has been rescheduled to Monday, December 17, at 7 p.m. in the school system's Administrative Services Center. The public is invited to attend.
Vance County High School and Vance County Middle School won the N.C. School Boards Association statewide video contests for 2018-2019! Enjoy these first-place videos at the links below!
Vance County Schools hosted another "Community to Schools" event on Friday, December 7, with community leaders visiting four of our local public schools to learn more about what educators and students are working on during a typical school day.
Selvaraj Arulappan, an Exceptional Children’s teacher at Vance County High School, was chosen as the Vance County School’s Exceptional Children’s Educator of Excellence for 2018-2019.
Vance County High School and Vance County Middle School each won first-place trophies in the N.C. School Boards Association State Conference video contests for schools across the state during the organization's annual event held at the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro, November 12-14.
Vance County Schools honored 14 employees for going above and beyond the responsibilities of their normal duties in their support for students and colleagues as recipients of Vanceformation lapel pins for the first recognition period of the school year on November 7 at a breakfast held at the Golden Corral in Henderson.
Vance County Schools hosted ribbon-cutting ceremonies at Vance County Middle School and Vance County High School on November 9 to officially open the schools’ “Vance Virtual” or “V2” laboratories. The laboratories, located in the schools’ media centers, feature approximately 24 digital learning stations each for students to engage in interactive three-dimensional instruction using special computer software applications in a wide range of subject areas including science, health and geography. The establishment of the laboratories is being made possible through a $400,000 grant awarded to the school system from the Golden Leaf Foundation. The grant was awarded during last school year and following the completion of construction work the laboratories are now open. “Vance Virtual” has the largest number of zSpace digital learning stations of any school system on the East Coast of the United States and one of the largest deployments of the stations in the nation.
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The Vance County Public School Foundation supports our local public schools and encourages the successful development of our younger generation by promoting quality education through community support in Vance County Schools. The Foundation accepts monetary donations to support programs in Vance County Schools. All donations are tax-deductible. Our Foundation is led by a volunteer board of approximately 12 community leaders. Consider supporting your Vance County Public School Foundation!
Pre-kindergarten and kindergarten registration for 2018-2019 is continuing! Please contact the elementary school in your area for registration information.
