During its monthly meeting this week, the Wayne County Board of Education approved the following principal change: Carver Elementary principal, Antoinette Ward, will replace retiring principal, Wendy Hooks, as the new principal for Meadow Lane Elementary. Ward has more than 29 years of education experience and has served in her present role since 2018. Prior…… read more »
On Monday, December 7, at its regularly scheduled monthly meeting, the Wayne County Board of Education in a 5-2 vote approved moving all K-5 students to “Plan A on January 11. (Voting in Favor: Strickland, Leatham, Sanders, Vice-Chair Democko & Chair West / Voting against: Burden & Henderson). This week, K-5 families will receive a…… read more »
To celebrate the 2020 graduating class, the University of Mount Olive will air its virtual graduation ceremony on Saturday, December 12, at 10 AM and 2 PM. UMO Alumnus Luis Miranda will deliver the commencement address. Miranda is the senior pastor of Rivermont Baptist Church and principal at Wayne Christian School. Of the 256 candidates for…… read more »
Now is the time to register for the spring semester at Wayne Community College. WCC’s Marketing and Communications Director Breana Donnelly appeared on Jeff Farrow’s Morning Show on Goldsboro’s Greatest Hits 1150 and 98.3 this week to talk about the upcoming semester. Donnelly says WCC will offer day, evening, online and hybrid options next semester.…… read more »
Wayne Community College student Sabrina Blackmon has been selected for an outstanding leadership and service award from North Carolina Campus Compact. Blackmon is a recipient of the network’s Community Impact Student Award, which recognizes one student leader at each member school. Honorees have demonstrated a deep commitment to community involvement and the ability to inspire…… read more »
Monday, Wayne County Public Schools reported a COVID-19 cluster at Meadow Lane Elementary, which involves three staff members and two students, none of whom have been on campus since November 23. “The school had two reported cases on November 24. Today, we learned about three additional cases. Based on contract tracing, we believe these cases…… read more »
A two-year College Readiness Program from the National Math and Science Initiative is launching at Charles B. Aycock High and Eastern Wayne High, two schools with higher percentages of military-connected students near Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. The U.S. Department of Defense funds the program. “Seymour Johnson Air Force Base congratulates both Charles B. Aycock…… read more »
Wayne Community College has won an award that recognizes exceptional work among the nation’s two-year colleges. The college is the recipient of an American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) 2020 Award of Excellence in the “Student Success” category. The student success practice for which WCC has been lauded is its CAPPS (Clearing a Path to…… read more »
What will the next semester look like for WCPS students? The school district and the Wayne County Board of Education are trying to get that figured out in plenty of time before the second half of the school year begins. The school board held a special meeting on the topic Tuesday. C.B. Aycock Principal John…… read more »
This week, Wayne County Public Schools officially released “Connections!”, an e-newsletter intended to highlight positive happenings in schools and across the district. “We want our school district stakeholders to feel connected and in the know about our schools,” states Ken Derksen, Communications & Public Relations Officer. “Every day, there are great things happening in our…… read more »
