Category Archives: Education
$1 Million Granted to the UMO
The University of Mount Olive has received grants totaling $1 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. The grants made through Lily Endowment's Thriving in Ministry initiative, will enable UMO to establish t...
Dec 13, 2020
County Explores Possibility Of Base-Located School
For more than a month, leadership from Wayne County Public Schools and Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, in conjunction with a small delegate of elected officials and county staff, have been exploring t...
Dec 11, 2020
WCPS Plans For Moving K-5 Students To “Plan A” In New Year
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: ...
Dec 08, 2020
WCC Student Honored For Service
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...
Dec 02, 2020
Meadow Lane Elementary Has Reported COVID-19 Cluster
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 ...
Dec 01, 2020
WCPS, SJAFB Announce College Readiness Program
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-connec...
Nov 27, 2020
WCC Wins National Community College Award
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...
Nov 26, 2020
WCPS Considers Second Semester Plans
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 s...
Nov 24, 2020
WCPS Launches “Connections!” e-Newsletter
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 sta...
Nov 24, 2020
Monday Deadline To Complete WCPS Registration Contracts For Second Semester
WCPS parents have to decide how their students will be attending school next semester.At the last Wayne County Board of Education meeting, Assistant Superintendent Tamara Berman Ishee said all parents...
Nov 20, 2020