Monthly Archives: April 2010

Sanderson Honored for Sportsmanship

Sanderson High School will be honored at the NC High School Athletic Association Annual Meeting on May 6 at the Smith Center on the University of North Carolina campus. Sanderson High is the winner of the 2010 Sportsmanship Award. The … Continue reading

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Enloe Coach Honored at NCHSAA Hall of Fame Ceremonies

Enloe High School swimming coach Vickie Peoples is one of the seven sports leaders inducted into the NCHSAA Hall of Fame in the banquet and induction ceremonies held last Saturday at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill Peoples was honored … Continue reading

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Two Wake Early College Teachers Selected for Howard Hughes Teachers Workshop

Wake Early College of Health and Science teachers Tiffany LaCroix and Kevin Miller have been invited to participate in the Howard Hughes Teachers Workshop at Duke University. The summer 2010 Workshop, “Integrating the Quantitative and Life Sciences” will be held … Continue reading

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Wake Forest-Rolesville Student Chosen for D.C. Tour

Wake Forest Rolesville High junior Clay Long has been selected by Wake Electric to attend the 2010 Rural Electric Youth Tour in Washington D.C. in June. Long is a member of the National Honor Society and a staff writer for … Continue reading

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Enloe Students Earn Honors at NC Science Olympiad

Enloe Magnet High’s Science Olympiad team placed third among more than 400 teams in the State Science Olympiad held at N.C. State University on April 24. Nearly every member of the 18-student competing team won at least one medal. Here … Continue reading

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Wendell Middle Student Earns Top-5 in National Chess Tournament

Wendell Middle School student Cheri Agner tied for 4th/5th in the 12-years old and under category, at the 2010 All-Girls National Chess Championships, held on April 16-18 at Columbus, Ohio. On her way to claiming the fifth-place trophy in the … Continue reading

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Broughton Automotive Students Honored by Valvoline

Broughton High School’s Automotive Service Technology students won a national competition sponsored by Valvoline Motor Oil. Their Grand Prize was to have the students’ names written on the hood of the Number 17 Valvoline car that ran at Talledega on … Continue reading

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Two Orchestras in Two Locations Perform Together

Ligon Magnet Middle Orchestra teacher Ruth Johnsen created a happening earlier this month for her students. Johnsen with the help of Ligon Arts Boosters commissioned an original musical composition for two orchestras to perform together, recruited a fellow orchestra teacher … Continue reading

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WCPSS Teacher Named 2010 Driver’s Ed Teacher of the Year

WCPSS teacher William Powell was recognized as the North Carolina Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association‘s (NCDTSEA) 2010 Teacher of the Year at the annual NCDTSEA conference awards ceremony held April 17 in Charlotte. WCPSS Senior Administrator for Athletics/Driver Education … Continue reading

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Broughton High Teacher Is Fulbright-Hays Winner

Broughton High French teacher Richard Dubois is one of 16 teachers from across the nation chosen as a recipient of a Hays-Fulbright Summer Seminar in Senegal. Participants will spend the month of July in Africa studying Senegalese culture, including a … Continue reading

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