Category Archives: General

Wake County Public Libraries is hosting its 7th Annual Teen Poetry Contest for middle and high school students.  All submissions will be done online this year.   CONTEST DETAILS Entries will be accepted from February 1 through March 15, 2012. … Continue reading →

In light of recent articles in the media, you may have questions regarding the signs and symptoms of viruses, colds and flu. Children are sent home from school when they have the following symptoms: Fever of 100 or higher (child … Continue reading →

The Wake County Public School System today received a donation totaling $10,000 from The Pantry, Inc., the leading independently operated convenience store chain in the southeastern United States, and BP’s Fueling Communities program. The Pantry operates its Wake County stores … Continue reading →

The Wake County Public School System offers the opportunity for adult education classes. Enrollment is underway. Find below the class names and numbers, agency offering instruction, school where course is offered, date and time for classes, the dates courses meet … Continue reading →

The Board of Education at its Jan. 10 meeting named Dawn Dawson to Senior Director of Office of Early Learning, Lisa Whitaker to principal at Wake Early College of Health and Sciences and named five retired principals to serve as … Continue reading →

Parents, teachers and school staff should attend the Brains and Bodies Workshop, On the Plate: National Nutrition Month® Activities, plus the 2012 Brains and Bodies Award Information Session at 10 a.m. on Jan. 12 at the Wake County Northern Regional … Continue reading →

At its Dec 21 meeting, the Board of Education named Beth Cochran Senior Director of Magnet Programs, Wade Martin principal of Middle Creek High and Fred Sawyer principal of Durant Road Middle. Dr. Cochran has served as principal of Enloe … Continue reading →

National Geographic Kids magazine set the Guinness World Record® for the most people doing Jumping Jacks in a 24-hour period, and students from the Wake County Public School System helped. You may remember when we visited Dillard Drive Middle School … Continue reading →

The Office of Special Education Services (SES) is assessing the quality of district-level and school-level special education services for the 19,000 students with disabilities currently served in Wake County Public Schools. As part of this assessment, SES is surveying parents of … Continue reading →

At its Dec. 6 meeting, the Board of Education named Dhedra Lassiter principal of the new Rolesville Middle School, Elizabeth McWilliams principal of Brassfield Elementary and Denise Tillery senior director of Intervention Services K-12. Lassiter has served as principal of … Continue reading →