Category Archives: Podcasts

Superintendent Tony Tata visited the Positive Youth Development Day at the Tarboro Community Center on Saturday as he marked the recent anniversary of his year on the job.  Listen to Superintendent Tata Marks His First Anniversary This is a 6.5 … Continue reading →

WCPSS high school career technical education seniors are taking the WorkKeys testing this month, as North Carolina high schools begin to administer new required testing for students this year. David Wehbie who leads WCPSS Career Technical Education says WorkKeys is … Continue reading →

Five Wake County teachers received grants from Technology for Teaching in a ceremony Jan.26 at the Raleigh Business and Technology Center. Tristan and Stacy Pan of Technology for Teaching and WCPSS Chief Transformation Officer Judy Peppler congratulated teachers  Laura Preston, … Continue reading →

Leesville Road High School has created a scholarship to honor Richard Murphy, the school’s first principal.  The fully endowed scholarship will be awarded to two Leesville Road High seniors for the first time this year.  Each recipient will receive a … Continue reading →

Sanderson High Principal Greg Decker and JROTC instructor Bob Penny agree that the school’s JROTC program has helped students build relationships and a sense of community that’s so powerful that for the last three years all 67 seniors graduated. Col. … Continue reading →

On the road and in communities around Wake County, the Wake County Public School System is rolling out help for families who need to enroll their children or choose a school for next year. New kindergartners, families new or returning … Continue reading →

 Teachers at the Wake NC State University STEM Early College High School use project based learning to teach the new school’s 55 ninth-graders. On Friday afternoons, students work in teams to solve a problem. One team is looking at alternative … Continue reading →

 The 55 ninth-graders at the Wake NC State University STEM Early College High School are the new school’s first students. They like the small school community, challenging instruction and the chance to earn college credits at NC State University later … Continue reading →

All incoming kindergarten students for the 2012-13 school year will need to participate in the new Choice Selection Process to receive their school assignment. You will need to register your rising kindergartner prior to participating in the Choice Selection Process. … Continue reading →

If you have a child interested in attending one of our school system’s early colleges or new leadership academies, you still have opportunities to investigate the schools but need to submit your written application soon. The deadline for submitting applications … Continue reading →