District Highlights

2 Title I Schools Cited for High Achievement

Reedy Creek and Yates Mill Elementary Schools are two of 78 Title I schools recently recognized as North Carolina Title I Reward Schools for 2014-15.

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Moore Square teacher leads efforts to bring disability awareness to more students

Growing up in a small county on the North Carolina coast, WCPSS teacher Alan Chase had few opportunities to meet other students with vision loss. Chase was one of only two students in his entire school district with a visual impairment.

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Brentwood named one of state’s top STEM schools

The State Board of Education honored Brentwood Magnet Elementary School of Engineering as one of the state’s top STEM schools today.

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Mayor fields tough/adorable questions at Fox Road Elementary

One of the characteristics of an International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme student is inquisitiveness.

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Convergence: A melding of ideas and energy

"This is how I can access knowledge. This is how I can expand and build upon my learning experience."

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Learning about careers is STEMtastic!

It's time for some Wake NC State STEM Early College High School students to suit up for the big leagues. In the working world, that is.

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Our plan for establishing technology baseline

Ensuring that students receive the maximum benefit from digital learning, the Wake County Public School System seeks to establish a baseline for student and teacher access to technology across the district.

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School psychologists are key to student success

If there's one thing Ina Nyko would like you to know about school psychologists, it's that they do a lot more than just evaluate students.

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Career academies expand in WCPSS

More options are coming online for high school students who want to combine a specific career focus with strong academic preparation.

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$9M in federal funding to expand magnet programs

The U.S. Department of Education has announced a grant award of more than $9 million to expand magnet school themes.

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Burroughs Wellcome grant funds STEM project

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund awarded our schools a $149,786, three-year Student Science Enrichment Program grant.

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Wake Schools Receive Grants for Arts Education

United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County awarded our schools $112,000 to bring in teaching artists during the 2014/15 school year.

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Wakefield High wins State Farm $100,000 grant

Wakefield High won $100,000 in State Farm’s CELEBRATE My DRIVE online contest. Wakefield finished in the top five in the nation competing with more than 3,300 U.S. high schools.

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Pieces of Gold

Save March 4 on your calendar for the 2015 Pieces of Gold, a night of music, song and dance performed by talented Wake County students at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium in the Duke Energy Center for Performing Arts. Tickets for the event go on sale in January through Ticketmaster.

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We made the national AP District Honor Roll!

A three-year trend of increased participation and higher performance on Advanced Placement exams has earned the Wake County Public School System a place on the national AP District Honor Roll.

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Middle Creek student wins music award

Middle Creek High senior Christopher Short received the N.C. Young Composers Showcase Award from the N.C. Music Educators Association.

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Bring Your Own Device comes to Wake

Before long, when you see certain students on their phones or tablets, they won’t necessarily be texting or gaming. Students in the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program will be encouraged to bring personal devices to school to use for learning activities.

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Principal Summers wins Friday Medal for Educational Innovation

A.B. Combs Leadership Elementary Magnet School Principal Muriel Summers has received one of the highest honors bestowed upon North Carolina educators - Friday Medal from the William & Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation.

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Expectations for Bus Behavior

WCPSS elementary students, assistant principals and bus drivers worked together during November to create a Transportation safety campaign to use in WCPSS elementary schools.

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2015-16 Student Enrollment Plan approved

After months of public discussion and extensive revisions, the Wake County Board of Education on Tuesday approved a student enrollment plan for the 2015-2016 school year. No more than 2,734 students would be affected by the plan – less than 2 percent of the system’s overall student enrollment.

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