(Eden, NC) – Eden Drug is offering free backpacks for those children attending the four Eden area elementary schools—Leaksville-Spray, Douglass, Draper and Central. Starting August 10th, children from these schools can pick up a free backpack and basic school supplies from Eden Drug at its 103 W. Stadium Drive location. A coupon for free children’s [...]
Rockingham County, NC- Rockingham County Schools has released preliminary results for Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) under the federal “No Child Left Behind Law” (NCLB) for the 2009-2010 school year. In Rockingham County, fifteen of twenty-five traditional schools (60.0%) made AYP, and the district met 386 out of 415 (93.0%) target goals. The AYP results are [...]
(Rockingham County, NC) – The seniors who make up the Classes of 2010 in our district are very talented in academics, the arts, athletics and more. Combined, they earned more than $17 million in scholarship offers. This is an increase of approximately $5 million over last year’s total scholarship earnings. The five year total of [...]
(Rockingham County, NC) – Morehead High School has been declared the winner in the competition among the four high schools in Rockingham County for the Home Savings Bank Cup for the 2009-10 school year. The award, which is an annual award, is sponsored by Home Savings Bank and the Rockingham County Schools. The Home [...]
(Eden, NC) – The Rockingham County Literacy Project has received a grant from The Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation. The $1,000 grant will be used to employ a part-time Assessment/Retention Specialist, who will interview new students, assess them, develop prescriptive educational plans for students, and meet with tutors to suggest improvements in teaching methods and materials. [...]
2 Reidsville Students Included In Sportsmanship Recognition for NCHSAA Student-Athletes
(Rockingham County, NC) – On June 17, 2010, Bernadette Austin, Rockingham County Schools Director of School Nutrition, was named Outstanding Director of the Year by the School Nutrition Association (SNA) of North Carolina. She will be recognized on Sunday, July 11 at the National SNA Conference in Dallas, Texas. Nominees for this honor were judged [...]
(Rockingham County, NC) – Rockingham County Schools has recently joined the social networking world, and in doing so, announces the launch of district pages on both Facebook and Twitter as another means of communicating with staff, parents and the entire community. “The use of social media, including Facebook and Twitter, is fast becoming an essential [...]
(Rockingham County, NC) – Rockingham County Schools is excited to name new administrators for the 2010-2011 school year. Retirements and transfers have created administrative openings across the district. These new appointments were officially approved by the Rockingham County Board of Education on June 14, 2010 at the Board Meeting. Dr. Cary Atkins retired March 1, [...]
(Rockingham County, NC) – Five Rockingham County Schools’ high school seniors had perfect attendance records for their entire school career – kindergarten through twelfth grade. Mallori McKinlay and Ashley Whitley, of McMichael High School, Rachel Corcoran, of Morehead High School, and Meredith Citty and Leah Scarver, of Reidsville High School, all graduated having 13 years [...]
