
Brittany Hughes, Shelter Manager Rockingham County Animal Shelter What’s RIGHT WITH Our Schools (Rockingham County, NC) – Jill Barker’s third grade class at Leaksville-Spray Elementary School currently studied economics, entrepreneurship and consumerism. To correlate with this study, third grade students worked together to make “critter” pencil toppers and “critter” note holders. The students sold their goods [...]

(Rockingham County, NC) – McMichael High Volleyball Coach, Marty Woods, received the Naismith Coaches Award for Rockingham County at the 2013 Rockingham County Schools Athletic Champions Banquet on May 15, 2013.

(Rockingham County, NC) – Principals Barbara Brown, Gary Pyrtle and Rose Rolan recently completed the Distinguished Leadership Program (DLP), a year-long leadership development program for practicing school principals designed and provided by the North Carolina Principals and Assistant Principal’s Association in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and UNC- LearnNC.

(Wentworth, NC) – The 18 graduating associate degree nursing students at Rockingham Community College held their capping and pinning ceremony May 8 at 6 p.m. in the RCC auditorium. It is a special ceremony for those entering the nursing field.
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(Wentworth, NC) – Rockingham Community College will have on-campus registration for summer and fall classes 10:00AM – 7:00PM, on May 23, 2013. The deadline to complete the enrollment process is May 16. Visit www.whereopportunityrocks.com for complete information about enrolling and registering for classes. Please call 336-342-4261, ext. 2333 for more information ### FEATURED & SPONSORED [...]
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(Rockingham County, NC) – Rockingham County Schools is pleased to announce Jessica Clark, 3rd grade Language Arts/Science teacher at Moss Street Elementary School, has been selected as the Rockingham County Schools’ 2013-14 Teacher of the Year. Mrs. Clark has taught at Moss Street Elementary for seven years. . Mrs. Clark is a graduate of Reidsville High [...]

(Wentworth, NC) – When Sandi Gann came to Rockingham Community College in 1991, she was one of the few on campus familiar with Apple and IBM computers and their programs. Desktops computers were the latest in technology and Gann was hired to in the college’s Multimedia Learning Center to teach students how to use them.
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(Rockingham County, NC) – Rockingham County Preschools geared up for the fifth annual Lisa Lawson Fargis Trike-A-Thon during the week of April 29 – May 3. The event taught preschool children riding toy safety while raising funds to replace tricycles in the preschool classrooms. The money raised by this preschool event will help purchase new [...]

(Wentworth, NC) – Dr. Michael S. Helmick, president of Rockingham Community College, conferred degrees, diplomas and certificates to over 230 individuals during the May 10 graduation exercises held at 10 a.m. in the Robert C. Keys gymnasium. Among the graduates were the first students dually enrolled in Rockingham Early College High School and RCC. In the five years they attended school, these students earned both a high school diploma and a two-year associate degree.
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(Wentworth, NC) – On Friday, May 10, at 2 p.m. in the Robert C. Keys Gymnasium, Rockingham Community College held a graduation ceremony for those who earned a GED during the 2012-13 school year. Graduation speakers included the two individuals chosen to receive scholarships to continue their education at RCC: Erin Hicks of Madison and Tonda Bailey of Stokes County.