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WSSU offers FREE special education program
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — North Carolina schools are struggling to keep teachers. According to EDNC.org, in North Carolina 11.5 % of teachers left the profession just last year. Experts we spoke to says its difficult to find special education teachers. Here's how they plan to tackle that. Winston-Salem State University...
WS/FCS approves adding Narcan to its schools
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools (WS/FCS) voted unanimously to add Narcan to all its schools on Tuesday, May 28. The drug can save the life of someone who has overdosed on opioids. School leaders said it's better to be safe than sorry. “We just hope that we hopefully...
Caver Middle names Athletes of the Year
Carver Middle School held its athletic banquet Thursday, where winners of the female and male Athletes of the Year received the CJ McLaurin Award. This year’s winners are Briley Lewis, left, Khloe Radford, Maddox McNickle and Nora Teasley. Debbie McLaurin, center, is pictured in honor of CJ McLaurin.
Lowgap student serving Extension internship
RALEIGH — A Lowgap student is spending getting internship experience at the NC State Extension Surry County Center. Alexander Kaufhold, a junior from the University of North Carolina Asheville, is completing an Extension internship this with the agency. An Extension summer intern works with Extension personnel to deliver hands-on, educational programs. Job shadowing and mentoring help interns learn about the mission and work of North Carolina Cooperative Extension. ...
WS/FCS board of education vote unanimously to bring Narcan to classrooms
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school board members voted unanimously to bring Narcan to the classrooms. School leaders say they're hoping to have this in place for the 2024-25 academic year. It's a decision that comes after the community expressed the need for more school resources following a rise in opioid deaths in Forsyth County.
North Surry graduates celebrate, express gratitude
It was a time of celebration, gratitude, and emotion Saturday morning for nearly 200 North Surry High School graduates, their families, and faculty members who have been with them through their high school journeys. Jansen Huff, one of the graduates who has served the past year as the student body president, addressed the nearly full football stadium at the school, expressing his “profound gratitude” to the teachers, counselors, and other faculty members he said “helped shape me into the person I am. You all have...
WS/FCS approves policy to allow overdose antidote Naloxone in schools
The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Board of Education approved a policy Tuesday night that would allow Naloxone, also known as Narcan, to be available in every school in the district. Annie Vasquez, a substance use health educator for Forsyth County and parent of students in the district, spoke in support of...
MCA graduates looking toward horizon
The need to look beyond the horizon was a common theme at the seventh-annual commencement ceremony for Millennium Charter Academy. While MCA’s Class of 2024, with 23 students, is smaller than that of other high schools in the area, everyone present more than made up for that Saturday morning during a program filled with celebration, anticipation and enthusiasm. “We are a different breed,” said Eden Gravely, one of two seniors...
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