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The icy weather this week led to the closure of our college for two days and led to a delay in the disbursement of financial aid checks to our students. I hope this did not cause too much of a hardship but I certainly didn't want to risk the lives of our students, faculty and staff traveling on...
Published: Saturday, February 21st, 2015 @ 3:04 am
By: Chris Downey
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What is the contribution that Beaufort County Community College makes to the region's economy? A new report demonstrating the economic value of Beaufort County Community College and community colleges across the state is scheduled to be released next week. This is the first time in about...
Published: Tuesday, February 17th, 2015 @ 12:56 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Here's a look at BCCC events happening on campus and in the community
Published: Saturday, February 7th, 2015 @ 4:01 pm
By: Barbara Tansey
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Beaufort County Early College High School will hold an Open House at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, in the Multi-Purpose Room of Building 10 on the Beaufort County Community College campus.
Published: Thursday, February 5th, 2015 @ 9:13 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Beaufort County Community College is a finalist in STANLEY Security's Together for Safer Schools grant program. BCCC could win up to $100,000 in STANLEY Security installed products and services to help secure students and facilities within the campus environment if it receives enough votes of...
Published: Saturday, January 24th, 2015 @ 7:31 pm
By: Chris Downey
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The members of the Senior Staff at Beaufort County Community College this week began a review and update of the capital construction plan approved by the BCCC Board of Trustees last year in order to make recommendations to the board for future construction needs. Senior Staff continued to...
Published: Saturday, January 17th, 2015 @ 9:38 am
By: Judy Jennette
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Gullfest, the spring festival at Beaufort County Community College to be held April 18 and 19, will feature a new event for the 2015 event - the first Miss Gullfest Pageant.
Published: Monday, January 12th, 2015 @ 6:52 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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Welcome back to BCCC for the start of Spring 2015 Semester! Our enrollment numbers are growing, according to a preliminary analysis by Vice President of Research and Institutional Effectiveness Jay Sullivan. As of January 7, our enrollment for spring was 2,113, an increase of 216 over the same...
Published: Friday, January 9th, 2015 @ 8:47 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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Governor Pat McCrory urged parents and adults to talk to young people about the dangers of underage drinking during the launch of the "Talk- It-Out" campaign which was held today at Daniels Middle School in Raleigh.
Published: Thursday, December 4th, 2014 @ 6:08 pm
By: Chris Downey
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BCCC has welcomed middle grades students from across Beaufort County during the past two weeks. Under the direction of Vice President of Student Services Rick Anderson and his team, the county's eighth grade students toured BCCC's nursing, cosmetology, agribusiness technology programs automotive...
Published: Monday, November 17th, 2014 @ 9:54 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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Students and teachers from P.S. Jones Middle School came face-to-face with a creature from the deep ocean Tuesday during a tour of the Beaufort County Community College campus.
Published: Thursday, November 6th, 2014 @ 5:45 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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Governor Pat McCrory, Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest, Senate Leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Thom Tillis announced on Monday a unified strategy to make North Carolina's starting teacher salaries among the highest in the Southeast.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 1:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As I was poking around the internet the other day, I came across definitive proof that those folks who tell us that we must spend additional money on education if we are ever going to see any improvements in the outcomes may well be right. Hmmm...
Published: Monday, November 25th, 2013 @ 5:21 am
By: Jim Bispo
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Governor Pat McCrory convened the first meeting of his Teacher Advisory Committee, telling its members their work will help shape his administration's education agenda. The meeting was held at the SAS Campus in Cary.
Published: Friday, November 8th, 2013 @ 11:46 am
By: David Winstead
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Governor Pat McCrory has announced the following appointees to the Governor's Teacher Advisory Committee: Elizabeth Jones, Rebecca Bishop, George Brunetti, Alton Campbell, Dorothy Case, Kristin Cubbage, Diana de los Santos, Margaret Feldman, DeAnna Foust-Platt, Rene Herrick, Andrew Hodges, etc...
Published: Thursday, November 7th, 2013 @ 4:30 pm
By: David Winstead
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Of the 26 new public charter schools given preliminary approval to open in fall 2014, two were spearheaded by the Accelerator Program operated by Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, October 31st, 2013 @ 3:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A survivor of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks, Michael Hingson, told East Carolina University students Wednesday how much he appreciates effective collaboration.
Published: Wednesday, October 30th, 2013 @ 12:41 am
By: ECU News Services
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Parents and taxpayers continue to ask questions about new Common Core standards as they are implemented in North Carolina's public schools. Five months after releasing a question-and-answer primer on Common Core, the John Locke Foundation recently released a revised, expanded version of that...
Published: Monday, October 14th, 2013 @ 11:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nearly 100 eighth grade girls from 12 Pitt County middle schools attended the fourth annual STEM Girls conference Oct. 4 at East Carolina University to learn more about majors and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Published: Friday, October 11th, 2013 @ 1:45 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Learning opportunities at East Carolina University expand beyond the college-age crowd each summer when the university opens its doors to students from kindergarten through high school.
Published: Friday, July 26th, 2013 @ 11:09 am
By: ECU News Services
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Yep. Big Barry's doing it for "the children." In politics, you could justify invading Iran by saying it's "for the children" and you could likely get a free pass from the media and your opponents.
Published: Monday, June 10th, 2013 @ 10:54 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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How many North Carolinians know that public school education in the state is centered around the government's Common Core initiative?
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2013 @ 9:15 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The worlds of digital photography, sailing, hunting and Italian cooking are among the activities young people can explore during College for Kids 2013 at Beaufort County Community College.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2013 @ 6:25 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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There is always something going on at Chocowinity Middle School.
Published: Saturday, May 18th, 2013 @ 6:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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At Golden LEAF's February and April Board meetings, the Foundation awarded a total of 32 grants totaling $17.4 million to a diverse set of projects to organizations across the state from Cherokee to Pasquotank counties.
Published: Thursday, April 18th, 2013 @ 11:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Northeast Elementary eighth grade students recently had the opportunity to learn about Air Force JROTC academic courses being offered at Northside High School.
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 3:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As a part of Anti-Bullying Week at Chocowinity Middle School, the PBIS Team held a poster contest in which students...
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 1:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The character trait for the month of January at Northeast Elementary has been perseverance. Each teacher nominates a student that best exemplifies this trait.
Published: Friday, February 1st, 2013 @ 4:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In a world increasingly dominated by technological shorthand, it's hard to imagine why students would need to know the meaning of an unwieldy word like "perspicacity." Yet in the information age, a good vocabulary is more important than ever.
Published: Tuesday, January 8th, 2013 @ 10:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's efforts in improving education appear to be paying dividends. A comparative study of student achievement found our fourth and eighth grade students ranked highly with students in other states and other countries.
Published: Saturday, December 15th, 2012 @ 5:05 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The following article was originally written and distributed in January 2006.
Published: Thursday, November 22nd, 2012 @ 12:47 am
By: Fern Shubert
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Between 1996 and 2012, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction authored, field-tested, administered, and analyzed nearly all end-of-grade and end-of-course tests under the ABCs of Public Education accountability program.
Published: Sunday, September 9th, 2012 @ 6:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It was just a few months ago that Eurah Whitfield, a life-long resident of Belhaven, confessed to herself that she needed a change - and needed it to happen fast.
Published: Wednesday, August 8th, 2012 @ 9:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Burke County Republican who introduced a bill aimed at expanding Advanced Placement participation among low-income students says he plans to take up the measure again when the state legislature convenes in January.
Published: Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 @ 6:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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