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The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International is a professional honorary society of women educators. The Society promotes professional and personal growth of its members and excellence in education. Established in 1929, Delta Kappa Gamma has attained major objectives in improving opportunities for qualified women employed at every level of education, as well as in advancing the status of women educators.Lenoir County’s Sigma Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma recently recognized outstanding beginning teachers in their third year of teaching. These special young women were chosen by their mentors because they exhibit the qualities of an exceptional educator. Each of these young women received a bag filled with teaching supplies, as well as a certificate of recognition and a brochure about Delta Kappa Gamma. The following Lenoir County Public Schools Beginning Teachers were recognized for the month of November, Amber Corum, EC Self-Contained teacher at Southeast
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LCPS to fully implement Plan A instruction April 12
Effective April 12, more LCPS students in all grade levels will have the option of returning to school for face-to-face instruction as the district transitions to the state’s Plan A and its less restrictive physical distancing requirements.
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Hoping for normal, LCPS sets 2021-22 school calendars
School is scheduled to begin for students on the traditional calendar on Monday, Aug. 23, and the academic year is scheduled to end with a half-day of school on Wednesday, June 1. In between are the usual holidays – Labor Day, Veterans Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Memorial Day – and breaks built around Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter that are virtually identical in length and configuration to earlier traditional calendars.
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Kindergarten, Pre-K registration for 2021-22 begins Monday
Early registration for entering pre-school and kindergarten students in Lenoir County for the 2021-2022 school year will be held March 15-19 at all LCPS elementary schools during regular school hours. To be eligible, kindergartners must be 5 years old on or before Aug. 31, 2021, and preschoolers must be 4 years old on or before Aug. 31, 2021.
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Golf tournament cancelled, but sponsors still raise $14,000
When a global pandemic shut down the Lenoir County Education Foundation golf tournament in September, organizers and sponsors could have parked the carts, packed up the clubs and hoped for a better day next fall. Instead, they forgot about playing, remembered their purpose and raised $14,000 to help Lenoir County Public Schools with coronavirus-related expenses.
