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In honor of National School Psychology Awareness Week (November 12-16 2018), we’re introducing you to each of our 10 school psychologists, and letting them explain what their jobs in our schools look like. They’re also going to debunk some common misconceptions about their roles (hint: they do not have fainting couches in their offices). Meet: […]

Trained classically on the piano from age 3 to 18, Flat Rock Playhouse player, pianist, singer, actor, and composer Nat Zegree started his childhood mornings with Mozart at the crack of dawn. “My days would start with scales,” he told West Henderson High chorus, band, theatre, and dance students Wednesday morning. As part of FRP’s […]

The district’s high school strings program has officially outgrown the stage. Fans of the annual Berrian Festivals will notice a change in this evening’s performance, as the Berrian All-County Orchestra performs under the direction of Gail V. Barnes – offstage. Featuring a combined chorus of East Henderson, Hendersonville, North Henderson, and West Henderson high schools’ strings […]

When Hendersonville Elementary students returned to school last week from intersession, they arrived at Camp Cubcat – complete with forest hallways, camping tents, and themed classrooms. Each year, Hendersonville Elementary devotes an entire week to Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics (STEAM), during which each grade focuses on specific experiments that align with grade level-specific […]

Edneyville Elementary is one really big family, and they look out for their own. That’s why staff jumped into action when they first learned that kindergarten teacher Kayla Castro had a brother and pregnant sister-in-law in Newport, N.C., who lost their home to Hurricane Florence. And that teacher assistant Sharon Searcy’s husband has been traveling […]

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (Oct. 1, 2018) – Glenn C. Marlow Elementary has been designated an “Exemplary High Performing Schools” National Blue Ribbon School for 2018 in the U.S. Department of Education program that annually recognizes outstanding schools. One of only eight North Carolina public schools and 349 nationwide to be recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School in 2018, […]

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (Sept. 27, 2018) – Luke Manuel, principal at Hendersonville Middle, was named the 2018-19 Principal of the Year for Henderson County Public Schools this afternoon at a pep rally staged for the surprise announcement by district leadership. After Assistant Principal Amanda Childers recognized each school athletic team in the gym, Superintendent Bo Caldwell […]

Cara Brock, a 1st grade teacher at Hendersonville Elementary, won a Be Inspired Grant from the Tryon Fine Arts Center, to build a “maker space” that will encourage her students to think like artists and inventors. She is one of more than a dozen educators from North and South Carolina to receive TFAC’s Be Inspired […]

Despite their best efforts to control the Arrive Alive Jeep parked outside the Innovative High Schools, students crashed into parked cars, hit road blocks, and spun out into trees last Friday. Luckily, it was all just a driving simulation using virtual reality, car sensors, and impact video to show students the dangers of distracted driving. […]