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HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (Sept. 6, 2019) – Taking the stage this month across Henderson County Public Schools elementaries: Letterland Alive! The Henderson County Education Foundation (HCEF) has secured funding for and collaborated with North Carolina’s state theatre, Flat Rock Playhouse, and HCPS’ Elementary Education & Title 1 Department to bring HCPS’ phonics program to life for the district’s 1,900 […]

HCPS Ranks 11th Out of 115 N.C. Public School Districts in Proficiency HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (Sept. 4, 2019) – According to the N.C. Department of Instruction’s 2019 state accountability results released today, 19 out of 23 Henderson County Public Schools (83 percent) have met or exceeded growth in academic performance expected by the state. And with […]

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (June 17, 2019) – A Discover STEM camp next week will be illuminating girl power in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers for elementary age girls, thanks to an $11,350 grant from the Duke Energy Foundation’s Powerful Communities program. Designed by the Henderson County Education Foundation(HCEF) and the district’s Academically and Intellectually […]

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (June 13, 2019) – Henderson County Public Schools’ Child Nutrition Department has added a fourth public feeding site at the WIC Office in the Henderson County Department of Public Health, providing free lunches to children ages two to 18 on Tuesdays and Thursdays this summer. The new site at the health department, open […]

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (June 11, 2019) – Following approval by the Henderson County Board of Public Education on Monday evening, Henderson County Public Schools announces the following administrative changes for the 2019-2020 school year, effective July 1: Jennifer Shelton has been named the new Director of Exceptional Children, filling the office vacated by Cathy Childress, who […]

Creativity is key when it comes to building award-winning displays at Bullington Gardens – whether that’s skinning a log to make a bucket, or using reclaimed pallet wood to stay under budget. On Thursday, Henderson County Public Schools sophomores in the Bullington Onsite Occupational Student Training (BOOST) Program revealed the themed gardens they’d been researching, designing, […]

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (May 30, 2019) — Sixty-six of Henderson County Public Schools’ highest-achieving graduating seniors were honored May 30 during the 2018-19 Top Scholars Banquet at Blue Ridge Community College. Held annually for 15 years, the Top Scholars ceremony recognizes the academic and athletic successes and strong leadership of seniors at the top of their […]

Megan Ford, a 7th grade math and science teacher at Flat Rock Middle School, was named Henderson County Public Schools’ 2019 Teacher of the Year on Friday at the Teacher of the Year luncheon sponsored by AdventHealth at the Hendersonville Country Club. Ford has spent all nine years of her teaching career at Flat Rock […]

Mountain bikers gathered in Brevard this weekend for the Roam Bike Fest spent part of their Saturday building 57 bicycles for students they’d never met. On Monday morning, Atkinson Elementary first-graders squealed with excitement when pro mountain biker Neko Mulally told them the brand new bikes gleaming on their playground were all theirs. Through nonprofit […]