CCS Families In the Know

Help us welcome Dr. Shajuana Sellers to the Craven County Schools family. Dr. Sellers joins the team as the new Director of Secondary Education and will begin on Monday, May 23rd.


Dr. Shajuana H. Sellers comes to us from Washington County where she served as the Director of Human Resources.  She has served as both an elementary and middle school principal, assistant principal at the middle school level, director of an alternative learning program, high school math teacher with additional duties as a volleyball, basketball, and track coach, and adjunct faculty member at the community college level. 


She earned her Doctorate and Ed.S.from East Carolina University, her Masters of School Administration from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, and her Bachelors of Math from UNC-Wilmington where she was a North Carolina Teaching Fellow.


Dr. Sellers is a wife of 23 years to Deablo Sellers. They are the proud parents of three sons, Montrez, De'Andre, and Da'Juan, and will soon welcome their first grandchild. She is an active member of Higher Level Ministries in Clinton. 


She is excited to be a part of Craven County serving middle and high schools.

New Bern High School is Named AVID National Demonstration Site


Only a handful of schools around the world are offering their students the type of education that the teachers are providing at New Bern High School. A team representing Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) will award National Demonstration School status to New Bern High School on Thursday, May 19, 2022. This means that New Bern High School will serve as an AVID learning center so other schools across the nation can visit to see how the AVID program is implemented. AVID provides classroom activities, teaching practices, and academic behaviors that can be incorporated into any classroom to improve engagement and success for all students to become more college- and career-ready.


New Bern High is one of 217 schools recognized by AVID as a National Demonstration School. The Bears have been recognized as a Schoolwide Site of Distinction since 2018, meaning this community school holds the top two honors offered by AVID Center.

AVID serves over 2.2 million students in roughly 8,000 schools in 49 states and 16 countries. New Bern High, standing in the top 3% of all AVID schools worldwide, joins that international family as one of only seven National Demonstration Schools for AVID in North Carolina. It is the largest of the three high schools with that designation in North Carolina.

 

We celebrate New Bern High School with this prestigious recognition! Congratulations to the students and staff at New Bern High, AVID is integrated throughout the school and all classrooms, contributing to student academic success.

Congratulations to this year's Elementary

Battle of the Book Winners

It was a fierce battle and we are so proud of all of the students. it is commendable that you read this year's book list and are able to recall the details of all the novels.

Thank you to New Bern High School and West Craven High School Culinary Art Programs for providing the delish desserts for this year's competition. All of the participants enjoyed sampling them all to decide the winners.

The winners for this year are:

1st place Creekside Elementary

Coach: Danielle Banks

Students:

Audriana Casey

Lucy Parmenter

Grady Shiflett

Brian Thompson

Annabelle Winings

Cade Wojtylak


2nd place Brinson Memorial Elementary

Coach: Mable Stainbeck

Students:

Lucas Collins

Zachariah Frazier

William Orman

Marlee Smith

Nathan Spray

Zachary Spray

Kaylyn Wetherington

Lennox Woodworth


3rd place A.H. Bangert Elementary

Coach: Kristy Williamson

Students:

Riley Cooper

Piper Corby

Ainsley Giles

Ainsley Griffin

Lainey Harrison

James Holland

Ashleigh Kate Hunnings

Anna LeMaire

Greyson Patton

Silas Seymour

Caroline Wilkins


The winners from the Dessert Off were:

Best Flavor - Magic Snickers, Kristin Toler, West Craven High School

Best Appearance - Goldfish, Kevin Reese, New Bern High School

Most Original - Goldfish, Kevin Reese, New Bern High School

Congratulations HS #ClassOf2022! If you’re headed to college, check out some #IRS tips that can help you or your parents claim a tax benefit: www.irs.gov/education

 

Some #collegeprep goes beyond SAT tests. Get to know the tax info you’ll need to claim an #IRS benefit for your college expenses: www.irs.gov/education

 

If you’re #collegebound, some #IRS tax benefits can help offset the costs of education. See www.irs.gov/education

 

#CollegeBound? Get to know the #IRS info you’ll need in the years ahead – like scholarships, fellowships and grants are tax-free if you meet certain conditions. Check www.irs.gov/education

 

Congratulations HS #ClassOf2022! DYK if you receive a scholarship, fellowship or grant, it may be tax-free? Before heading to college learn important tips from #IRS www.irs.gov/education


NEW: Change to Arts Ed Graduation Requirement Coming 2022

 

SL2020-78 Section 2.5 states that in addition to existing graduation requirements, NC students will need to complete one credit in an arts discipline (visual arts, music theater arts, and dance) between sixth and twelfth grade.  This begins with students starting sixth grade in the fall of 2022 and all classes thereafter (including students fulfilling the OCS Graduation Requirements).

 

Locally developed courses will not apply toward the Arts Ed Graduation Requirements.  Only those courses which teach the entire Standard Course of Study in an Arts Ed subject would satisfy the requirement. There are no requirements about the length or duration of a course, but it must teach the entire SCOS in Arts Ed.

 

For more information, click here.

Title I Planning Surveys

Please take a moment and fill out the Title I Survey to help us plan for

the 2022-2023 school year.  


Title I Stakeholder Survey

 May Transition Community Resource Forum

Zoom Link:  https://cravenk12.zoom.us/j/3677810162


Speakers include: 

Eddie Foster- Craven Community College VOLT Center

Anna Ward & Kenneth Kelty-Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, Post-Secondary Education Alliance

Student Summer Opportunities in STEM


The Science House, run through NC State University, offers STEM based programs for students.  Check out their offerings here. 


Learn All About College Classes for HS Students!


Join Zoom Meeting – JUNE 15 @12:30

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/77282460740?pwd=Ywhg0s4IJYZ7UK0__XeDnRy3Fqv5mc.1

 

 Join Zoom Meeting – JUNE 15 @ 5:30

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/79653114469?pwd=4yHLbBrLloswuuatyWXSxxsbUJAWrl.1

Tryon Palace Programs

 

The Tryon Palace calendar of events can be found at www.tryonpalace.org

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