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All WCS elementary schools accredited NC Pre-K classrooms through Children’s Council Jul 9, 2025

Watauga County Schools operates NC Pre-K classrooms at Bethel Elementary Developmental Day, Green Valley Elementary, Hardin Park Elementary, Mabel Elementary Developmental Day, and Valle Crucis... In the Media, Lucy Brock Child Development Program

Valle Crucis School educator named WCS Teacher of the Year May 21, 2025

Did you know that almost all the Teachers of the Year and the Principal of the Year at Watauga County Schools are App State alumni?! 
Congratulations to:

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Building International Community through Online Technologies with Dr. Patrick O'Shea

Building International Community through Online Technologies with Dr. Patrick O'Shea May 15, 2018

Barbara Howard, Terry McClannan and Patrick O'Shea presented a poster at the Technological Innovation in Digital Education (TIDE) symposium i

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The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has selected Robin Moeller, Associate Professor of Library Science at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, as the next Member Editor for its open source, peer-reviewed research journal, the Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults (JRLYA).

Moeller to serve as YALSA’s research journal editor May 14, 2018

The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has selected Robin Moeller, Associate Professor of Library Science at Appalachian State... In the Media

Blowing Rock School’s Terri Hodges Named Watauga County Schools District-Wide Teacher of the Year

Blowing Rock School’s Terri Hodges Named Watauga County Schools District-Wide Teacher of the Year May 14, 2018

Blowing Rock School’s Terri Hodges was named Watauga County Schools district-wide Teacher of the Year in a surprise ceremony held Frida

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Alumna Megan LeFevers named Gaston County Schools’ Assistant Principal of the Year

Alumna Megan LeFevers Named Gaston County Schools’ Assistant Principal of the Year May 14, 2018

Four Gaston public school teachers and administrators have been honored as the school system’s most outstanding educators for 2018-2019.

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CMHC Student, Jenna D. Willis Awarded $11,000 Counseling Fellowship From NBCC and Affiliates

CMHC Student, Jenna D. Willis Awarded $11,000 Counseling Fellowship From NBCC and Affiliates May 4, 2018

The NBCC Foundation, an affiliate of the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), recently selected Jenna D.

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Catina Chestnut

Alumna Catina Chestnut Named Principal of of the New Moss Street Partnership School May 1, 2018

Former Moss Street Elementary principal Catina Chestnut will be returning to her old school in the fall.

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The Girls’ Club poses for a picture at The Local during a post-work brainstorming session. Pictured clockwise from top left: Haley Childers, Audrey Gurkin, Meghan McCandless, Ellen Gwin Burnette and Heather Brandon.

Girls’ Club Mar 30, 2018

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Watauga Schools Announce Teachers of the Year

Watauga Schools Announce Teachers of the Year Mar 26, 2018

Watauga County Schools named its 2018-19 teachers of the year — one from each school in the district — after they were selected by the

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Teachers are now being asked to punch time clocks.

Teachers are now being asked to punch time clocks. What does that mean for their profession? Mar 19, 2018

This opinion piece was written by Appalachian doctoral student, Chris Gilbert.

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Anna McGeenamed elementary curriculum director

Alumna Anna McGee Named Stokes County Schools Elementary Curriculum Director Mar 19, 2018

Stokes County Schools announced Anna McGee has been chosen as the new elementary curriculum director.

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