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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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Judy Mays at Desk

Appalachian State University Alumna, Judy Mays, Retires After 48 Years of Service Sep 26, 2017

A fixture at Mendenhall Middle School for 48 years, Judy Mays truly understands what it means to teach.

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