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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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Under the Sea: One N.C. educator’s month of deep sea exploration Jan 24, 2024

Hunt – a former earth and environmental science and physical science teacher at Concord High School in Cabarrus County– spent the enti

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Mountaineer Reader winners announced Jan 16, 2024

Wilkes County students who were winners in this year’s Mountaineer Reader Program were recognized during the Dec.

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NCCAT 2024 Empower NC Beginning Teacher of the Year Finalists announced Jan 16, 2024

Twenty-seven teachers from across North Carolina have been selected as finalists for the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (... Alumni Update, In the Media

FEATURED Mountain City Elementary names Teachers of the Year Jan 16, 2024

Mountain City Elementary is pleased to announce its “Teachers of the Year” for the school year, 2024-2025.  Representing grades P

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Distinguished Faculty Award in Research: Dr. Dawn Rowe Jan 16, 2024

Since arriving at East Tennessee State University in 2019, Dr. Dawn Rowe has garnered almost $15 million in grant funding.

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The Social Classroom Nov 10, 2023

Connections can be key to students' academic success.

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Wilkes County Schools Beginning Teacher of the Year

Alumna Elizabeth Dancy Named Wilkes County Schools 2023-2024 Beginning Teacher of the Year Nov 2, 2023

Congratulations to App State alumni on being named Beginning Teacher of the Year finalists for Wilkes County Schools: Kinsey Crabb '21, Elizabeth... In the Media, Teacher Education, Alumni Update