Warren County Farm Tour Oct. 1st
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The second annual Warren County Farm Tour will take place on October 1st, 2016, 8:30 am to 2:30 pm. Don’t miss this opportunity to visit selected local farms and learn about the production methods they use to be successful. There will be three tour stops highlighting intensive vegetable production, fruit production and livestock. The tour will end with a catered lunch, featuring a keynote presentation by Will Hooker, internationally recognized Permaculture Designer and Professor Emeritus at NC State University. The cost is only $5, which includes lunch and transportation. Pre-registration is required; call the Warren County Extension Center for details (252-257-3640), or e-mail paul_mckenzie@ncsu.edu.
Educator of Excellence Tracy Thorpe
Vance County Schools has issued the following press release:
Tracy Thorpe has been selected to represent Vance County Schools as the Exceptional Children’s “Educator of Excellence” for 2016-2017.
Thorpe teaches students with autism at Northern Vance High School.
She has a total of seven years of experience in education. Thorpe has a passion for teaching and is dedicated and committed to the academic success of her students.
She will be recognized for her outstanding contributions made to improving students’ outcomes during the 66th N.C. Conference on Exceptional Children at the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro, November 9-10.
Vance County: “The State of Our Schools”
Public Information Officer Terri Hedrick has announced in a press release that Vance County Schools will host two information sessions open to anyone in our community during the evenings of Thursday, September 29, and Monday, October 3.
The sessions, entitled “The State of Our Schools,” are scheduled from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, September 29, in the multipurpose room at Clarke Elementary School on Garrett Road south of Henderson, and from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Monday, October 3, in the multipurpose room at New Hope Elementary School on N.C. 39 north of Henderson.
Representatives from each of our 17 schools will be on hand at each of the sessions to share information about their services, programs and achievements for their students. Dr. Anthony Jackson, superintendent of Vance County Schools, also will be sharing information about the achievements of our students and schools during the 2015-2016 school year and our plans for this year and beyond.
Students and parents from our schools, as well as local business and church leaders, and all community residents are urged to attend. We hope citizens from throughout Vance County will attend one of these sessions to receive valuable information about our public school system.