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STEM Early High School to Hold Orientation Sessions for 6th – 8th Graders

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-Press Release, Vance County Schools
Orientation for sixth graders who will attend STEM Early High School for the 2018-2019 school year will be held on Tuesday, August 21, 2018.
Orientation for seventh and eighth graders at STEM Early High will be held on Thursday, August 23, 2018.
Sessions on both days will be held at the school on the campus of Vance County High School at 925 Garrett Road, Henderson. On each day, students are expected to attend from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. A parent meeting will be held at 1 p.m. on both days.

Applications Now Being Accepted for STEM Early High School

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Vance County Schools

For Immediate Release

March 3, 2017

 

Applications are now being accepted for enrollment in the STEM Early High School for the 2017-2018 school year.

This grades 6-8 middle school has a focus on project based learning with instructional emphasis in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math.

The STEM Early High School is located on the campus of Northern Vance High School.

Information sessions are now being held by STEM Early High administrators in local elementary schools. Applications for the school are available during these sessions. They also are available through the school counselor at each elementary school. Applications and additional information also can be obtained on the Vance County Schools website at www.vcs.k12.nc.us.

Completed applications to the STEM Early High School must include two recommendations from educators or adult mentors and must be received by the elementary school counselors or at the STEM school by March 30.

STEM Holds 2nd Annual Spanish Spelling Bee

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The STEM Early High School in Vance County Schools hosted its second annual Spanish Spelling Bee on November 9, with a student from Henderson Middle School taking top honors.

Ximena Rodriguez of Henderson Middle, was the first-place finisher in the spelling bee. She topped Ashley Pendergrass of Vance Early College High, who finished second, and Emily Garcia of STEM Early High, who finished third.

In addition to students from Henderson Middle, STEM Early High and Vance Early College, students from Vance Charter School participated in the competition.

Rodriguez was the only student participating from Henderson Middle. Students from Early College High in the spelling bee were Pendergrass, Brooklyn Davis, Evan Beaudet, Justice Anderson, McKenzie Taylor and Zenee Davis. Those students from STEM Early High included Garcia, Adrian Aguilera, Amanda Cease, Brant Gibson, Jesus Rodriguez, Kelsea Williams and Tanisha Davis. Spellers from Vance Charter included Amber Null, Aniyah Gill, Savannah Ayscue and Yazi Majette.