The State Board of Education has given permission for the required 30 hours of book work for driver's education to be taught online. The driver's education instructors have been working diligently to get the curriculum ready to be taught online. ...

Andrea Gladden, Project Lead the Way teacher at East Burke Middle School, has been named the Burke County Public Schools 2020 teacher of the year. Gladden is in her 18th year of teaching and her second year at East Burke Middle. She previously taught fifth grade at Icard Elementary School for 16 yea ...

As the school year comes to a close, Burke County Public Schools is making changes to the grab-and-go meal distribution schedule that has been in place since school buildings closed in mid-March due to COVID-19. Grab-and-go meals will be available on Tuesdays and Fridays throughout the summer at fiv ...

Though schools are closed and classrooms are empty, teachers and staff at North Liberty School have found a way to positively impact our community. Lisa Summey, principal at North Liberty School, learned that one of her students, Jasmine Powell, was in need of a handicapped wheelchair ramp at her ho ...

Heritage Middle School art teacher Ben Cook received a $500 grant from the Morganton Service League. Mr. Cook plans to provide all of his art students with the proper tools to sculpt clay. Different grade levels will be using these tools purchased to create ceramic sculptures ...