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The Patton High School Technology Student Association participated in the Annual Western North Carolina Technology Student Association Competition on Feb. 22. Students from all over western North Carolina converged on Appalachian State University to compete in a wide variety of events ranging from fashion design to architecture to flight design.

The 2019 North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) State Tournament took place this past weekend, Feb. 21-23 at the Winston- Salem Fairgrounds. 594 archers represented 27 schools from across North Carolina. They were cheered on by over 1000 spectators as they shot for the title of North Carolina State Champion.

Burke County Public Schools held its sixth annual Souperintendent’s Souper Bowl Canned-Food Drive Jan. 3 through Feb. 8. The food drive collected 45,000 pounds of food this year, more than doubling last year’s collection totals. Collection barrels were placed at all 26 Burke County Public Schools campuses plus...

Burke County Public Schools and Western Piedmont Community College are hosting Career and College Promise (CCP) information nights for students in grades nine through 12 and their parents. Through CCP, students can take college courses and earn credits for free while still in high school. Come learn more about CCP opportunities and begin the process of planning, enrolling and registering for college courses.

Burke County Public Schools was among 31 school districts in North Carolina to win Blue Ribbon Awards for effective school communications and public relations.

Burke County Public Schools will host two interest meetings for parents of rising kindergarten students who want more information about the Dual Language Immersion Program at Mountain View Elementary School.

We are very excited to announce that next week, February 18, we will again launch our second annual Be Healthy Burke, Eat. Learn. Win. Game. It will be effective for all Burke County Middle & High Schools.

A Burke County Public Schools high school band student has been invited to speak at the Brittany American Cemetery in France in June during a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of World War II Allied forces invading northern France.

The state is recognizing Table Rock and Walter Johnson middle schools for their second chance breakfast programs. They are top performing schools in the No Kid Hungry 6th Statewide Breakfast Challenge.

Mountain View Elementary School open for tours from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for staff followed by a public dedication ceremony and open house from 4 to 6 p.m.

Drexel Elementary School reading specialist Suzanne Jensen received a $1,000 grant for flexible classroom seating from the Betsy and Fred Cranford Endowment through the Alpha Nu Chapter of the NC Delta Kappa Gamma Educational Foundation.

This Thanksgiving season when retired Burke County Public Schools teacher Johnny Childers counts his blessings, a student and staff members at East Burke Middle School are on the top of his list. Childers, now a substitute teacher, had a heart attack at East Burke Middle on Friday...

Burke County Board of Education Chair Randy Burns was elected to the North Carolina School Board Association Board of Directors...

The Burke County Board of Education received the School Board Leadership Award at the 2018 North Carolina School Board Association Annual Conference Awards Ceremony...

Hildebran Elementary School fifth grader Emmalee S. won the Burke County Public Schools 2018-19 Spelling Bee...

W. A. Young Elementary School Principal Christie McMahon is the 2018 Burke County Public Schools Principal of the Year. McMahon is in her second year as principal at W.A. Young and previously served as assistant principal at Salem, Forest Hill and Drexel elementary schools and Liberty Middle School...