Wake Forest Times - Education

2009-12 Draft Reassignment Proposal - Public Comment Sought

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:47:05 UT

An unprecedented draft multi-year student assignment proposal from WCPSS Growth and Planning that fills 10 new schools with 26,771 students over the next three years has been released....

NC State to Hold Ninth Annual International Education Week

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:13:40 UT

North Carolina State University will hold its ninth annual International Education Week Nov. 17-21...

WCPSS Sees Impact of State Raising Reading Standards

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:48:36 UT

More than six out of 10 third- through eighth-grade Wake County Public School System students achieved reading proficiency on the state End-of-Grade tests in 2007-08 after the State Board of Education established significantly higher reading standards...

September 23 Vaccination Deadline for Sixth Graders

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:14:43 UT

Changes in North Carolina's immunization rules requires students entering the sixth grade on or after August 1, 2008, to have a Tdap booster shot if five or more years have passed since their last tetanus shot...

All School Activities Cancelled for Saturday, Sept. 6

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:14:03 UT

The Wake County Public School System has cancelled all school-related activities including community use of schools for Saturday, Sept. 6...

Countdown to Back to School: Get Healthy

Lisa Rosenthal — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:33:24 UT

Back to School: Eating right and getting enough sleep will help your student get on the path to success...

Pre-K Application Event June 19

Carol Pelosi — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:57:36 UT

The Human Services Office in the new Northern Regional Center on East Holding Avenue in Wake Forest will hold an application event for parents to register their children for public pre-kindergarten classes...

Free PRE-GED/GED Classroom Classes

Thu, 22 May 2008 05:05:59 UT

The Wake Technical Community College, in collaboration with the W.E.B. DuBois Community Development Corporation, unveiled new Pre-GED/GED classroom classes offered free to Wake Forest residents. Registration begins Thursday, May 22...

Double Vision: Triangle Learning Consultants and The Trilogy School

Thu, 01 May 2008 22:54:17 UT

Seventeen years ago, two friends and educators, Laura Wyatt and Judy Williams, sat down and brainstormed about how students could maximize their strengths and overcome their weaknesses to successfully navigate the school environment...

The Trilogy School in Raleigh Earns Accreditation from The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:30:36 UT

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) through its Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (CASI) and the Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation (CITA) have awarded accreditation to The Trilogy School in Raleigh, NC...

Area School Closings and Delays

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:06:09 UT

The Wake County Public School System will operate on a two-hour delay on Thursday, January 17th, due to inclement weather...

Wake Forest-Rolesville High School Band Night at Cici's Pizza

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:38:02 UT

Eat at the Wake Forest CiCi's Pizza on the second Wednesday of every month between 4:00 p.m. and closing...

Wake Forest Schools Invite Local Businesses to Mentor Young Leaders

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:21:56 UT

The Northern Wake Business Alliance, lead by Chairman Andres Quintana of In Town Optical, is calling all local business leaders to connect the world of business with the classroom...

Wake Forest-Rolesville High School Band’s Annual Citrus Fruit Sale Fundraiser

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:37:11 UT

The Wake Forest-Rolesville High School Band will kick off its annual Florida Citrus Fruit fundraiser October 31. Other items to be sold include specialty peanuts from the Peanut Roaster, fresh holiday wreaths and poinsettias...

Fourth Community Meeting Added To Discuss Growth Management

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:21:46 UT

A fourth community engagement meeting was added to the series of community meetings planned by the Wake County Public School System to inform and involve the public in the upcoming student assignment process...