July 27, 2022
The fun is heating up this week for a group of Buncombe County School (BCS) students at the University of North Carolina at Asheville (UNCA). BCS Migrant Education Program invit...
July 26, 2022
Middle and high school students in Mr. Benjamin Caldwell’s automotive repair summer camp may not yet be able to drive a car, but thanks to the program, are learning how to maintai...
July 20, 2022
This year North Buncombe High School (NBHS) hosted the very first Farm to Table Summer camp for Buncombe County Schools (BCS). Family and Consumers Science teacher Sherry Peek fee...
July 15, 2022
Cross country and wrestling coach for Enka High School, Mark Harris, has been bestowed the prestigious Toby Webb Outstanding Coach Award at this year’s North Carolina High School ...
July 14, 2022
Greetings BCS Classified staff:
We hope everyone is having a wonderful summer. We have some exciting news to share and want to ensure that our staff members are aware of th...
July 14, 2022
BCS will host a job fair drop-in event for support staff positions on Monday, August 1 from 2:30-4pm in the Nesbitt Discovery Cafeteria (175 Bingham Road, Asheville).
We cu...
July 14, 2022
Every year, second graders at Fairview Elementary learn about animal life cycles with an egg-citing hands-on activity. The school receives chicken eggs that are then placed in an ...
July 13, 2022
A.C. Reynolds Middle School celebrated Christmas in June. Sixth graders in Rebecca Whittier’s science class learned about the process of selecting the National Christmas tree for ...
July 11, 2022
This year the advanced chorus from Charles T. Koontz Intermediate School delighted judges at the Carowinds Festival of Music . Chorus instructor Christy Woppman said the group was...
July 5, 2022
((UPDATE: THE APPLICATION WINDOW HAS CLOSED)) The Buncombe County Board of Education is seeking a Superintendent to lead Buncombe County Schools (BCS). Candidates must have or be...
July 5, 2022
Buncombe County Schools Associate Superintendent Susanne Swanger announces she will retire from BCS effective August 1, 2022. Superintendent Dr. Tony Baldwin will retire from BCS ...
June 29, 2022
Joe P. Eblen Intermediate School (JPEIS) fifth-graders were ready to ace their science end-of-grade tests after participating in an innovative science festival last week. For the...
June 29, 2022
Ms. Nanaka Okamura, the Japanese Outreach Initiative Coordinator for the Department of World Languages at Western Carolina University (WCU), paid a visit to Johnston Elementary (J...
June 29, 2022
Buncombe County Virtual Academy (BCSVA) enjoyed an in-person field trip to Emerald Village, a gem-mining site and mining museum located in Little Switzerland, NC. The students had...
June 29, 2022
Students at North Windy Ridge Intermediate (NWRI) had a lively career fair on Friday, May 27. Local community members spread out across classrooms and outside to show students a g...
June 29, 2022
Buncombe County Schools Virtual Academy (BCSVA) donated supplies to Hearts with Hands, a local charity dedicated to disaster relief. Students and families from BCSVA came together...
June 29, 2022
At Pisgah Elementary School, teachers and volunteers put on a "STEAMR" (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics, and Reading) Day to excite the kids with hands-on, educ...
June 29, 2022
As a Leader in Me school , William W. Estes Elementary always looks for exciting new ways to help students develop strategies for lifelong success. As the school year wrapped up,...
June 29, 2022
A popular tradition made a grand return to Fairview Elementary (FES). The FES Dad’s Club (a dad-run organization aimed at helping with projects around FES and bringing fathers clo...
June 29, 2022
A.C. Reynolds High School (ACRHS) Key Club service project landed a hole in one for making a difference with a unique student-led food drive. Key Club is known for making the worl...