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June 29, 2022
Darryl “DMC” McDaniels of 80’s hip-hop trio Run-DMC paid students at Reynolds Middle School a special virtual visit before the school year ended. Enthusiastic seventh and eighth-g...
June 29, 2022
A new student organization is coming to Charles D. Owen High school (OHS) next school year. Link Crew is composed of student leaders from grades 10-12, and it helps incoming fresh...
June 29, 2022
Kindergarteners at Pisgah Elementary learned about Mardi Gras from some special visitors. LEAF artist Chief Shaka Zulu and his wife, Naimah, demonstrated traditions of the Mardi G...
June 29, 2022
Mr. Taylor Baldwin, Career and Technical Education (CTE) director at Buncombe County Schools, has been nominated as the NC finalist for the FCCLA National School Administrator of ...
June 29, 2022
North Buncombe Elementary School (NBES) students have the best reading buddy! Wrigley, an 8-year-old yellow lab, visits the school every Friday to help striving readers build sel...
June 29, 2022
In this video, BCS Career and Technical Education (CTE) Director Taylor Baldwin explains how Buncombe County Schools is filling a critical community need for early childhood educa...
June 29, 2022
Balloons, cakes, and cheers filled classrooms across Buncombe County this January as schools announced their 2022-2023* Teachers of the Year. The annual tradition promotes excel...
June 29, 2022
A ninja-themed dream came true for first grader Derek McGinley on Feb. 4 thanks to the Glen Arden Elementary School community and a local real-life “ninja.” Featured Pho...
June 29, 2022
Even though Buncombe County Schools Virtual Academy (BCSVA) students only have classes together online, they still have opportunities for a famous school tradition – field trips! ...
June 29, 2022
Leicester Elementary earns a gold medal for creativity. Their gym teacher, Tammy Gregg, helped students celebrate the 2022 Winter Olympics with a themed gym day! Students particip...
June 29, 2022
The Breakfast Rotary Club of Asheville generously donated over $4,000 of supplies to the Family Resource Center (FRC) today – helping them fulfill their mission to bring hope to s...
June 29, 2022
At Buncombe County Early College (BCEC) and Buncombe County Middle College (BCMC), student interest groups are building friendships and improving leadership skills. The student-l...
June 29, 2022
Weaverville Elementary School (WVES) students showed off their digital skills at a statewide conference the week of March 4, 2022. Ten students, five in second grade and five in ...
June 29, 2022
Students returned to the stands this year for SoCon’s Education Day. Grades 5-8 at North Windy Ridge, Enka Intermediate, Haw Creek Elementary, W.D. Williams, and Koontz Intermedia...
June 29, 2022
In celebration of Read Across America Week, firefighters from the Asheville Fire Department went to Charles C. Bell Elementary on Wednesday, March 2. They read to kindergarten, fi...
June 29, 2022
Martin L. Nesbitt, Jr. Discovery Academy (NDA) is geared towards a more hands-on learning approach for students. The school takes this mindset and applies it to life outside the c...
June 29, 2022
Asheville and Candler firefighters surprised Candler Elementary School students when they showed up with a huge ladder truck and a new reading program last week. On March 1, the ...
June 29, 2022
The week of March 7 we celebrate National School Social Worker Week in Buncombe County Schools (BCS). Across the entire district, we have amazing social workers that pour their he...
June 29, 2022
During their first schoolwide assembly in two years, Hominy Valley Elementary students found themselves immersed in the magic of Appalachian folk tales. Enka High Theater Arts st...
June 29, 2022
A student at Clyde A. Erwin Middle School is being recognized by the College Foundation of North Carolina (CFNC) for her outstanding work in the classroom. On Wednesday, March, 9,...