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Yahoo
28-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Ms. Mandi Gainor is our Educator of the Week!
LEXINGTON, N.C. (WGHP) — FOX8 honors Mandi Gainor of Southwood Elementary School. Congrats, Ms. Gainor! If you know of an educator who is worthy of this nomination, please fill out the nomination form here. Educator of the Week is sponsored by the North Carolina Education Lottery. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Health
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Lenoir County marks first DARE class graduation of 2025
KINSTON, N.C. (WNCT) — After more than 15 years, the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office announced the first Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) graduation Class of 2025. Students from Southwood Elementary School completed a 10-week program and were awarded certificates of completion Friday, May 2, 2025, by Principal Wendy Piro, LCSO Maj. Larry Greene, Sgt. Josh Garner, and Deputy Breanna McWilliams. The DARE program is now known as 'Keepin` it Real.' It focuses on students learning about drug prevention, decision-making and leadership skills. Six out of the nine Lenoir County Elementary Schools are currently enrolled in this program.'The students focused on not only how to say no to drugs but also building their self-confidence,' Southwood Elementary School Principal, Wendy Piro said. 'She talked about one of things was helping our students say no to vapes and I know from being at the middle school that is a huge issue our students now face. So, equipping our fifth-grade students with those skills as they go to middle school is very helpful.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Southwood Elementary students learn money skills at Jump$tart event
LENOIR COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) — On Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2025, students at Southwood Elementary School got to learn more about the importance of money and how to use it during Jump$tart Teen Teach-In. Jump$tart Teen Teach-In is a national program designed to acquaint elementary students with financial concepts, cement high school students' knowledge of personal finance, and point up the need for financial education in the classroom. In the Southwood gym, many fourth and fifth graders got to stop at seven different instructional stations staffed by sophomores from the Economics and Personal Finance class at Lenoir County Early College High School. They got to learn about budgeting, the difference between needs and wants, money as a tool, opportunity costs, the value of saving, banking transactions, and credit buying. 'I think they're going to get a life lesson today,' Fifth Grade Math Teacher at Southwood Elementary, Richard Rouse said. 'I still go through this same stuff right now with finances. I've been talking to them in class about how hard these (decisions) can be, especially with inflation.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
