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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 ...

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...

((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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...