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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...

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...

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! ...

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...

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...

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...