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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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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,...

Congratulations to all participants of this year’s Battle of the Books, including first place teams from Enka High School, Valley Springs Middle School, and Haw Creek Elementary S...

Did you know that denim is a large source of textile waste that ends up in landfills, but can be recycled into many different materials? In an effort to reduce this waste, Nesbitt...

Friday, March 18, was the Hindu/Indian holiday known as Holi, and students at Koontz Intermediate got to join in on the celebration of colors, love, and spring. Dr. Renuka Gusain ...

As the house lights came down and the black lights came on, vibrant colors filled William W. Estes Elementary School’s gymnasium on Tuesday. For the 15th year, fourth grade stude...