• Grant Winners

    Ed Foundation Awards Community Grants

    The Education Foundation Inc of Caldwell County awarded five 2023 spring Community Education Grants during the Foundation's awards luncheon meeting held on Tuesday, Mar 12, 2023. Congratulations to the following: Alison Milstead and Holly Jones, Hudson Elementary School; Rebecca Tester, Gamewell Elementary; Carolina Bennett, West Caldwell High School; Karla Starnes, Davenport A+; and Will Freeman, Davenport A+ School.

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  • Robot Dog at Kick-off Event

    Google Teams Up with Betabox Learning to Launch STEM TOUR - Kickoff in Lenoir and Caldwell County Schools Tour

    Google is teaming up with Betabox Learning, a leading provider of mobile STEM labs, to launch a STEM tour of North Carolina school districts. The tour begins this week with middle schools in Caldwell County Schools and then schools across the state will also benefit from hands-on learning experiences for students in grades K-12.

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  • BOB Winners

    Elementary and Middle School Teams Battle Over Books

    The 2023 Battle of the Books Competition for elementary and middle school students was held on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at Living Hope Church with nearly 150 students participating in a battle to win over their opponents by answering questions about the books they read on the official book list provided by the North Carolina School Library Media Association.

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  • App State Principal Fellows

    CCS Hosts ASU Principal Fellows

    Members of the first cohort of the Appalachian Principal Fellows Program received a warm welcome today from Caldwell County Schools administrators who conducted leadership training at the Education Center and coordinated school visits with principals. 

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  • Author Lester Laminack presents to elementary teachers

    Inspiring Teachers with an Author Visit

    Faculty and administration from elementary schools participated in districtwide professional development today as guest speaker Lester L. Laminack, author of Three Hens and A Peacock, emphasized the importance of reading aloud to students, an event sponsored by the Education Foundation Inc of Caldwell County

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  • Finance Department

    Finance Department Awarded for Excellence

    The Caldwell County Schools finance department received the Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada and the Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Association of School Business Officials International, a prestigious, annual recognition earned by the Finance Department for the past 19 years.

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  • Kindergarten Screening

    Kindergarten Registration

    Welcome to Kindergarten! Enroll today.

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  • Visual Design Class at Hibriten High

    High School Registration for 2023-2024 Courses

    High school students in grades 9-11 are now registering for classes for the 2023-2024 school year. Each high school has scheduled a timeframe in January and February for registration. Students may select courses that are interesting to them and are aligned with their pathway of study and post-secondary or job readiness goals.

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  • School Board Recognizes National Board Teachers

    Teachers Complete National Board Certification

    The Board of Education recognized teachers who were recently notified that they had completed the highest certification process in the teaching profession - National Board Certification!

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  • Happy New Year 2023

    A Look Back at 2022

    Take a look back at some of the highlights in the Caldwell County Schools over the past 12 months, ranging from more than a million in grant funding to new resources and programs to statewide and national recognition:

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  • Helton and her CIS students

    Helton Recipient of the RISE Award and Nominated for National Recognition

    Kelly Helton, Communities in Schools (CIS) site coordinator at Gamewell Middle School and CIS data manager, is the recipient of the Recognizing Inspiring School Employees (RISE) Award, an annual statewide recognition program through the Office of the Governor sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. The governor’s office selected Helton as one of the two North Carolina nominees for this national award.

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  • School Board Members Swearing In

    School Board Members Sworn into Office

    In front of a packed boardroom filled with students, parents, and community leaders, newcomer Mark Gerson alongside incumbents Teresa Branch, Joe Sims and BJ Fore took the oath of office. Each will serve a four-year term on the Caldwell County Board of Education.

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  • Shea Bolick, NW TOY with School Board

    Bolick Named NC Northwest Teacher of the Year

    Shea Bolick, Spanish teacher at South Caldwell High School, has been selected as the 2023 Burroughs Wellcome North Carolina Northwest Teacher of the Year, one of nine regional finalists competing for the prestigious NC Teacher of the Year.

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  • Bright Ideas Winner

    Bright Ideas Winners

    Innovative teaching ideas in the Caldwell County Schools have been awarded recently through Bright Ideas grants totaling $7,641, an academic grants program sponsored annually by Blue Ridge Energy.

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  • Pennell with Students at GES

    Pennell to Serve as NCSBA President

    School Board Chairman Darrell Pennell has been sworn in as president of the North Carolina School Boards Association (NCSBA). The swearing in ceremony was held in November at the NCSBA 53rd Annual Conference in Greensboro.

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  • Phipps NC Superintendent of the Year

    Phipps Named NC Superintendent of the Year

    Superintendent Dr. Don Phipps was named the 2023 A. Craig Phillips North Carolina Superintendent of the Year, a prestigious award presented annually by the North Carolina Association of School Administrators (NCASA), the North Carolina School Superintendents’ Association (NCSSA) and the North Carolina School Boards Association (NCSBA).

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  • Students Experiencing Coding with Legos

    Caldwell County Schools Awarded Grant Funds for Coding and Mobile App Development

    Caldwell County Schools will benefit this year from a total of $77,467 in grant funding aimed at developing student skills in computer science through coding.

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  • SRO

    Caldwell County Schools Awarded Safety Grant

    Caldwell County Schools received more than half a million dollars for safety equipment, school resource officers and services for students, funded by the Department of Instruction’s Center for Safer Schools, which awarded school districts and charter schools across North Carolina more than $74 million in safety grants.

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  • School Psychologists

    National School Psychology Week: Nov 7-11

    In recognition of National School Psychology Week, Nov 7-11, the tremendous value of a highly skilled team of school psychologists is highlighted during this week of national celebration.

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  • WCHS Honors Math Students

    Portrait of a Graduate - Competencies Frame Success for High School Graduates

    An initiative led by the N.C Department of Public Instruction to develop a framework with skills and mindsets students need for success after high school has been revealed recently as the Portrait of a Graduate. “The Portrait of a Graduate showcases seven competencies that, when combined with and integrated into our academic work, will provide a richer educational experience,” said Superintendent Dr. Donald Phipps.

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