Education

Arthur R. Hohnsbehn of Garner has received an $800 scholarship from the N.C. National Guard Association’s Educational Foundation. He plans to attend Campbell University in Buies Creek.

Vickie Szarek had just started teaching at Garner High when she was asked to serve as adviser to the school’s chapter of Students Against Violence Everywhere.

Polenta Elementary School has announced its Principal’s List and Honor Roll for the third nine weeks of the school year.

Wake Technical Community College has been named one of 16 Models of Efficiency by University Business magazine.

During the 27 years she taught art at Aversboro Elementary School, Peggy Sligh was a patient educator who had a knack for bringing out the creative side of her students, colleagues recalled.

Jerry Goodman has been eager to find a full-time job, but in a down economy with no high school diploma, that’s next to impossible, he says.

Cleveland Elementary School has announced its Principal’s List and Honor Roll for the third nine weeks of school.

The Wake County school board voted Tuesday to delay the opening of Abbots Creek Elementary, and school administrators said they may also recommend next month to delay Richland Creek Elementary because students requested the new schools.

The Johnston County school system recently honored top educators who don’t have classrooms. The winners are listed below by category.

Johnston Community College has received an additional $25,000 from the N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund Commission in support of Project Skill-UP.

With 150,000 students expected in the 2012-2013 school year, the system has received the same amount of local money, about $314 million, from the commission since 2009, while adding 13,000 students.

Three Junior Historian clubs from Smithfield took part in this year’s Tar Heel Junior Historian Convention, an annual project of the N.C. Museum of History.

Moira Ann Rider O’Neill has received a 2012 Bonner scholarship, a full, four-year scholarship to Greensboro’s Guilford College. She is the daughter of Mary Rider and Patrick O’Neill of Garner.

McGee’s Crossroads Elementary School has announced its Principal’s List and Honor Roll for the third nine weeks of school.

The Johnston County school board is debating how to curb online bullying among students.

Seventeen North Garner Middle School students are headed to Florida in July to showcase what they’ve learned about topics such as childhood obesity, bullying and community service.

Nick Kurkowski, a junior at West Johnston High School, has never met his history teacher’s wife. But when he found out she had been diagnosed with colon cancer, Kurkowski wanted to help.

Lisa Mozingo didn’t wear her seatbelt one night in May 2009 as she traveled a dirt road in Wayne County. When her Jeep fishtailed and flipped three times, Mozingo was thrown from the vehicle and landed in a ditch. She knew right away that her b...

Starting next school year, students at North Garner Middle School will take a more scientific approach to learning.

Just in time for Earth Day, fifth-graders at Cleveland Elementary School are learning ways to protect the environment.