Posted: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 10:14 am | Updated: 10:22 am, Tue Jul 7, 2015. - All About Women Most likely, all you will be able to see are bright yellow balloons and a long line of parents and children winding outside Watauga High School’s gym door, eager to...
Posted on Jul 2, 2015: The Mountain Times by Frank Ruggiero All are invited to attend the Boone and Blowing Rock Fourth of July parades and wave at the volunteers for the third annual Back 2 School Festival. Those volunteers are inviting High Country residents and...
Posted on Jul 1, 2015: Watauga Democrat by Tom Mayer Few are the children who would desire, on this first day of July, to give serious thought of returning to the classroom. But for many parents, it’s a thought that comes early, with serious implications and more than...
Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. Don’t let leftover school supplies go to waste! Recycle your unwanted, unused or gently used school supplies! Look for the large yellow boxes located at school entrances starting June 1st. They’ll be there until the end of school....
The answer is pretty simple: They are better and will last longer. Any teacher will tell you that the knock-off brands have to be replaced MUCH sooner than the name brands. Most schools do not have supplies closets to turn to anymore so the teachers have to pull from...
Do low-income or under-resourced kids feel less confident about going back to school than their affluent classmates? We’ve been thinking about this question a lot lately as we’re preparing for the 2nd Annual Back-to-School Festival. And the answer is: yes. Yes, they...
