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The Board of Education voted this evening to make face coverings optional for all staff, students, and visitors on our campuses.
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We are working on the updated guidance that Governor Cooper and NC-DHHS issued yesterday. Please click for details.
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Would you like to attend a different CCS school than the one you are assigned? Find out how to apply during the first-come, first-served application period between 6/7-7/31/21.
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Pick up your FREE summer Grab-n-Go meals beginning June 7th at one of our school sites or bus stops every Monday-Thursday.
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The FCC's Emergency Broadband Benefit will provide a discount of up to $50 per month towards broadband service for eligible households. Learn more!
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We'll see you next school year!
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On May 11th, we celebrated the best of the best! See who won the CCS 2020-21 Employees of the Year!
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28 schools... 28 outstanding Teachers of the Year! Please join us in congratulating our 2020-21 winners from each school.
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Watch our live-streamed Employee Recognition Ceremony on Tuesday, May 11, at 5:30 PM!
District News
![You are cordially invited to virtually attend graduations via livestream on our website.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1621884381/catawbaschoolsnet/y7gecfyxe4fdsm0votpo/graduations-livestream-news.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1621884381/catawbaschoolsnet/y7gecfyxe4fdsm0votpo/graduations-livestream-news.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1621884381/catawbaschoolsnet/y7gecfyxe4fdsm0votpo/graduations-livestream-news.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1621884381/catawbaschoolsnet/y7gecfyxe4fdsm0votpo/graduations-livestream-news.jpg","width":1200}])
We will be livestreaming our 2021 high school graduations. Please join us online and help us celebrate our graduates!
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Congrats to our 11 new National Board Certified teachers and 12 more who just renewed! We just got a special award for having over 20% of our teachers NBC!
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Please join us in congratulating Mrs. Nichole Ijames for being named the new principal of Challenger High and Mr. Preston Clarke as the new principal of Bunker Hill High!
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There will be a school visit and meeting in the media center at Maiden Elementary on May 10 at 12 PM.
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Please join us in congratulating Mrs. Nichole Ijames for being named the new principal of Challenger High and Mr. Preston Clarke as the new principal of Bunker Hill High!
The Catawba County Board of Education will hold a regular meeting on April 26, 2021, at 5:30 PM in the boardroom.
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Distributors with interest in the submission of a new contract for the procurement and delivery of child nutrition products are invited to submit a bid by 5/11/21.
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Great news from Catawba County Public Health: They are now accepting vaccine appointments for ages 16 and up!
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Please join us in congratulating our new Director of High Schools & Athletics and our new Director of Middle Schools & Fine Arts.
