Ocracoke School/Education

By Richard Taylor Retired Hyde County Superintendent of Schools Steve Basnight III was injured and his father, Steve Basnight Jr., died of injuries following a...

By Richard Taylor She stood proudly as the symbol of island education for nearly 50 years, until Hurricane Dorian destroyed her beyond repair on Sept....

After almost four years overseeing Hyde County Schools, Superintendent Stephen Basnight will retire from public education on April 1.

By Connie Leinbach A first-year teacher has enough challenges getting used to a new job without the added stress of a devastating flood followed by...

Ocracoke School graduates ten seniors By Peter Vankevich Ocracoke School graduates are, from left, Alin Villaneuva, Alma Flores, Wyatt Norris, Logan Jenkins, Kade Nagakane, Adam Carter,...

By Peter Vankevich Ann and Michael Ehringhaus, married at the time, were newly graduated English majors from UNC Chapel Hill in 1970. They heard about...

For Ocracoke news, click here. Special to the Observer By Frankie Pennington, Katie Conner, and Katie O’Neal One of the first things that sociolinguistics students at N.C....

By Connie Leinbach Silas Trethewey is too young to know whether he’ll go into the family business, but he got a taste of it during...

by Alex Granados  Editor's note: This article first appeared in EdNC on June 30, 2015. It is reprinted with permission of author. This year was the first...

  For Ocracoke news, click here   Editor's note:  This article was first published in the August 2016 print edition. It is updated at end.  Text and photos...