Ocracoke School/Education

Ocracoke School launched four seniors during graduation cer­emonies in the school gym. Valedictorian was Zackery Jordan “Jordy” Jenkins, who is a commercial fisherman and will...

May 2013 by Ruth Fordon In the last couple of years, baseball has joyously ar­rived on the island, each spring incorporating more of the island youth...

May 2013 By Connie Leinbach Ocracoke School ju­nior Andrew Tillett has made Ocracoke history. Recently he received the “all-district” honor for his varsity basketball...

May 2013 On an ordinary Tues­day evening in April, something quite ex­traordinary happened on Ocracoke. The Ocracoke Community Park Committee announced that the island’s long dreamed-of...

July 2012 By Vince O’Neal  A good kind of fever has struck a lot of the youth on the island this past year.  If you have...

July  2012 By Connie Leinbach The seven 2012 Ocracoke School students who graduated Sunday night are going into the world with buckets full of encouraging notes...

 July  2011By Vince O’Neal Ocracoke’s first ever Little League Baseball Team ended their in­augural season as Champions in the Hatteras Island Cal Rip­ken/Babe Ruth...

July  2011By Connie Leinbach It’s not every day that the person who cuts your hair is your high school commence­ment speaker. But then, Oc­racoke isn’t...

July 2011 By Philip Howard Recent news about Oc­racoke Island’s new Little League baseball team, the “Raptors,” reminds me that Ocracoke has a long and...

June 2011By Connie Leinbach Ocracoke School Eng­lish teacher Charles Temple put the na­tional spotlight on Ocracoke May 13 when he won the first ever “Jeopardy!...