For Ocracoke news, click here. Editor’s note: This story has been updated since first publication By Peter Vankevich Many visitors to the island wish they could live and work here. Jeff Schleicher […]
For Ocracoke news, click here Para leer en español, haga clic acqui By Peter Vankevich Ocracoke School’s Sports Awards ceremony Wednesday night had plenty of superlatives for its current students. And at the […]
For Ocracoke news, click here North Carolina state Senate Bill 15, which appropriates additional dollars to pay for teachers in “isolated schools,” passed the Senate April 27 and is now in the […]
For Ocracoke news, click here By Peter Vankevich If the North Carolina General Assembly’s Senate Bill 15 is not passed it could result in a loss of 4.5 teaching positions for Ocracoke […]
For Ocracoke news, click here. By Peter Vankevich Of 142 students eligible for the honor roll at Ocracoke School, 89 students in grades three to 12, or 63 percent, made the honor roll […]
For Ocracoke news, click here. Editor’s note (Nov. 20): photos have been replaced from previously published story. By Peter Vankevich Ocracoke School students who excel in academics were honored this week. Ninety-four students […]
Ocracoke School will host a yard sale today (Nov.5) from 8 to 11 a.m. in front of the Pony Island Motel. Tamales will also be sold. Proceeds […]
By Peter Vankevich Norman LeBlanc, a frequent visitor to Ocracoke, had a boat he no longer needed. Rather than try to sell it, he thought maybe Ocracoke School could use it. The […]
To read about this year’s new teachers, click here. For Ocracoke news, click here. Ocracoke Island Beacon Nov. 1, 1941 Members of the school faculty this year are here for the first […]
For Ocracoke news, click here. By Peter Vankevich With the new school year underway, two new teachers have joined the faculty. High school students will get an experienced new math teacher. Beth Layton […]
Ocracoke School is doing two fundraisers to help defray costs of the academic banquet, which has grown since the school’s honor roll has grown. Every year the PTA sets aside and gives money […]
By Peter Vankevich Former Ocracoke School teacher Shea Youell felt a duty to expand his horizons, he explained on a visit to the island last December. That’s why two years ago he […]
Traducido por Alfredo (Freddy) Contreras For English, click here Noventa estudiantes en el tercer periodo calificativo del año académico de la escuela de Ocracoke entraron a la lista de honores. Treinta y […]
Ocracoke School 2015/2016 Honor Roll List Third Nine Weeks Ninety students in Ocracoke School’s third grading period of the academic year made the honor roll. Thirty-nine had all A’s. A ceremony on Tuesday in […]
By Peter Vankevich Eighty-eight students in the second grading period of the academic year made the Ocracoke School honor roll. Thirty-nine had all A’s. A school ceremony on Tuesday noted their achievement. Principal Walt […]
By Peter Vankevich Ocracoke School students were honored recently for high academic achievement in the first 90-day period. Forty-nine students from grades 3 through 12 received all A’s, and 48 more students were […]
The school athletes were recognized recently for their achievements in sports this school year. The following are special recognitions for the Lady Dolphins basketball: Sydney Austin was selected as one of the top 60 […]
Editor: Regarding the article (to read click here) about how well Ocracoke School did in its evaluation, you all should be so proud of your school’s faculty and students. What a stellar […]
