The one-time $250,000 endowment expands NCSSM’s reach to students across North Carolina through its online instructional program, NCSSM Connect. NCSSM Chancellor Todd Roberts said the state is expected to match the grant with an additional $250,000 in December.
Rising fourth and fifth graders shuffled around a room at Appalachian State University’s North Carolina Center for Engineering Technologies campus in Hickory, chattering as they prepared parachutes for the rockets they’re building for summer camp. Across the hall, middle schoolers watched as a forensic analyst explained the science behind examining a crime.
The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Morganton will be welcoming the University of North Carolina Board of Governors to the city next week, marking the board’s first visit to the high school since its inception.
Entering the Morganton campus of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in late March, the lawns were picketed by caution signs warning “Keep off grass!” Traffic cones and orange safety fencing blocked off sidewalks. But not for long.
When it comes to serving close to 2,000 students with art education across the county, a small team like The Old School Studio at The Industrial Commons has a mountain of work on their hands.
Students from across Burke County are practicing dragging bows across cellos and pinching their lips around saxophone reeds, ready to send the audience soaring during the Burke Youth Wind Symphony’s free concert, “Visions of Flight,” on April 19.
