Walter Johnson Middle School students joined peers from across North Carolina on March 5, to participate in Conexiones para la Acción Diplomática (CAD), a Spanish-language global diplomacy simulation hosted by Participate Learning at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Burke County students rocked the regionals on Saturday, Feb, 21, at Watauga High School in Boone. The medal-earning students will advance to the state level at NC State University in Raleigh on March 21.

From testing whether music can influence living things to measuring the impact of natural disasters, curious young scientists in Burke County Public Schools put the scientific method to the test, conducted experiments on probing questions and displayed their findings on colorful tri-fold boards.

Students dusted off their dictionaries and leveled up their lexicons for the Burke County Public Schools (BCPS) Spelling Bee this week, enduring more than an hour of letter-by-letter battles of wit.

Students dusted off their dictionaries and leveled up their lexicons for the Burke County Public Schools (BCPS) Spelling Bee this week, enduring more than an hour of letter-by-letter battles of wit.

In a step toward fostering bilingualism and cultural competence, Burke County Public Schools (BCPS) has expanded its dual immersion program to Walter Johnson Middle School following its successful inception at Mountain View Elementary in 2018.