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Lenoir County Public Schools is proud to recognize over 1,300 students who made their schools’ Principal’s List and Honor Roll in the first nine weeks of classes this school year. The 2024-2025 school year has started with great success, and the number of students recognized only further proves LCPS’ commitment to outstanding instruction and prosperous students. Congratulations to everyone who has been named!

The Lenoir County Education Foundation, a committee created by the Chamber of Commerce, has long partnered with Lenoir County Public Schools to support teachers as they strive to foster strong educational environments for all students. There's no better way to do that than some friendly, competitive fundraisers.

For over 75 years, the talented members of the North Carolina Symphony have traveled to Lenoir County for a special event. Fifth grade students from Lenoir County Public Schools as well as fourth and fifth grade students from Greene County Schools filled the auditorium at Kinston High School to hear the symphony perform.

When you stop into the Community Council for the Arts, you’re normally greeted with a quiet space filled with beautiful artwork. This week, the gallery was filled with a different type of art as well. 5th grade students from Banks Elementary and a few students from E.B. Frink Middle School got to perform at the Arts council as part of the Traditional Arts Programs for Students grant.

On August 26th, more than 8,000 students across Lenoir County walked in for their first day of classes for the 2024-2025 school year, greeted by over 500 teachers ready to make the year successful.

Six hundred seniors matriculated in back-to-back-to-back commencement ceremonies Saturday – 172 at South Lenoir High, 185 at Kinston High and 243 at North Lenoir High – and with graduating seniors from Lenoir County Early College High School and Lenoir County Learning Academy, who received diplomas in earlier ceremonies, the district’s Class of 2024 numbered 665, the most in a least 10 years.

Quiet as a golf cart, one of only two all-electric activity buses in the state has rolled into Lenoir County as LCPS continues to modernize its fleet with an eye toward efficiency and a cleaner environment.

A district administrator who put his head to work to make Lenoir County Public Schools a leader in digital learning and technology and an executive assistant who puts her heart into celebrating and supporting fellow employees have won the top two annual awards presented by LCPS chapter of the N.C. Association of Educational Office Professionals. Charles White, LCPS’s director of media and technology, was named AEOP Administrator of the Year for 2025-2025 and Esther Hines, an officer of the AEOP chapter since 2016, is the 2024-2025 AEOP Professional of the Year.