Wake County – Sixteen Wake County public school teachers have been awarded over $31,000 in grants for classroom use during the upcoming school year through the Food for Thought teacher grants program. Awarded annually by Wake Education Partnership for the past 24 years, Food for Thought grants are designed to promote effective teaching and to …
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Wake County – Wake Education Partnership, an independent public education advocacy organization, announces its executive leadership team for 2007-08. Virginia Parker, market development officer for Paragon Commercial Bank, has been elected chair of the board of directors, and Hayden J. Silver III, attorney with Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP, will serve as chair-elect. Other officers include: John …
RALEIGH, N.C. – Wake Education Partnership has named former Durham Public Schools Superintendent Ann Denlinger as the organization’s new president. A former classroom teacher, principal and superintendent who has worked in Wake, Wilson and Durham counties, Denlinger will take over the leadership role at Wake Ed on May 1. “Ann is well-qualified to lead Wake …
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RALEIGH – Major investments from area corporations have put Wake Education Partnership’s 2007 campaign at 54 percent of its goal, campaign co-chairs announced at this morning’s Power Hour event to launch the public phase of the campaign. Wake Education Partnership kicked off its annual campaign – “Wake Ed ‘07 – Join the Conversation” – at …
RALEIGH –Wake County public school teachers and other full-time support personnel are invited to apply for a Food for Thought grant from Wake Education Partnership. Teachers can apply for the grants, which will be awarded in amounts up to $2,000, through March 28 on the Partnership’s website at www.WakeEd.org. Since 1983, Wake Education Partnership has awarded more …
RALEIGH – More than 900 Wake County public school students will take the stage and work behind the scenes tonight (March 7) at 7 p.m. in the 24th annual Pieces of Gold at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts. Pieces of Gold is an annual arts extravaganza produced by the Wake County Public …
RALEIGH – Local student artists will be honored at a Gifts of Gold reception today from 4:30-5:30 p.m. hosted by Wake Education Partnership at the Progress Energy Center for Performing Arts, including a medal ceremony at 5 p.m. for the winning artists. The artwork of 90 students, from 70 Wake County schools will be featured …
RALEIGH – Wake Education Partnership today announced a grant from Target for sponsorship of its 2007 performance of Pieces of Gold. The 24th annual Pieces of Gold performing arts extravaganza, produced jointly with the Wake County Public School System, will feature more than 800 visual and performing arts students at Memorial Auditorium on March 7 …
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RALEIGH – A panel of judges selected winners this week in the 14th annual Gifts of Gold art show. Ninety Wake County students from 70 schools showcased their artistic abilities in the competition, which serves as the visual arts component of Pieces of Gold, the annual performing arts extravaganza produced by Wake Education Partnership and …
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Wake Ed Releases Post-Bond Survey Data and Announces Community Engagement Initiative RALEIGH – Wake citizens want more ways to pay for schools and more accessible information about how the money is funded and spent, according to results of an online survey conducted in November by Wake Education Partnership. Wake Ed, a local education advocacy organization, released …
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